Crown Center

I'm so excited to have all of my blogging friends come to Kansas City for BlogPaws in April! The area of town we will be in has been one of my favorites for years-I always made sure to visit the Crown Center area before I lived here.

Crown Center is almost its own community. It is surrounded by the headquarters of Hallmark with its own visitor center; Union Station with restaurants and rotating exhibits; the National World War I Museum and Liberty Memorial; and the Crown Center Shops. It is also located at the beginning of the KC Streetcar if you want to venture a little further north!

The Sheraton Crown Center Hotel is connected to the Crown Center Shops and Union Station by the Link. You don't have to cross the busy streets or even go outside to travel between the buildings! I recommend visiting the lobby of the Westin Crown Center Hotel while you're there, too. Just on the other side of the shops is the most breathtaking hotel lobby I've ever seen.

The Crown Center Shops are full of KC originals. You can eat at d'Bronx and have New York style deli food or pizza.

Yum!

Feel like a burger? Have it delivered to you by train at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant.

Sheridan's Frozen Custard has a loyal following.

And for the visiting chocoholics, there's Chip's Chocolate Factory.

Yes, he's making fudge right in front of us. You can see that it draws a crowd. You can even have it delivered right to your mouth!

There is plenty to see and do besides eat.

Make sure to get your KC souvenirs!

There is some bad news: the Crown Center Shops aren't pet-friendly. At least you don't have to go far to get there though so your pets won't be without you for long!

Cat Quotables-Cat Spit

"Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit."

~John S. Nichols

Cat Quotables-The Internet

"The Internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one's cat."

~Anonymous

Cat Quotables-A Cat's Coat

"Don't judge a cat by its coat."

~Magdalena VandenBerg

Cat Quotables-Bestow Affection

"If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr."

~Martin Buxbaum

Cat Quotables-A Happy Arrangement

"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people and many cats prefer people to other cats."

~Mason Cooley

Cat Quotables-The Eyes of the Cat

"Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat."

~Irish Proverb

Cat Quotables-Exploration

"Cats do not go for a walk to get somewhere, but to explore."

~Sidney Denham

Cat Quotables-Fat Cats

"Even the fattest cat looks graceful."

~Anonymous

Cat Quotables-Socks Clinton

"When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web...now even my cat has its own page."

~President Bill Clinton

A Special Cat Quotable-Happy Birthday Albert Schweitzer

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

~Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965)

Cat Quotables-Purity of Heart

"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard cats."

~Anonymous

Cat Quotables-To Be a Cat

"I think it would be great to be a cat! You come and go as you please. People always feed and pet you. They don't expect much of you. You can play with them, and when you've had enough, you go away. You can pick and choose who you want to be around. You can't ask for more than that."

~Patricia McPherson

Cat Quotables-Puzzle

"A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution."

~Hazel Nicholson

Cat Quotables-Calming

"There has never been a cat

Who couldn't calm me down

By walking slowly

Past my chair."

~Rod McKuen

Cat Quotables-A Bridge

"Cats' eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know."

~Lynn Holly

Cat Quotables-A Cat is a Poem

"A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem."

~Jean Burden

Cat Quotables-Perfect Companions

"Cats are perfect companions. Independent and resourceful, yet there when you need a cuddle."

~Anonymous

Cat Quotables-Sign Language

"My cat speaks sign language with her tail."

~Robert A. Stern

Cat Quotables-A Trusted Friend

"Before a cat will condescend

To treat you as a trusted friend,

Some little token of esteem

Is needed, like a dish of cream."

~T.S. Eliot