Random Thoughts On Kansas City
Posted @ 10:28 pm - Filed under Cool Info, seminar, Kansas City
Let’s get the whole What’s a BBQ thing out of the way first. A while back I committed the almost unforgivable sin of calling meat cooked on a patio BBQ grille, actual real life BBQ. I’m here to say I’ve been appropriately rehabilitated in the very heart of BBQ Mecca — Kansas City.
Here’s visually empirical evidence of my hands on rehabbing, supervised by BBQ expert Chris Lengquist himself.
The People
Down to earth, possessing loads of common sense, and just plain nice. The level of sophistication when it comes to investing was typical of those in San Diego. In other words, just like Grandma said, people are people wherever you go. In Kansas, trust me on this, they’re nicer, a little more practical, and in January? Way colder. Are you kiddin’ me!? 5˚ plus the breezes. Meanwhile Josh and I are in jeans, a few layers of shirts, and leather coats.
Give you five seconds to pick out the guys from San Diego. 
The Area
The entire time we were there was as if we’d been inserted into a Hallmark card. Snow, fields, trees everywhere, many with ponds, and views that were worthy of framing. Driving down a road Chris says, “On yer left is Missouri, and on yer right is Kansas.” Oh.
Turns out those two states aren’t what you’d term friendly with each other. Man, that’s not even scratching the surface. It goes back to civil war days, even before that. It’s serious stuff. They tax each other based upon origin. No, really, they do. You can’t make that up.
Sports
Basketball at Kansas University is just short of a religion. I’ve been in Manhattan during October baseball playoffs, Yanks vs Red Sox in a sports bar. Pretty dang exciting, right? It has nothing, nada, zilch on watching KU vs Missouri in a KC sports bar Saturday night. Oh — my — God! Chris was surprised we got a table, as we were only 90 minutes early.
Next
Since today found me on my cell for about a ‘charge and a half’, the post I had written in my head was impossible to get done. I’ll write it tomorrow instead. Thanks for your patience. The seminars were an even better experience than I’d anticipated. The real estate project I viewed was as Chris said — worthy of further serious analysis.
Know this — Chris Lengquist listened when I answered his questions about how to set up the seminars. They were literally flawless in design and execution. The room was perfect, and the people were exactly who should’ve been there. Both seminars took serious time when it came to Q & A. In fact, in the afternoon gathering we finally quit after around 90+ minutes of answering very thoughtful questions — which took time to answer in kind. We had to quit — everyone had to haul buns because the tip-off for the KU basketball game was quickly approaching. I understood totally.
Both groups asked questions honing in on the core of concepts they’d just heard about. They were getting it right — and really keeping me on my toes in the process.
I’ll catch you tomorrow.
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