Nearby Kansas City is the home of many wonderful things: a world class ballet, symphony orchestra, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. It is also the home of the Royals, major league baseball team, the Chiefs, NFL football team, and the Wizards professional Soccer team. Independence has a minor league hockey team, the Mavricks, and on the Kansas side you will find a minor league baseball team, the T-bones, as well as The Kansas Speedway of the NASCAR circuit.

All in all, I think you would find my part of the world very interesting and that's before we hit the quilt shops!