Comments on: What I Really Need is a 30 Day Brain Make-Over

By: Rechelle

Rechelle — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:26:08 +0000

Lisa – D’Bronx ! One of my all time favorites.

By: Robin in New Jersey

Robin in New Jersey — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:43:14 +0000

Oh My goodness. I love these photos, Rechelle. The houses are lovely. I have never been to Kansas, so this is a real treat for me.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:02:13 +0000

I went to KUMC years and years ago and lived just a couple of blocks away in an apartment complex near Rainbow Blvd. Does that sound right? Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I forgot about all that beauty around there. i still miss Da Bronx and that great Cajun restaurant by the school. Yum.

By: An Oklahoma Granny

An Oklahoma Granny — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:37:31 +0000

Three years ago a friend and I attended a benefit Kitchen Tour of several homes. My husband and I were in the process of building our home and I was doing research to see the latest & greatest in kitchen ideas. As we entered each home I would ask the “ticket taker” if it was ok to take photos. Each time I was told yes. (Many other “tourists” were using cameras too.) So I’m clicking happily away inside one of the homes and an inside attendent came up to me and said in a very loud voice – PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT ALLOWED!!!!! I was totally mortified and somehow managed to mumble an apology and that I would be happy to delete the pictures I’d already taken. She glared some more at me and said no, it was not necessary but to NOT TAKE ANY MORE!

At the next home on the tour I couldn’t bring myself to ask permission, I just kept my tiny camera in my purse, still reeling from my experience. Then the home after that had the kitchen of my dreams. The home owner happened to be there and I overheard him talking to other tourists about his outdoor kitchen (which was magnificient). Telling him why I wanted to take a few photos he was so very, very kind and told me to snap away to my hearts content. His kind words restored my soul.

By: Barbara H.

Barbara H. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:43:43 +0000

Well, I’ve been on both sides of this fence. I took pictures one afternoon walking around a nice neighborhood. I even stood in a church parking lot looking at someone’s back yard. A little later a police car drove by with someone in it – my guess was that they were checking me out in case I was scoping out the neighborhood for a burglary. Maybe that woman had had a bad experience herself. It’s hard when someone else deflates us!
Then years later I was working in my front yard when I noticed someone in a parked car taking pictures of my house. I confronted them, telling them not to take pictures. They drove off and I was upset. A few years later I realized that they might have been taking pictures for real estate comps. Oh well.
I’m happy to agree with everyone else that you were perfectly legit, though. Glad you were able to recover.

By: Tish

Tish — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:12:48 +0000

Thank you for performing such a vital and death (or irate homeowner) defying task by taking photos of houses that are too far for me to drive to. I appreciate your sacrifice. And the lady in the red car was probably on a 24hr pass from the local mental hospital. You should have told her that the homeowners hired you to take the photos of rinsurance purposes or that you were a photographer from Home and Garden Magazine. Farmhouse Home and Garden that is. :)

By: Kellye

Kellye — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:55:38 +0000

I think I would have felt like you did, but I have a friend who reminds me to not let other people steal our joy. Thank you for sharing your photos with us. It was refreshing. So next time you can tell her, “I am a photographer for a community health group.”

By: Rechelle

Rechelle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:02:43 +0000

Kristin – It has been a long time since we lived in KC. Some of my favorite restaraunts are long gone – but everything on 39th street by the med center is great – especially D’Bronx, Fric and Frac (super cheap) and the Jerusalem Cafe. Of course I love walking around Westport (have you been to Prydes yet? Amazing kitchen store just down the road from the Corner Cafe) I love walking around the Plaza, the lawn outside the Nelson Museum, The summer Shakespeare Festival… I am highly entertained by just going for a drive around KC through all the great old neighborhoods. Kansas City is a very liveable city.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:10:25 +0000

I’m glad you took the pictures because I loved looking at them. What beautiful homes! (And, by the way, isn’t admiration and enjoyment the purpose of having a beautiful home? I think so.)

I think you should have snapped a photo of that woman just for fun and posted it for us…although she sounds a bit like the litigious type.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:47:36 +0000

I’ve been reading your blog(s) for about 2 and a half years, but just recently moved to the KC area from Michigan. I’m excited to try the Corner Cafe. Have you been to Succotash at City Market? We like that one too. Any other suggestions for things to see and do, and places to go?

By: bdaiss

bdaiss — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:12:05 +0000

Hmmm…does Corner Cafe serve corned beef hash? Because that’s my gauge of a great breakfast place. None of that froofy crepe type stuff.

I happened to hit the garden page before this post, and my thought was “I wonder if Rechelle feels as funny as I do when I take pictures of strangers houses.” : ) I love to take pics of architecture I find interesting. I feel better if I’m in an historic or otherwise “noted” area – I figure I am definitely not the only nut who’s been there snapping away. Only once have I “met” someone and she was a fabulous little old lady who invited me into her garden, gave me lemonade, and told me the whole story of the house. It was awesome.

So snap away and nosy non-residents be damned.

By: siltedrepose

siltedrepose — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:06:00 +0000

It would probably be the wrong thing to do, but I’m wondering what that the lady would have done if you’d just snapped a photo of her. Oh, and if it wasn’t her neighborhood, how does she know it’s not your house? Or you could be a professional photographer hired to photograph that person’s house.

I had cream cheese filled crepes covered with jelly at a Bob Evans this summer. They sound wonderful, but after trying them I’d rather have something else. It was way to heavy and sugary for me, and you couldn’t even taste the cream cheese. On the other hand, I prefer my carpeting without stains, and I prefer my server to remember they’re working for a tip. I don’t mind talking and sympathizing, but you have to let me eat my meal at some point.

By: Lady Fi

Lady Fi — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:45:25 +0000

Stalking poodles? Sounds like a good title for your book!

And I promise to eat at the Corner Cafe.. should I ever find myself over there. And hungry. At breakfast time.

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:14:27 +0000

Thanks for taking me back—I lived near the KUMC when I was in residency, too. State Line Road, on the KCK side (Loved the WY on my license plate). Great memories of those days and of KC. Next time check out the Loose Park neighborhood—I always coveted the houses there and dreamed about living in one of them. I have always been a sucker for stone houses and there are plenty in Kansas.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:08 +0000

Beautiful shots! Maybe she should of known that it doesn’t look good for a car to pull up slowly next to someone – we are more on the lookout here for strangers in cars then for people taking pictures!