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Say hello the area's first buybuy Baby store

At corporate headquarters, buybuy Baby is dubbed &#x93;Bed Bath & Beyond Does Baby.&#x94;</p><p>Buybuy Baby, a sister concept of the Bed Bath & Beyond chain of Garden City, N.Y., offers a one-stop baby shop for parents-to-be, parents, grandparents and others.</p><p>Its first area store opened this week in the former 30,000-square-foot Borders bookstore at 12055 Metcalf Ave., next to a Bed Bath & Beyond store. It is the 50th location for the chain. Fifteen more are to open this year, including one this fall in the Pavilions at Hartman Heritage, 20000 E. Jackson Drive, at Interstate 70 and Little Blue Parkway in Independence. </p><p>The stores offer furniture; car seats; cribs; strollers; feeding; bedding; bath, health and safety essentials; toys; learning and development products; clothing; and seasonal and holiday products. </p><p>In other Bed Bath & Beyond news, this fall the store in Independence Commons, 18910 E. 39th St., will move to the Pavilions, at 19950 E. Jackson Drive.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">New Hemline</span></strong></p><p>Hemline boutique hopes to open a location in Leawood&#x92;s Park Place this fall.</p><p>The women&#x92;s contemporary clothing store, which opened on the Country Club Plaza in mid-2004, is in negotiations for a spot in the center at 117th Street and Nall Avenue and would open in November. The new store also would carry maternity and baby items.</p><p>Park Place &#x93;feels very homey and people-friendly,&#x94; said Annie Kennedy, a partner and co-founder of Hemline.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Quick Bites</span></strong></p><p>&#x95;Drivers Sports Cafe is now open at 8220 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park. It serves appetizers, wraps, sandwiches, salads, burgers and daily specials like house-made fried tacos for $2.50 and rib-eye and sides for $12.99. The company based in Emporia, Kan., also has a Drivers in Ottawa, Kan. Gavino&#x92;s Mexican Restaurant and Tienda Casa Paloma had previously operated in the spot.</p><p>&#x95;Pat-A-Cake Bakery has opened at 630 N.W. Missouri 291, Lee&#x92;s Summit. The locally owned shop sells cupcakes, brownies, cookies and cinnamon rolls.</p><p>&#x95;Toppers Pizza, a chain based in Whitewater, Wis., with 28 locations, is looking to add 22 more by 2013. It is focusing on the upper Midwest and targeting &#x93;top-tier, multi-unit/multi-brand franchisees&#x94; who want to expand in the Kansas City area with another quick-service concept. Kansas City will serve as the hub for the brand&#x92;s growth throughout Missouri, the company said. It likes locations in and around universities and colleges because most of its customers are 18 to 30 years old.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Dad is worth it</span></strong></p><p>Americans will be showing Dad the love this weekend. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Americans will shell out an average of $106.49, up from $94.32 in 2010, and the most in the survey&#x92;s eight-year history. Total Father&#x92;s Day spending is expected to reach $11.1 billion.</p><p>Consumers will spend $2.1 billion on activities like golfing, eating out or heading to the movies, about $1.4 billion on gift cards, $653 million on sporting goods, $593 million on automotive accessories, $1.3 billion on electronics, $1.4 billion on clothing, $1.4 billion on home improvement or gardening tools and appliances, and $598 million on books or CDs.</p><p>The National Restaurant Association estimates 50 million adults will dine out on Father&#x92;s Day. </p><p>Sixty-seven percent of Father&#x92;s Day diners surveyed said they would go out to restaurants for dinner, 24 percent would go out for lunch, 10 percent for brunch, and 11 percent for breakfast. In addition, 10 percent of Father&#x92;s Day diners plan to go out for more than one meal at restaurants. </p><p>Most will pick Dad&#x92;s favorite restaurant, regardless of Father&#x92;s Day specials. Only 6 percent of Father&#x92;s Day diners said they would choose a restaurant with Father&#x92;s Day food and drink specials. Fifteen percent of Father&#x92;s Day diners said they would choose a restaurant that was child-friendly, and 13 percent said they would choose a restaurant that Dad hadn&#x92;t been to before. </p><p>The restaurant association surveyed 1,000 adults June 9 to 12. </p><p>For a sample of area restaurants offering Father&#x92;s Day deals, go to economy.kansascity.com, look for Cityscape and click on Meals & Deals.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Health code violations </span></strong></p><p>&bull; The Kansas City Health Department temporarily closed Afrique International Market, 3703 Main St., on June 10 due to major rodent and insect infestation. The department received two complaints of live mice visible through the front window of the shop. Among the violations: &#x93;Excessive evidence of rodent and insect activity, including chewed packages throughout the entire store, excessive feces, and live insect activity. Observed several dead mice and dead rat behind the wall-length cooler/freezer unit. Observed dead mouse in spring-loaded trap in dry storage area.&#x94;</p><p> The establishment must demonstrate that effective pest control is in place before it can reopen. </p><p>For the complete report, visit: <a href="http://www.inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm" target="_new">www.inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm</a></p><p>&bull; The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited Iron Horse, 918 E. Old 56 Highway, Olathe, for nine critical violations on a May 27 routine inspection. They included nine glue boards with live roaches and dead cockroaches in all areas of the kitchen floor. </p><p>It had no critical violations during a May 31 re-inspection.</p><p>&#x93;We fixed everything,&#x94; said Peter Wang, owner.</p><p>For complete reports on Kansas restaurant inspections, go to <a href="http://www.ksda.gov/food_safety/">www.ksda.

A Girl Walks Into a Bookstore...: Review: Troy Chimneys, by ...

Margaret Kennedy’s 1953 novel tells the history of Miles Lufton, a self-made MP from a large family and the owner of Troy Chimneys, an estate in Wiltshire. Although the house’s name is the title of the novel, the focus is on Miles and his rise to prominence in the early 19th century. The book follows Miles’s political career less than it does his personal life, told in a series of letters and “memoir” entries, paired with letters from Miles’s Victorian descendants, who are rather horrified at his behavior. Margaret Kennedy’s novel has a very Jane Austen feeling to it, since she focuses mostly on what goes on the drawing room, so to speak; there’s this lovely, idyllic, and pastoral quality to Troy Chimneys that you just don’t find in the world of politics that Miles moves in. Miles buys the house as a means of security against the day when he retires from politics; yet the great irony of the situation is that he does before he has a chance to enjoy it. Our hero has two different personae in this novel: Miles, the upright, correct politician; and Pronto, a gambling, flirt who lives on the wild side, so to speak. They are constantly at odds with one another, as you might imagine. At first, while I was reading this, I was confused by these two sides to Miles’s character, but the more I read, the more I began to see what Pronto represented in Miles’s life; Pronto is the side of Miles that gets to do all the things that Miles dreams of but can’t bring himself to do or be.

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