BLADE AND TIMBER AXE THROWIG, KCPL

Blade and Timber opened their newest location in the Kansas City Power and Light District recently. I was invited for their VIP Preview night, and let me take you for a sneak peek. For those of you who don't know, Blade and Timber are all about ax-throwing, and good food, and not to forget good times.

Co-founders Matt Baysinger and Ryan Henrich have a passion for bringing people together through remarkable, interactive experiences. This passion led them to open the first ax-throwing experience for Kansas, with  Balde and Timber location in Kansas in 2017. Propelled by Blade and Timber's instant popularity, the duo opened six other locations in the US.

 Why would you throw axes, you might ask? I say, why not. It's a fun activity whether you are with friends, or out on a date night, or even as a team-building activity for your workmates. You can book a private lane, or you can hare a lane. Or you can even rent the facility for a private event. I had never thrown an axe before, and if you know, my favorite sport is to park myself on a comfortable spot in my neighborhood coffee shop. But I enjoyed myself so much, that I have already planned the next visit with some of my friends,

There are coached to help you get started, or to master your best throw. The trick is to align your body in such a way so that you can give your best throw. With some practice, I can say, I could throw some axes. Make sure you wear closed shoes, as that's a facility requirement. I had been there with my family, and it was fun to be throwing axes together. If you have kids under 10, then they won't be allowed to throw the real axes, but they do have some foam axes, with velcro on them. So the whole family can have fun. Cue in the good times.

 The Blade and Timber crew know that you run up an appetite. Their brand new menu offers piping hot comfort food. Chef Taylor Petrehn is a three-time James Beard Award semifinalist has created a menu, inspired by meals shared around a campfire. I could dedicate a whole meal to their selection of artisan waffles, but they have a lot more to offer.

  

Chicken and Waffles, steak frites, or fried chicken sandwiches, there is something to satisfy every Lumberjack or Jill's appetite. They also have a selection of hand-crafted dips created from scratch for your choice of waffles. 

 So what are you waiting for! For your next weekend or your next special occasion, you can head to throw some axes, and enjoy some good eats, at a location of Blade and Timber, closest to you. It's my husband's birthday very soon, and we know where we will be celebrating with some of our closest friends.

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STRIPES AND RUST : KCFW FW'19 OOTD

Kansas City Fashion Week starts in a few days, and I wanted to pen down yet another outfit ost from last season. For my last night of KCFW Fall Winter'19, I paid an ode to Fall. It is always tricky how you plan your outfits for fashion week. Do you dress according to the season you are in or do you dress according to the season of the fashion week? As you know the Fall-Winter shows happen in Spring-Summer and vice versa. I try and pay an ode to either, in the various outfits I style for fashion week. 

Stripes have been on-trend across seasons. While for Spring-Summer, you might opt for brighter colors, the moodier darker stripes take center stage, during Fall. This particular top/blouse of mine had a good mix of colors/tones when it came to its stripes. You have lighter brown, rust and even dusty pinks, interspersed with whites. This makes it a great transitional piece from Summer to Fall, and you can wear it either off-the-shoulder- or not. It is flowy but boxy in a way, which makes me comfortable in my mom bod. Everyone has problem areas, and for me for midriff/tummy bulge is something which I like to camouflage.

I paired it with the quintessential Fall tone- Rust. A mini which offset the volume of the boxy blouse/ top. Some platform espadrilles, which carried forward the warm notes of the outfit.

Huge Thank You to Sabrine Dunne of Sabrina Dunne Photography for collaborating with me on this post. It was raining heavily all afternoon and evening. She took these amazing photographs of mine, against the backdrop of Kansas City downtown, just before the runway shows began for KCFW.

While I am missing the upcoming season of KCFW, for my husband's ongoing battle with cancer I shall cherish the wonderful memories of all the years and all the seasons. 

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