http://www.kansascity.com/lifestyle/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star FYI / Living 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:34:30 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) 1 1#storylink=rss Thu, 09 May 2013 14:32 CDT 1 1771940 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246110/as-kelly-rowland-showswhen-were.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246110/as-kelly-rowland-showswhen-were.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54 CDT When Kelly Rowland released "Dirty Laundry last week, everyone was expecting dance music. Instead, sherevealed she had survived an abusive relationship that isolated her, hurt her and turned her against her loved ones, including her musical partner in Destiny's Child, Beyoncé. 1771938 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245885/a-new-crop-of-grilling-books.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245885/a-new-crop-of-grilling-books.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00 CDT Cooking with fire may be in our DNA, but as our palates evolve so does grilling cuisine. 1771942 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245715/rye-whiskey-makes-a-comeback.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245715/rye-whiskey-makes-a-comeback.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00 CDT One of the most iconic of American spirits, rye nearly disappeared from the scene. Now distillers are giving it an edgy appeal. 1771942 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247367/boulevards-saison-brett-beer-hits.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247367/boulevards-saison-brett-beer-hits.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33 CDT Beer nerd alert: Saison-Brett, a limited-release Boulevard brew, hits taps and retail shelves today. The farmhouse ale, based on the Kansas City brewery's popular Tank 7, is dry hopped and bottle conditioned with various yeasts, including a wild strain called Brettanomyces, which gives the beer an earthy quality that pairs well with portobello mushroom, nutty Gruyere and English Stilton, a blue cheese. 1771942 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235452/a-weekend-of-sips-and-suds.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235452/a-weekend-of-sips-and-suds.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00 CDT Jowler Creek vineyard in Platte City -- about 30 minutes north of downtown Kansas City -- promotes itself as Missouri's first green vineyard and winery. It offers tours of its environmentally friendly operation, with even more wine and beer events on the area's busy schedule. 1771942 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4233363/anticipation-builds-for-a-delayed.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4233363/anticipation-builds-for-a-delayed.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55 CDT The sight of fresh asparagus in grocery stores is a sure sign of spring. Snap up the bright green spears fast. This year's late and heavy snows delayed the start of the local asparagus season two weeks to a month later than usual, so it will last only about six weeks. 1771942 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243530/photographers-work-helps-joplin.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243530/photographers-work-helps-joplin.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35 CDT About 20,000 envelopes of families' photos survived the tornado May 2011 tornado in Joplin, Mo. Through the efforts of a local historian and an army of volunteers, those families can reclaim pieces of their past they had thought were gone forever. 1771943 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237256/star-magazine-interview-diane.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237256/star-magazine-interview-diane.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00 CDT Diane Eickhoff of Kansas City co-authored "The Big Divide" with her husband, former Star television critic Aaron Barnhart. The book is a guide to Civil War sites in the Missouri-Kansas border region. 1771943 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4237959/first-of-all-much-can-be-revealed.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4237959/first-of-all-much-can-be-revealed.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 20:22 CDT Photographer's "Revealed" project began as a series of 31 photographs of people in Lawrence. He gave subjects a small wooden box, asked them to fill it with objects that represented their spirituality, then photographed them in a studio. 1771943 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4237352/love-story-love-becomes-part-of.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4237352/love-story-love-becomes-part-of.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00 CDT Rachel Keal was pleasantly surprised when she walked into her math adviser's office and saw Nick Kullman. It was December 2008 and Rachel, 20, and Nick, 19, had volunteered to help start a math club at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They had emailed prior to the meeting but had never met in person. 1771943 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4237243/now-trending.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4237243/now-trending.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00 CDT Trendy mamas aren't going with "Grateful Dead tie-dye" this spring, said Becky Hanf of Mission Fresh Fashion. Instead they're choosing subtle, two-tone tie-dye designs. 1771943 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235634/fabulous-faux-finishes-cover-a.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235634/fabulous-faux-finishes-cover-a.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00 CDT Textured finishes for walls and cabinets are trending toward a lighter look. You shouldn't be able to tell what application process is used -- or where it starts and stops. And you can create the trendy look yourself. 1771944 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235398/the-kc-stars-2013-quilt-project.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235398/the-kc-stars-2013-quilt-project.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00 CDT The 2013 Kansas City Star quilt has a jewel theme and is called, appropriately, "Rubies, Diamonds, Garnets, Too …." The quilt features creamy to white fabrics with dots, checks, ditzies, florals, shirtings and plaids for the backgrounds. 1771944 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235402/livliga-dinnerware-promotes-right.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235402/livliga-dinnerware-promotes-right.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00 CDT Kansas City native Sheila Kemper Dietrich talks about Livliga, a line of portion-control dinnerware she founded following a move to Boulder, Colo. She has a new line of children's dinnerware and a children's book in the works. 1771944 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235431/cool-blue-petunias-are-hot-for.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4235431/cool-blue-petunias-are-hot-for.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00 CDT Any plant that is blue, especially petunias, is flying off the shelves. No offense to you Pink Wave petunias, but it's the Blue Wave that seems to always be down to the last three plants whether they are at the big-box store or the mom-and-pop garden center. 1771944 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243553/ex-royals-ace-zack-greinke-buys.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243553/ex-royals-ace-zack-greinke-buys.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 21:05 CDT Former Royals pitcher Zack Greinke is settling into life in Los Angeles, where he now plays for the Dodgers. Greinke bought a gated home in Studio City for $4.575 million. 1771944 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241696/misbehaving-scottish-cardinal.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241696/misbehaving-scottish-cardinal.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29 CDT As Keith O'Brien announces his retirement, the Vatican says it has other plans that involve punishment. 1771945 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241674/in-search-of-perpetual-gratitude.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241674/in-search-of-perpetual-gratitude.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00 CDT I would like to know if gratitude is a sustainable state of being. It seems that one moment I feel thankful and the next my internal dialogue is complaining about something. 1771945 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241673/broadway-unkind-to-virgin-mary.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241673/broadway-unkind-to-virgin-mary.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24 CDT Controversial play finds few followers. 1771945 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241664/vatican-dabbles-in-art-again.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241664/vatican-dabbles-in-art-again.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00 CDT In a bid to revive its ancient tradition of arts patronage, the Holy See will participate with its own pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale, a leading international arts festival. The exhibition will feature works by contemporary artists taking their cues from the Book of Genesis. 1771945 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241652/an-angels-calling-card-goes-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241652/an-angels-calling-card-goes-on.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 14:13 CDT The Gabriel Stone, a 3-foot-tall tablet said to have been found 13 years ago on the banks of the Dead Sea, features 87 lines of an unknown prophetic text dated as early as the first century BC, at the time of the Second Jewish Temple. 1771945 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241587/red-dirt-shop-a-call-for-change.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241587/red-dirt-shop-a-call-for-change.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56 CDT Everywhere I go, I find brands with a conscience. Maybe it started with Toms shoes and their popular One-for-One movement -- buy a pair and a pair goes to an impoverished child. Now giving back through purchases has grown beyond holiday charities and thinking pink. It's year-round. 1771946 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4239467/dare-to-ride-a-roller-coaster.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4239467/dare-to-ride-a-roller-coaster.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00 CDT I know it's real when the seat belt buckles and the lap bar comes down. I'm locked in a four-passenger car set on a track spanning 1,345 feet. There's no turning back, but my back is turned. I chose the seat that doesn't look the five-story ascension in the face. But I can hear the rickety sound of the climb, and my fingers curl tighter and tighter around the safety bar until my nails dig into my palms. The pain reminds me that this is not a nightmare. It's happening. 1771946 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235456/so-much-scandal-140-characters.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235456/so-much-scandal-140-characters.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00 CDT Nobody breathe, it's Thursday. That's the running joke in my house because that night is all about ABC's "Scandal." And this week is the season finale of my favorite political thriller. 1771946 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233575/rebel-teens-fight-negativity.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233575/rebel-teens-fight-negativity.html#storylink=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 16:47 CDT As the school year winds down and kids sign yearbooks, a few students at Blue Valley Northwest have something else in mind. 1771946 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246027/find-practical-sensitive-ways.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246027/find-practical-sensitive-ways.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00 CDT Regarding our relationships with other people (including difficult ones), the Bible says, "God is with you in everything you do." 1771947 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246010/miss-manners-graduations-lack.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246010/miss-manners-graduations-lack.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00 CDT DEAR MISS MANNERS: The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, polite applause and inward pride are steadily losing ground to ear-piercing whistles and hooting and hollering like banshees upon hearing a loved one's name read. 1771947 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246008/dear-abby-dont-bring-a-dead-romance.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246008/dear-abby-dont-bring-a-dead-romance.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17 CDT DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together a year and a half. I regret moving in with him when I did, which was after only three months of dating. 1771947 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245796/dear-abby-dont-lie-to-kids-just.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4245796/dear-abby-dont-lie-to-kids-just.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00 CDT DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently learned that our sister-in-law's adult son from a prior marriage, "Charlie," is now "Claire." My husband and I have three sons, ages 2 to 10 years. 1771947 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241708/reach-out-to-neighbors-from-another.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241708/reach-out-to-neighbors-from-another.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00 CDT DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: We'd like to be friendly toward a family that moved into our apartment building a few months ago, but they're from a foreign country and have a different religion, and we're not sure what to do, if anything. Any suggestions? -- V.B. 1771947 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246038/take-a-seat-tot-choices-for-potty.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246038/take-a-seat-tot-choices-for-potty.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20 CDT Chairs now talk, sing and look like thrones. 1771939 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241723/t2-studios-puts-digital-graphics.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241723/t2-studios-puts-digital-graphics.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00 CDT In the last few years, the Kansas City-based video production firm T2 Studios and its so-called Experience Lab have gained a growing reputation for creating what are called immersion experiences. In a world of way-too-much stuff passing before our eyes, what all these flashy sights are about is an elevated form of marketing. 1771939 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241881/tame-your-mane-with-a-topknot.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241881/tame-your-mane-with-a-topknot.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08 CDT It's not just dancers who are doing it anymore. The topknot -- and her prim and proper sister, the sock bun-- have gone mass, and they aren't going away any time soon. 1771939 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241704/dear-abby-now-is-the-time-to-get.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/19/4241704/dear-abby-now-is-the-time-to-get.html#storylink=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00 CDT DEAR ABBY: I have worked in the field of education for more than 40 years, with the last 25 years serving in adult education, helping students complete their high school equivalency diplomas. Big changes are impending worldwide in this very important educational service. 1771939