Tuesday, June 17, 2008

My Top Seven

I am in Kansas City, Missouri to intern at the Kauffman Foundation.  It is in the middle of America.  Need I say more?

7. BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken, BBQ burgers, BBQ ice cream...

6. Improving my sprinting skills to dodge drive-by shootings in East Side Kansas City.  Its code name is "Beirut."

5. My fabulous apartment overlooking the flood-lighted parking lot of Section 8 housing.

4. Playing golf on the rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling green hills of Kansas City.  It never ends.

3. Doing micro-enterprise consulting and documentary film "in the cuts" of Jackson County.  Carrying a sharp object just in case.

2. Free hearty breakfasts, two-dollar meals, trips to DC and New Orleans, getting paid!

1. Learning to attach the "h" sound hwith hwords that start hwith "w" to attempt to fit in hwith locals.  Trying not to feel hweird about it.


1 comment:

Tom Niblock said...

Charity, if you're ambitious, I have a recommendation for some local cuisine. Get on I-35, drive three hours north, take the "Nevada" exit and drive to the local Dairy Queen. They have 3 chili dogs for $2 on Fridays. It's called "Chili Dog Friday". Tell them I sent you. It's definitely worth it.

Oh, and the watermelon isn't bad either this time of the year. But not at Dairy Queen.