It amazes us to see the trends repeat themselves over the years. Much like clothing styles that refresh every few decades, we are witnessing a resurgence of the smaller boutique style shops. For many years, the big box stores were [...]
Our second year of travel blogging offered us more opportunities for adventure and exploration. There were so many great places we visited that it is really difficult to narrow it down to just our Top 10 stops. This grouping represents [...]
It's hard to believe we've completed our second year of travel blogging. The time passes so quickly, but fortunately we were able to make a lot of memories. In 2018, we continued to focus primarily on the Central U.S. While [...]
Hello friend! In case you missed my introduction article, here's a little recap. The idea of Crystal's Corner was born during a conversation with our oldest son. He suggested that you may like reading something from me occasionally. My style [...]
Hey Everybody! Welcome to Crystal's Corner! I am so excited to add this feature to our blog. What better way to ring in my 55th year, than to write my first article, (except for being with family, of course). I [...]
Some of you will remember back in the day, when shopping was done at small shops owned locally. Over time these were squeezed out by the "big box" department stores. We have noticed that lately there is a sort of [...]
Today we will part from our normal routine, so that we can look back on the recent past. We wanted to take a moment to reflect on how we got to where we are today. It was about 18 months [...]
The area that we Kansas Citians call the West Bottoms was originally named the French Bottoms. In that area the Kansas Indians and French traders would meet to strike deals. Being along a confluence of two rivers meant good trapping [...]
Our plan to visit the southeast corner of the Kansas City metro opened up the window for a few unique stops. The two main areas we would be in were Lee's Summit and Lone Jack, Missouri. When I plan an [...]
Recently, we released an article showcasing our Top 10 stops during our travels in 2017. (You can read it here>) We purposely left any food places off of that list, as we wanted to highlight those separately. In this article [...]
