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07.15.2009 1:23 pm

Historic Hotel in KC Gets a New Look

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Raphael, a boutique hotel across from Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, is marking the near completion of its restoration with a “renovation celebration.”

The package includes a night in one of the newly finished rooms, a $10 dining certificate for…

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01.16.2009 12:38 pm

Megabus.com, the intercity express bus service, says its has served two million customers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Megabus.com, an express bus service that sells fares as low as $1 via the Internet, says its business is booming despite the slowing economy.

The service says it has served 2 million riders since it began in April 2006. Last year, the service…

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01.01.2009 8:45 am

Kansas City’s a top 5 city to watch, according to smartertravel.com

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Visitors to the College Basketball Experience can shoot free throws in front of a video of a hostile crowd. Photo by Tom Uhlenbrock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Visitors to the College Basketball Experience can shoot free throws in front of a video of a hostile crowd. Photo by Tom Uhlenbrock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kansas City is one of five international “Destinations to Watch” in 2009, according to SmarterTravel.com. KC was…

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09.20.2008 8:00 am

Megabus.com launches mobile alert for customers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Megabus.com has a new mobile alert system that lets customers know about delays with an automated voice message.

Customers can sign up for the mobile alert system while booking a trip. Currently only five percent of Megabus.com arrivals and departures are delayed.

I’m…

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08.01.2008 5:12 pm

Barbecue cook-off, Aug. 1-2, in Lake of the Ozarks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I know this is a little last minute, but if you’re headed to the Lake of the Ozarks, this is the weekend for the 16th annual Laurie Hillbilly Bar-B-Q Cook-Off. It’s going on today and Saturday at the Laurie Fairgrounds…

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06.23.2008 7:00 am

Where’s your quick getaway?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s hot and gas is $4 a gallon. But you still want to go on vacation.

This summer we’re giving you vacation options that are closer to home. We’re calling them “Midwest quick trips.” We’ve got Columbia, Mo., covered, and this…

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12.27.2007 10:36 am

Double-decker megabus

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Megabus.com, a low-cost, express bus company that offers $1 fares, announced it will begin double-decker bus service between St. Louis and Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City and St. Louis and Bloomington-Normal today. Megabus.com became the first bus company in…

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07.02.2007 5:54 pm

Irish summer fests

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From the Associated Press
If you’d like to explore your Irish roots this summer but you can’t make the trip to Dublin, chances are there’s an Irish festival near you - including one in Dublin, Ohio, that is one of the…

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06.26.2007 12:28 pm

First Fridays in KC

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kansas City has a few things going on for the active and engaged Midwesterner, such as….
- First Fridays in the Crossroads Art District: Every Friday from July 6 through Aug. 3  when more than 60 art galleries stay open late.
- Where…

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01.03.2007 4:20 pm

Kansas City ‘cue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I’m happy to report that  finally, there is barbecue at Country Club Plaza. Last October,  Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue opened on the pedestrian-friendly Plaza, south of downtown KC. I got to give the ribs a try over the New Year’s weekend.…
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