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Customer Service With a Purr

Columbia has a fun assortment of office pets  They aren’t paid employees, unless you count…

The Breakfast Stack

Truman’s Bar & Grill

20 years of cheers, wings, and Bloody Mary  For two decades, Truman’s Bar & Grill…

Featured Vegetables And Seafood On A Grill

Cookin’ with Hoss: Hoss’s Seafood Mixed Grill

Father’s Day is a bit of a reason to celebrate, I suppose. Thank goodness I…

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Garden Variety

We often think of gardens as contained spaces for cultivated splendor. But the Mizzou Botanic…

Featured Bible Reflection At The Ocean

A Heart of Worship  

What does your heart really, genuinely want?   Last summer I mentioned that during my next…

Featured 10 33 Benevolent Fund Golf Events

Paying Homage to Fallen Officers

When Roger B. Wilson was growing up in Columbia, his family name was already locally…

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A Day in the Life of a Wildlife Biologist 

COMO Magazine’s “Day in the Life” series features Columbia pros (and amateurs) who do their…

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Out(side) to Eat

Warmer weather brings booked social calendars. After brunch with friends, pool parties, or an afternoon…

Featured Holding A Little Frog

The COMO Mojo: Pinnacle of Chaos

I’ve been told many times that I “have an old soul,” so it feels fitting…

Featured Columbia Farmers Market

(Re)Discover: Columbia Farmers Market and CCUA

The Columbia Farmers Market and Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) at 1769 W. Ash…

Featured Crosswalk Across Broadway Near The Broadway Hotel

Walk This Way

There’s no doubt that many people are wedded to their private vehicles. Freedom, independence, and…

Featured Blue Winged Teal Flock In Flight Eagle Bluffs Dennis Smarr

COMO’s Fauna From A to Z

A coyote suddenly appears. Or was it already there, stealthily entering your subdivision under the…