Salvation Song - The Avett Brothers

"We came for salvation 
We came for family 
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away 
We came to break the bad 
We came to cheer the sad 
We came to leave behind the world a better way..." 

This is Joe. 

He's my brother. 

Worth adores him, his observational humor splits my sides on a daily basis, he's well on his way to hangin' out with Tiger and Phil, he's got the patience of Mother Theresa, he'll watch any movie and give it a rave review {27 Dresses; The Babysitter}, and bring you bagels or Chick-fil-A anytime you like. 

My brother turned 25 last week {6 weeks ago}. It's hard to believe he's {I'm} so old now. 

We celebrated this guy by eating at this place:

With these people:

 

 

We admired {were weirded out by} this art:

We ate some of these:

Only very slightly more cooked for most of us, except that Hartert kid...)

We also ate some beyond delicious mac & cheese. You should try it. Seriously. 

By the time it came to the table I had been given this look about my incessant photography:

Sooooo, that's it.  Love ya bud.

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Royals - Lorde

"Life is great without a care, we aren't caught up in your love affairand we'll never be royals, it don't run in our bloodthat kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz..."

You guuuyyyyysssss. Sorry I've been away. And sorry for being all "you guuuyyyyyssss." It's just really been that kinda day {/week/month/summer}. Been REAL busy. Check it out, yo.

My buses came to visit us!

Sorry for the crappy self-facing iPhone photo... It may or may not have been creeping up on 2am. We may or may not have had our daily recommended {very} healthy servings of wine.

Bus. Bus. Bus. I could write an entire blog about our {many} adventures, instead I'll just say that I love these girls more than Caramel Delights and Skinny Pop.

Zia had on some very concerning red lipstick.

When my bus Val comes, we pretty much center the whole visit around food. It's our buzz. {yeah... so my whole life is centered around food... but we'll use Val as an excuse.} Doesn't have to be fancy, just has to be good. 

Local Pig is relatively new on the KC food scene and BOY have they quickly become a contenda! I can't recommend them enough, whether you're after locally sourced meat {of almost any kind}, specialty food items {some I'd never heard of!}, or just a damn delicious lunch, Local Pig is your NEW BEST FRIEND. Check them out at 2618 Guinotte Ave, KCMO. (This post is not sponsored, I just seriously love this place like whoa.) 

We always wear our Freshly Picked Moccs when we go to the coolest places... duh.

We came, we played in the rocks, we ate. This. We almost forgot to take a picture of it before we devoured it. "It" was a delicious Cuban. I must have already eaten all the homemade chips. 

We did a fun photoshoot. {P.S. Don't do a photoshoot after you have stuffed your faces full.}  

We went inside so I could buy some sausages and beef and pork chops and eggs and honey and coffee and stuffed dates and shaving cream and spices and... this could go on for a while...

Locally made Oddly Correct Coffee 

Who doesn't like mason jars?

They butcher in-house. They teach classes. They have rad tattoos. They have a slightly scary cow poster. What's not to love?

Yayyyyyy Local Pig!

Stay tuned for more catching up... 

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