2008 Best of Kansas City

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Behind The Iron Curtain:Shortages

In my recent post about shopping in the USSR the following photo and its caption raised some questions:

Cheese display with names and descriptions of various cheeses. In 1983 a display like this would've looked like an insulting joke.©Time, Carl Mydans

I implied that by the time when I was growing up® [...]

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My Date With Reuben

This morning couldn’t come fast enough. I haven’t had a date for a long time and ever since I saw the sign with his name on it I couldn’t get it out of my mind. When it was finally lunchtime I ran downstairs with my car keys in hand and within a few [...]