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BY Lou Jane Temple I guess you could say that Columbus Park is my true home in Kansas City. I lived there for 17 years, and though I've been gone from there more than a decade, when I drive down Fifth Street, heading east from the Rivermarket, I feel the familiar, sad, exciting twinges of great memories.   Columbus Park has always been the...

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A few days ago, a box arrived at our door. Upon opening the mysterious package, we were greeted by what can easily be considered the wine lover's Holy Grail, King Tut's golden mask and the Ark of the Covenant all rolled into a bottle of wine: Gallo's Hearty Burgundy.   To be more exact, it was a limited edition of the wine, celebrating 50 ye...

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Jerry Viviano of Overland Park is host of the Viviano Benefit Variety Show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Viviano also works full-time in sales for Sysco.   This year's show, which benefits Don Bosco Center, is at 6 p.m. Nov. 22 in Rose Theatre at Rockhurst High School. Tickets are $25 and include an Italian dinner; call H...

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Thank you Robert for sharing with us your wonderful pictures of this year's Feast of Our Lady of the Audience (May 24th). Each year devotees gather at Holy Rosary Church in Kansas City, Missouri to celebrate the Feast of the Madonna dell'Udienza, patroness of Sambuca, Sicily.   Festivities included live music, refreshments and the highly ant...

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by Coreen Savitski   Randolfi's is bringing Southern Italian inspired cuisine to the Delmar Loop. "We wanted to go with kind of classical Italian with some modern touches," explained Michael Randolph, Randolfis' Chef/Owner. Chef Randolph keeps the menu 80% approachable and 20% inventive.   "If you wanted to come in and get a...

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By Sara Shepherd Megan Jones first saw a picture of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in a high school history textbook, but moved on after being told they wouldn't be on the test. As a sophomore at Indiana University, assigned to write about something in the university's rare book library, she came across the intriguing figures again. Thi...

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by Joyce Smith   On the Saturday before Christmas — one of the busiest nights of the year at the Northland's Cascone's Italian Restaurant —partner Jimmy Cascone still stopped to reminisce with longtime customers.   One customer who had been celebrating the season with his family there for decades forgot to make reservations for his pa...

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by Susan Smith-Harmon   Every community has that one terrific restaurant that's the "go to" place for a special night out. It's that place with the linen tablecloths, elegant ambiance, good service, good wine, and terrific food. For Brentwood residents, that's Frank Papa's Ristorante at 2241 South Brentwood Blvd., just south of I-64.  ...

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Eco Stylish Home, LLC (ESH), announced today their newest collection of high quality ceramics. The Melograno ceramic Italian handpainted dinnerware and pottery is now available for purchase. Termed the Melograno Umbria Collection, the items are sure to dazzle and captivate. Located in central Italy, Umbria is a renowned region for hand crafted cer...

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By Susan Smith-Harmon Some neighborhoods are quietly idyllic, others buzz with energy. The Loop hums with excitement. The stretch of Delmar Blvd from between The University City lions at Trinity and the MetroLink Station at Des Peres is teaming with interesting shops and restaurants. That's why it was named "One of the Ten Great Streets in America...

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