Senior vice president/corporate and member services/ corporate secretary for MFA Inc. Age: 67 years young Years in Columbia: Fifty-three years, but Columbia is my mother’s home, so I’ve been in and out of Columbia my whole life. Original hometown: Wurtzburg, Germany. My father was in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Germany […]
Prepare yourselves for my first righteously indignant post of 2015. In today’s mail, we received a bill from The Kroenke Group for $1,224.97 for “CAM and Insurance” adjustments. And because our monthly Triple Net & Rent includes our portion for the insurance on the commercial building (that we don’t own, ahem), I assumed this was
Late last week, I received an email reminder from our accountant about January sales tax. She usually sends over a brief note before she sucks out an ungodly amount of money from our account to be sent to the Missouri Department of Revenue. She’s nice that way. Except the email seemed unusually early this month
Workout gear to make you fit and fab in 2015 Chrissy Meyer, Shauna Henson and Kerry Maggard went into Ultramax Sports on a mission: to find transitional workout gear that they could rock from yoga class to a lunch with the girls. Finding core pieces for your workout wardrobe is key for stepping into a
I love soup, plain and simple. It’s the only good thing about winter in the Midwest; I can eat lots and lots of soup. Seriously, I never get tired of it. If I had to choose between soup and ice cream, soup wins — big. This is one I make that even my kids will
Their love story began in November of 2011, while the two were volunteering at the Intersection, an after-school program for children. She was a senior, and he was a junior, both at the University of Missouri. Like most relationships, they started out as friends. But that didn’t last too long. Brandon Tucker and Grace Miller
Sometimes it takes awhile to make a house a home. The Goyette family moved into their house in 2000. And after living there for 10 years, Kerry decided it was time for a design change. She called on Jon Trigg and Aaron Dolan at Studio Home to help her revamp and lighten up the space.
Cottage Paint transforms this junk store furniture into a one-of-a-kind treasure. Project level: Intermediate Materials needed: • Quart of Cottage Paint • Antique glaze • New hardware • Wallpaper I purchased this piece of furniture from a junk store and loved it because it had great bones. It wasn’t in the best of condition, but
5 ways Pinterest brings clarity to creativity “I pinned this awesome recipe today!” “Oh my gosh, my wedding board is overflowing.” “Are you on Pinterest?” You know about it. You’ve heard the word. Pinterest is considered to be the fourth most popular social-networking site. It’s that place to store all the cool, interesting things you
Art [noun]: the quality, production, expression or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing or of more than ordinary significance. Columbia’s art community is thriving, and these four local artists are part of the reason why. Caitlin Younker Caitlin Younker began dancing as an extracurricular activity when she was 10 years old
