For most of my life I had a vague memory fluttering in my head. A witch, serving pancakes in a breakfast restaurant, that when you eat them make you happy. The spell was shown by a freeze frame as colorful dots splashed across the screen.
In my teens, no one I ever mentioned this to had any idea what I was talking about. I began to think it was maybe just something I had dreamed. But in my early adult years, I found …

[Update: the detailed route map is now available below.]
Yesterday (Sunday, April 15) I set out to walk from Liberty, MO to Olathe, KS. I started out at the courthouse in Liberty Square. I wanted to end at the courthouse in downtown Olathe but really only needed to cross the city limits. I ended up stopping in the parking lot of the PetSmart at 119th & Strang Line, about a mile into Olathe.
Some stats…
Time started: 6:38am
Time ended: 9:35pm
Distance walked: …

NEW:  Check out my new bar blog, ScootersBars.com
For the past few years I’ve been keeping a meticulous record of ever bar I have visited. While I have been listing them by name here, several people have mentioned that my list would be more useful if it had more information.
To that end I present my new dynamic bar list. Just click the “details” link next to any bar listed to see a photo, map, address, phone number, details, my ratings, and in many cases a …

This past Friday afternoon Seth joined me for another walking barhopping trip, this one through the Greater Downtown Area.
Apart from being able to say that we walked 6.5 miles and had 16 drinks at 14 bars (plus one extra drink/bar for me at the very end of the night), the details about this particular trip will remain under wraps for now because they are part of a larger project that I am not yet ready to discuss.
However, there was one particular stop on this journey that was just too much …