The Kansas City Vlog: 20230206 to 20230212 Boorish Slice of Life

20230206 to 20230212 Boorish Slice of Life

This busy week begins with a fire.  Part of our job is to ask the fire captain in charge important information about the fire.  Winter is a busy time for "vagrant" house fires.  Abandoned houses and buildings become homes for squatters who set up camp as they do not wish to go to emergency shelters during the cold weather.  In desperation many of them light fires and light their shelter on fire.  They are usually long gone before the fire fighters arrive.  Vagrancy can be defined as harmful acts against oneself or others usually but not always as a result of homelessness or houselessness.  Abandoned properties provide shelter to vagrants and all the problems they bring to themselves and others.  Keeping properties empty for long periods of time is criminal.  I got to talk to an experienced fire chief.  Why is it our football franchise is not called the Fire Chiefs?  The stories I hear are a great perk of my occupation.  Speaking of perks, we were the last people to get to use the completed southbound lanes of the John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil bridge, other than construction crews.   I do an impromptu tour of Union Station.  As things change, even though possibly visually booring, I roll on the Broadway Bridge as it exists before it is altered.  Tuesday is a cityfari.  There is another word I've invented.  It means to explore a city as a wild place -- almost a natural environment.  I kvetch about the inconvenience of a major bridge being blocked as I get a steamer.  Grandview has a shooting call -- 

MEDIA RELEASE

Shooting

February 08, 2023

On 02/08/2023 at approximately 2:50 AM, Grandview Police responded to a shooting in the Victory Apartments located at 12322 3rd St., Grandview, Missouri.

Officers made contact with the victim who had suffered a serious injury and then taken to a local hospital. The suspect fled the scene and has been identified as an acquaintance of the victim. The victim is expected to survive.

Grandview Police Department is investigating and searching for the suspect.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact Crime Stoppers Greater Kansas City TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

I then drive to the other side of 135th for a car chase that had been going on all evening it seemed. We are spending our lives at Union Station, it seems. The place is lit up very pretty. In this part of the country, the weather changes quickly. I go to visit the Dentist. The "light snow"has become a February Surprise snow. We end up at Dagwoods which is a nice place to have a warm cup, a hot plate and a nice view of the winter weather outside. Friday brings me as a roamin' gnome. However, a big fire derailed our adventure. Time for haystacks. I discovered that Dagwoods version of a haystack is called a Dagwood. The afternoon brought us shopping for a phone as my wife's phone went kaputt. Saturday brings a much needed clean up for my work home. I run other shopping errands and end up at another great city diner -- Hayes. Sunday was a fun day for us and the dawgs. Cafe Ca Phe is very busy. Vietnam Cafe is busy too, and on such a nice day the dawgs and I enjoy a little walk around Columbus Park. Everyone else is eagerly anticipating a big sporting event, Yay Sports Team! We get some necessities at China Town Food Market. Because of some big sport team event, we find ourselves looking fruitlessly for an open store. We also was our family bus. We were cheering for a deer to cross North Broadway to catch up with the rest of its herd. A war broke out as I tried to get sleep for the busy days to follow.