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How this founder’s hobby (plus a little trouble) became Oak Park retail incubator’s biggest success story

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:13:58 +0000

“Big Chunky Blankets” — soft as a baby’s cheek and custom knitted in any color of the rainbow — folded into the foundation of what would become Maryann Nzioki Hult’s resilient, nearly pandemic-proof foray into entrepreneurship.

They put local Tabu Knits on the online map of must-have-items, and then became the seed of two Johnson County retail shops.

Nzioki Hult took up knitting as a 9-year-old at her mother’s side. She was top-notch by her teens and even learned tailoring.

Kyle Chayka Is Eating Through His Jet Lag

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:17 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Margalit Cutler

Back home in Washington, D.C., The New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and his wife, Jess, cook “constantly and elaborately,” he says. (Their home is conveniently sandwiched between two farmers’ markets.) This week, though, Chayka spent exactly zero time there. “It’s not an uncommon occurrence,” he says, “since D.C.

Kyle Chayka Is Eating Through His Jet Lag

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:17 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Margalit Cutler

Back home in Washington, D.C., the New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and his wife, Jess, cook “constantly and elaborately,” he says. (Their home is conveniently sandwiched between two farmers’ markets.) This week, though, Chayka spent exactly zero time there. “It’s not an uncommon occurrence,” he says, “since D.C.

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Founder Problems: Podcast captures the ‘messy middle’ you don’t see on entrepreneurs’ highlight reels

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:13:40 +0000

A new Kansas City-based podcast is skipping over the fairy tale stories of founding a startup; instead diving straight into the messy parts, the hosts shared.
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‘Invest with women we know’: This $1.4M wellness hub project is redeveloping one neighborhood from within

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:45:51 +0000

It’s an old real estate adage: “Buy the worst house in the best neighborhood.”

Longtime Kansas City commercial broker Sheryl Vickers said it also applies to business properties, “one thousand percent.”

Like twin mid-century office buildings just over the Missouri/Kansas state line in Prairie Village.
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Ugly Baby Is Back, Sort Of

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:35:11 +0000
Photo: Courtesy of Hungry Thirsty
When the owners of Ugly Baby, one of the best Thai restaurants in the city, announced at the end of November that they were closing, it could’ve been the end of an era.
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A Sandwich Killed My Mom

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:44 +0000
Walter Chin
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Outdoor Dining Might Really Be Doomed

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:40:00 +0000
Photo: Getty Images
Brad Lander, the city comptroller, is getting nervous about outdoor dining. The new version of the program, officially dubbed Dining Out NYC, is set to return on April 1.
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How Protein Mania Took Over the Grocery Store

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:28 +0000
Photo-Illustration: Eddie Guy
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Street art to stage: KC fashion designer styles iconic Jim Crow-era musical comedy without missing a beat

admin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:38:35 +0000

Designing for theater gives Whitney Manney the opportunity to be as big and loud as she wants, the street bespoke creator said. A new musical production of “Hairspray” puts Manney’s bold aesthetic through a new lens — and alongside a timely story of acceptance, diversity, and the power of music.
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Schmuck Is Unlike Any Other Bar in New York

admin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:54:21 +0000
Photo: Courtesy of Schmuck
A new marquee hangs in the East Village. The intersection of First Avenue and 6th Street is now home to an unmissable three-sided protrusion of vertically cascading letters that spell out an unusual name for any business: Schmuck.
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‘People pay for value’: How a young mom’s plan to hold passion tight drives her baby apparel side hustle

admin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:40:54 +0000

Coming from a family of business owners, Riley Rhoads knew she wanted to pursue entrepreneurship: starting her own business — but with a goal to help others, the founder of Hold Tight Baby said.
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Meredith Whittaker, Pedro Pascal, Issa Rae, Ben Lamm, Joe Manganiello & More Join SXSW 2025

admin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:54 +0000

Announcing additional keynotes and 45+ featured speakers for the 39th edition of the SXSW Conference, which celebrates the convergence of technology, film, television, and music.
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A New Spot Treats Its Kimchee Pairings Like Wine

admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:00:03 +0000
Photo: Evan Sung/Evan Sung
When Soogil Lim was a biology student at Inha University in South Korea in 2002, he took a lab class dedicated to removing so-called “stinkiness” from kimchee in order to better export it to the rest of the world. Twenty-two years later, having abandoned biology for fine dining, Lim is instead now opening the first restaurant in America to offer dedicated kimchee pairings with its courses. “It’s n
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Sorry, Austin, The Bear Is Not Filming Here

admin — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:29:00 +0000
Social media hubbub spurs wacky rumor about the FX show