City Smart Guidebook Kansas City

CITY SMART: KANSAS CITY is a great book about the Kansas City area. It contains information on all the malls on both the Missouri and Kansas sides, as well as neighborhoods, eateries, museums, theater, and other stuff to do in the area. However, one part of the book that should be taken like the humor in AMERICAN WEDDING, SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS, HARVARD MAN, DRIVE ME CRAZY, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, 13 GOING ON 30, GARFIELD: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES, DATE MOVIE, or CAN'T HARDLY WAIT is the radio listings. Many of the area's major rock stations (KQRC, KCFX, KZPL, KYYS) are not listed, KXTR (classical) is now KRBZ (alternative), KCIY (smooth jazz) is now WDAF (country), and KNRX (new rock) is now KMJK (vintage soul) and is in fact located about 45 minutes away, in Lexington MO. Other than this minor quibble, though, the book deserves five stars.

We used this guide in our recent visit to Kansas City and found it to be helpful. Not as helpful as our friends in the area, who knocked themselves out showing us things, but it even gave them some ideas.