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Keeping Busy in Kansas City


Like Cincinnati, we had only scheduled a single day for meetings in Kansas City. Despite the short timeframe, we had one of our most anticipated meetings scheduled. From the moment I had clicked the link to this architectural firm, I was beyond excited to talk to them about coming to our Design Nation conference.

Their website was awe-inspiring and perfectly captured the work they have done in the past. The firm specializes in sports stadiums and event planning. As we learned in the meeting, they are involved in the planning process for the Super Bowl and designed the Tottenham Hotspurs stadium, among many others. Their offices were filled with models of modern stadiums, showcasing the different projects they had designed in the past. Both the concept of designing sports stadiums and the work itself amazed Felipe and I. That was definitely one of the coolest companies that we met with in the summer.

Though we were only working for one day in Kansas City, we stayed for the weekend as well. The extra days gave us the opportunity to relax in one of our last stops before our short July 4th break. One of the memorable meals was our dinner at Q39, a barbeque restaurant, which had an amazing brisket sandwich, and one I would definitely recommend.

After Kansas City, our next stop was Minneapolis. The only caveat was that Minneapolis is over 400 miles away from Kansas City. So on Sunday morning, we settled in for our longest drive of the summer. I was lucky that Felipe loves driving, and despite my offers, he drove the entire trip himself. We stopped a few times, but definitely much less than we would have if I was driving.

By the end of the fourth week, and our eighth city, we were both pretty burnt out and looking forward to our 4-day mini vacations. I hadn’t gone home since early February, so those five months were the longest I had been away from California, and I was ready to go back.

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