I know when I’m out buying serious art my wallet is so heavy with cash that it is difficult for me to walk up a flight of stairs. (Dogs playing pool are expensive, and don’t even get me started on the price of crushed velvet.) Well, now downtown art lovers ...
I’m sure city employees always fix a big batch of popcorn, grab their notebooks and sit down in front of the TV on Tuesday nights to watch and admire the weekly Lawrence City Commission meetings. But there may be a few more viewers tonight. This is the meeting where commissioners ...
I once had a vision, and then I got married and soon discovered that talking my lovely bride into living on my 1960s cabin cruiser on Melvern Lake perhaps was going to require more persuasion than I once thought. What I’m saying is: Some visions are better than others. Perhaps ...
Big news on the date night front in the Lawhorn household: No longer when I take my beautiful bride out for a fancy dinner at Domino’s will I have to put the candelabrum on the dash. Plans have been filed for Domino’s to open a new sit-down restaurant along 23rd ...
UPDATES: I have several updates on the project to share now that I’ve heard back from both the architect and a spokesman from KU Athletics. Here’s a look: Jim Marchiony, an associate athletic director for KU, said the new facility will greatly improve the ability of the KU women’s tennis ...
Chicken is on my mind. Buffalo wing sauce is on my tie. Crumbs of crispy, deep-fried breading may or may not be on the stubble of my beard. And all of this is before city leaders wisely rename south Iowa Street Deep Fried Drive to honor the chicken wars that ...
Dogs around the country may end up getting a taste of East Lawrence, which may cause you to wonder whether canines soon will start creating funky art, hosting wild kickball games and forming their own powerful neighborhood association. But that’s not what I”m talking about. Instead, I have news of ...
A multimillion-dollar police headquarters project may be the big issue on the minds of City Hall leaders, but city residents still are far more fixated on a slightly smaller issue: fixing that pothole. A recent city survey found fixing the streets is still the top-of-mind issue for Lawrence residents, outpacing ...
Maybe it is time to sell the house, and I’m not just saying that because I perhaps didn’t keep up on the dish washing quite as well as I had planned while my wife was away this week. No, the real reason is because new Lawrence home sale numbers are ...
There are new adventures to be had in Lawrence with chopsticks, and this time I’m almost sure it won’t require a trip to the ear, nose and throat doctor. In other words, there’s news about some new Japanese and Chinese restaurants in the city. Yeah Sushi has opened in the ...
America’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill is now in one less Lawrence neighborhood. Applebee’s has closed one of its two Lawrence locations. The Applebee’s at Sixth and Monterey Way — in the shopping center that houses Hy-Vee — closed on Wednesday, and crews were taking the signs down on Thursday. A ...
There is a new trend in the Lawrence medical industry, and thankfully this one doesn’t involve a doctor trying to convince me that Doritos — hello, they’re corn — aren’t part of the vegetable group. Instead, it involves independently owned doctors’ offices being bought by hospitals. The latest deal involves ...
Longtime businessman and former City Commissioner Bob Schumm has confirmed that he is renewing his request for a set of tax incentives for an upscale condo project on Vermont Street. You may remember that in December, the City Commission on a 3-2 vote rejected Schumm’s request for property tax breaks ...
The annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale is set for Thursday, which means you should plan on temperatures being approximately equal to those on the surface of the sun, and you should start developing your parking strategy now. (Note: Driving down Massachusetts Street at 1 mile per hour while looking for ...
There are some who would say evoking silence from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is akin to a miracle. After all, despite the many criticisms of Kobach, he often isn’t shy to talk. He even has been known to provide information when he didn’t intend to. See a now ...
I’m confident there is going to be a turnaround this season in the fortunes of KU football. Why? No, it is not the new offensive coordinator. No, it is not better players. It will be something much more fundamental than that: tater tot pizza. All of it you could ever ...
I’m beginning to become confused about prosperity. It seems like Lawrence is experiencing quite a bit of it. Yet, Lawrence residents soon may get a statement that causes them to wonder if it is true. Lawrence residents are on track to see their largest property tax increase in recent memory. ...
It is like finding a dollar on the sidewalk — except instead of one dollar there are 1.4 million of them. That is kind of the situation the city of Lawrence has found itself in. When you find a dollar on the sidewalk, you have a decision to make. Do ...
I once went to a costume party without knowing it was a costume party. The other guests spent all night trying to figure out what 1980s character I was. I wonder if the large building on the southeast corner of 10th and Massachusetts streets feels a bit like that. The ...
I once thought about trying to sample every coffee shop in downtown Lawrence in a day, and then I realized that it would be too expensive to rent a U-Haul to transport my bladder. In other words, there are a lot of coffee shops in downtown. There soon will be ...
