while in kansas city my sister took me to the filling station coffee garage.
good grub here! how does an apple muffin with a dollop of maple icing and crumbled bacon on top sound?
yeah. that's what i thought.
if i lived in this union hill hood i would bring my book & camera and set up shop at one of the tables. my journal. an inky pen. a warm river of coffee. i'd be a regular.
i'd ride my bike over.
or my steed.
either one.
i love old neighborhoods that have an urban feel.
it reminded me a little of angelino heights, here in the city of angels....which i've always loved. tree-lined streets with a backdrop of downtown. my kind of happy.
Note to self: get on over to the Filling Station for one of those muffins...NOW! :)
Posted by: Judy H. | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 at 08:29 PM
I love seeing photos like these, of towns time almost forgot (at least in parts). I think I need to take a trip into America's Heartland one of these days...
Posted by: Rhonda | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 at 08:56 PM
Me too, me too. What a great place! Too bad it is a bit of a jaunt to KC for me.
Posted by: Beth in NE PA | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 02:58 AM
Are the muffins served warm? Looks like a cool place....so I guess you are going to budapest? I know, I am a little slow. I am kind of new to your blog. Should have figured from all the travel journals. Looking forward to the photos!
Posted by: melinda | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 05:28 AM
Ah, my hood! And you should be here this morning with your journal for that warm river of coffee...it's 7:30 am...69 degrees, really still and quiet...the crickets are the only sound, singly loudly and proudly. Actually, I think I'll hop over to the Filling Station in your honor this morning. :)
Posted by: Kim | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 05:32 AM
Greeting Moss Cottage, Im in on the aggrement of these kinds of places. Theres to many hills and valleys for me to get to any palce around here. So thanks for taking me on yours. I'd be a regular also, book ,journal my eyes looking at what is in my veiw:) Wonderful. I'd be having a tea, iced though.
Thank you I love going on journeys with you,
Linda
Posted by: Linda | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 09:16 AM
Oh I like this place too......love the name of it, the signs, etc..........add coffee, sweet things and one of my new journals from your class. Way too cool. Just a tad bit too far to frequent though.
Posted by: Nancy Lynn | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM
OHHHHH, love the name of the repurposed gas station...the name is perfect. If I lived there I'd be using it as my second home, I'd plunk myself down for a river of coffee...when I order I always ask for the HiOctane stuff, none of that de-caf for me. Lovely shots of the neighborhood. Is this KC, KS or KC, MO?
There's a section of St. Louis that is now being refurbished as people are moving back to the city from the burbs...they like having things around that they can walk to, commercial mixed with residential. If they'd do this to the Cherokee District in St. Louis where my aunt used to live, I'd be tempted to get a place back there just for the sake of nostalgia...how I loved to visit her there.
Joan
Posted by: Joan | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 06:46 PM
Looks like my kind of place :) I'd sure love to hang out and have a "river" going (^•^) And I'm still chuckling over the "steed". Tree lined streets are beautiful! We should have more of those. You would think it would be that way here in Hawaii but it sure isn't :(
Posted by: Merissa | Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 05:31 AM
I am-100%-in LOVE with the whole idea of this place and have put it on my list of "places to visit".
Posted by: Erin | Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 09:41 AM