A day of rest

We spent most of the day lounging in the house. We went into the black Friday madness. Boy, there are a lot of mean people out there during the Christmas rush. We went to Kohls where Suyen went through her habitual ritual of returning clothes she bought. We were really really hungry. We headed over to Arthur Bryants (my idea)(http://www.arthurbryants.com). Last weeks liveshot reminded me that I haven't been there in a long while. Also, American Eats II was on the history channel, and they talked about the history of barbeque, where Arthur Bryants was prominently featured (http://www.history.com/exhibits/americaneats). Afterward we drove on into the JC Penny Outlet in Overland Park. Then we went to the Plaza. I went there to try and get a coffee tamper to try to see if my two dollar espresso machine works. I got that last week at the Catholic Charities thriftstore called Turnstyles in Overland Park. Man, the Plaza is evil with the crowds. We walked around to get some pix of the lights. Then Suyen wanted to go into Starbucks. We talked to her brother Ninoy on the phone. The place is crawling with obnoxious people -- mainly young -- mainly rude and arrogant. After that, we went to a real coffeehouse -- YJ's, which is now open 24 hours on weekends. I had a great talk with David, the owner. Then we headed home.

The Plaza Lights are a Kansas City tradition (http://kansascity.about.com/od/annualevents/p/PlazaLights.htm).