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<title>How to get downtown condo/apartment recycling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apparently the answer is: Call Batliner.
But first, a brief history: People who live in condos or apartment buildings downtown have often struggled to find reliable recycling.
We've talked to people who schlepped their recy... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Oprah's At Home mag out and ... Gamma women are in?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Beware the emails that went out earlier this week asking customers to renew "O At Home" magazine (I got one): Hearst isn't going to publish any more issues of Oprah's quarterly home magazine.
Read Hearst's news release here,... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Update: Obama's first press conference...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So, who watched and what did you think?
We remarked that the President-elect looked a little tired. But then, he did start receiving his first security briefings yesterday that President Bush also gets, so maybe that aged hi... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Last few days to join Ink's Frink panel!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2606</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In the next week, we'll be looking through the
hundreds of people who want to give their opinions on current events
and lifestyle issues through Ink's Frink Panel.
But there's still time to sign up.
Here's the deal: Ink i... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Join Ink's Frink panel</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2605</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder that in the next week, we'll be looking through the
hundreds of people who want to give their opinions on current events
and lifestyle issues through Ink's Frink Panel.
But there's still time to sign up.
H... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Gotta love Chicago-style voting!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2567</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Just got back from the Windy City where a lot of the store windows were decorated for today's election.
The Kate Spade store on Oak Street was giving out free buttons that said things like, "Ask Questions" and "Break the Rul... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Got opinions? Join our Frink Panel.</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2405</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On the way to Catholic school during the 1984 election year, my school bus erupted into this kid-friendly campaign song:
&ldquo;Reagan, Reagan he's our man!
Mondale's in a garbage can!&rdquo;
Over and over we sang/screamed... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The worst pop in America?!?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My sister just emailed me Men's Health magazine's pick for the worst pop in America.
Of course it's my favorite, which would explain the weight gain when I was chain-guzzling them when I lived in Des Moines.
Here's the skin... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Recession doesn't have to be depressing</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2337</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So Kansas City's officially in a recession, waiting for the rest of the country to catch up.Usually the coasts are the trendsetters, but this time we're among those in the lead of cities in need.We should all go out and buy a... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Third time's a charm?</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2229</link>
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<description><![CDATA[My apologies to Tina Turner, Michael Smith's restaurant and anyone else my husband and I decide to incorporate into our third wedding anniversary today.
The marriage is great, but places that played a significant part in our... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Something for the ladies! (barf)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I find pitches like the following completely unappealing (this is for a local charity event to be held this month):
"It&rsquo;s got all the things a guy could want. We&rsquo;ll
have hot wings, a steak and potato dinner, spo... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Who loves/hates my new rug?</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/2104</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So I have 30 days to decide if I love/hate my new West Elm rug.
I'm a beige person, so this is the brightest thing I own (other than my hair).
Maybe it's the furntiture and/or furniture arrangement that needs help.
So give... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Oh no Kenley didn't!!!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How did Kenley NOT go home after making a high-waisted, sailor pant mess for her hip-hop challenge?
Even worse: She disrespected Tim Gunn.
Tim called her on it in the design room. Then she went on camera and said she wasn't... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>'That's way too much peter before coffee'</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1903</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Remember when Carrie Bradshaw went to the Hamptons and her friend's
husband was standing in the hall wearing only a T-shirt, acting like it
was completely normal?
I had my own "Sex and the City" moment this morning while I... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Brake for Tour of Missouri bikes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anyone got a pool going on how many Tour of Missouri athletes will get mowed down by cars when they roll into town today?
Let&rsquo;s hope motorists in our decidedly un-bike-friendly town will take care not to wipe out the w... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Update! Smuggling food in her panties</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Let me preface this story by saying that no one at my sister's house is starving.
That said, my 3-year-old niece Audrey has started hiding food in her pants pockets.
I laughed when my mom told me this, and she said "Don't l... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Here kitty, kitty. Kitty? Oh, nevermind...</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1593</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The story behind Ink's Pet Issue cover photo:
Yep, that&rsquo;s a picture of me cuddling a notebook.
Last week Jennifer Hack and I went to Amante Domingo and Lindsey
Bridges&rsquo; apartment on the Plaza to shoot the cover... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Eek! My cholesterol!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1566</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm officially on a diet after getting the results of my annual blood tests.
A postcard from my doctor's office announcing the test results showed up last week.
Normally everything is fine and the card goes in the trash.
T... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wow! Worst. Obit. Ever.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Dolores had no real hobbies, made no contribution to
society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life.&rdquo;
So much for not speaking ill of the dead.
Check out the rest of this obit for an apparently real... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Barefoot Contessa in KC!!!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1519</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Calling all foodies: I just found out Ina Garten - the Barefoot Contessa - is coming to KC Oct. 30 for a Rainy Day Books event.
I immediately ordered tickets after missing out on last year's book events with Paula Deen (Sold... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Our up-and-coming status is expiring</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1488</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Sorry, Team USA.
I&rsquo;d like to root for the Americans during this week&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s
gymnastics finals, but I&rsquo;m going with my girl Oksana Chusovitina.
The old one.
Chusovitina&rsquo;s an Uzbekistan
nati... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Vodka-infused laundry? I call bullshit!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1473</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A co-worker sent me an eco-newsletter that suggests using vodka to freshen your clothes between washings.
Here's what it says: 
"Use a spritz or two of vodka to freshen up clothes in between laundry loads. You can reduce th... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How many laxatives!?!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1449</link>
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<description><![CDATA[My friend is having a colonoscopy next week and was reading over the instructions for what to do before the procedure.
Starting at noon the day before, she has to take - count them - 15 LAXATIVES!
Then at 3 p.m., she has to... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>DJ AM and the purse man</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1420</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I'd love to hear how many men would do what this man did last night at DJ AM's set at the P&amp;L.
My friend Whitney and I spotted him from Mosaic's patio overlooking the dance floor.
He was dancing with what I assume must ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>I (heart) Reactor Factory!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1415</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Check out my new T-shirt from Reactor Factory!
I was messing around on inkkc.com one day and noticed our Frink Chaseme had this on his profile:
designer at the greatest design shop in town! REACTOR
http://www.yourreactor.c... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How much is too much for vet bills?</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1397</link>
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<description><![CDATA[We always figured Stripe-Eds would live the longest.
Gray Kitty and Ernie are fat &mdash; at least 16-plus pounders. Their
belly fat swings wildly underneath them when they run to their food dishes.
Stripe-Eds is long and ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Project Runway live blog III</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1398</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The ladies of Ink gathered in my loft to watch this week's Project Runway. And here we go...
Oh! How boring! A recreation of a challenge we've seen every freakin' season.&nbsp;
The contestants must take a picture of somethi... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE: Poor Stripe-Eds!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1377</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This morning I took my cat Stripe-Eds to the vet for kitty surgery.
His paw has been swollen for about a month now. He's got a growth spreading between two of his claws. Antibiotics and a shot of steroids have not done anyth... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Today's must-see video</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Richard Simmons visits Capitol Hill.
Thoughts:
A: Richard Simmons in a suit?
B: Who knew Dana Milbank was so funny?... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Project Runway Live Blog II</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1351</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So yeah, I'm watching the show at 10 tonight because I gave my poor husband some gross snot/throat thing, so I spent 8 o'clock hour making him my homemade chicken noodle soup. Served it with a $1.99 seeded baguette from Green... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Let's hear it for the free-range office</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1346</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Happy 40th birthday, cubicles, but we're not so sure we want to wish you many more.
Sorry, but the new trend is open-air offices, allowing employees to free-range ideas &mdash; and themselves.
If we can break down walls for... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Girl Scouts visit Ink!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1339</link>
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<description><![CDATA[We get a lot of tour groups through Ink, but I was really excited about this morning's group: Lots and lots of Girl Scouts.
Oh yeah. I'm a Girl Scout. A big one.
I went from Brownies to Seniors, got my Gold Award and am a l... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Grandma, 94 + inflatable bra = hilarious</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1332</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I listened to this short story on NPR.org yesterday and laughed and cried for about 10 minutes, which of course caused my husband to laugh.
I was in such belly-aching hysterics that I couldn't breathe. It was fabulous.
So w... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>This may be a bad idea...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[... but I'm going to try it anyway.
I just watched the Neti Pot video on YouTube and my nose is so stuffed up that I'm going to try the nose-cleaning experiment.
Disclaimer: I don't have a Neti Pot, but I've got a watering ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Project Runway live blog</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1290</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Project Runway moved to 8 p.m., followed by the hair reality show Shear Genius, followed by the encore of PR.
This screwed up Ink's habit of watching PR at 9 at my house, and then needing to see the 10 p.m. encore because we... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Justus served? Let's hope so</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1281</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Justus drops by our table as dessert&rsquo;s on its way and
asks if it would be rude of him to pull up a chair and visit.
Of course not! I could listen to him go on for hours about the
rich local history of Justus... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Laurie vs Hellboy. Er ... Ted Danson.</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1256</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So Friday night my hubby decides we're going to go see Hellboy II.
I put my foot down.
Not only did I have NO desire to see it, but I hadn't even seen the first Hellboy.
Trust me, he told me. You'll like it.
Truth: Normal... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Holy (cheap) Hibiscus!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1232</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I just got around to planting my patio last weekend when my parents were in town.
The big benefit to waiting was discount flowers.
Check out the hibiscus I found for $4 at Home Depot.
I planted two big pots on Saturday and... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Gas is crass, but petrol is prettier.</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1208</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week the wordsmiths at Webster's revealed new entries for the 2008 dictionary that debuts this fall.
More than 100 got in, including “fanboy,” “air quotes” and “Texas Hold 'Em.”
Soon these terms wil... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mantage of Manliness</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1202</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I love this video:







Mmmmm... tastes like liberty.
Watch future issues of Ink for our special on manscaping.... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Columbus Park's on fire</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1190</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Whoa, people in Columbus Park are some serious fireworks freaks.
For hours, I've watched big fireworks shoot up from all over the neighborhood.&nbsp;
They look like mini-versions of the fireworks I saw at RiverFest tonight.... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sippy Cup's shit storm</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1178</link>
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<description><![CDATA[City of &nbsp;(Brown) Fountains
In the middle of tonight's storm, I got a call from Sippy Cup from Ink's Winey Girls Club.
She lives in an apartment in the Crossroads and wanted to know if my power was off.
Not sure. I was... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Smuggling recycling to the office</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1169</link>
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<description><![CDATA[If your name is Mark Zieman or Mike Fannin, or if you have
anything to do with recycling at The Kansas City Star, you have an
urgent phone call. &hellip;
Confession: I'm a home-to-office recycler.
It started with a pop ca... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Safety pins, ASAP!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1141</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So, like, a minute before my husband and I are supposed to leave our hotel room and go downstairs to the ballroom where he's going to get the biggest award of his career, I lean over to pick something up.
And break the zippe... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Dear McGonigle's ...</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/1117</link>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
I left work on Friday at 5:45ish, knowing there was no way I was going to make it from The Kansas City Star to McGonigle's Market on West 79th before the store closed at 6 p.m.
But my Auntie Lin wanted me to bring a ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Quick! An ark!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/lauriemansfield/blog/998</link>
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<description><![CDATA[My peeps in Des Moines are crazy-sandbagging downtown because of the flooding.
The city's closed the downtown bridges and volunteers are sandbagging around the I-Cubs ballpark.
Here's why I care: We own a loft along the riv... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>An LGBT burger!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Our staff went on a Chef Burger run today, so I was cruising the online menu for my first-ever Chef Burger when I spotted: The LGBT burger!
Okay, it's actually called the BLFGT Burger - as in Bacon, Lettuce, Fried Green Toma... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Lightning blew out the wall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm keeping an eye on the weather from my loft tonight because the storm earlier this week actually blew out a chunk of my next door neighbor's wall.
Yep.
Lightning struck our building, and when my neighbor's came home, the... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Last day for room contest!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last year KC Star home reporter Stacy Downs and I launched the Best Loft in Kansas City contest.
My favorite part: People uploaded pics of their cool lofts on the Star's Web site - and I got a lot of decorating ideas.
This ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Laurie's baby bump</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Remember last year when baby doll tops were in?
I found one at the Banana Republic outlet that I really love. Wore it to Santorini in Greece and had a bartender take a pic of me on the cliffside in what I thought would be a ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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