Kansas City, Missouri is now on the Steem map.
Thanks to all who helped and attended Kansas City's first ever Steem party. It wasn't Missouri's first Steem event, but it was Kansas City's first!
A big thanks to 
Next party, though, I'm going to hire a caterer because I cooked for 60 people, about 20 showed up and to be honest, I was almost too tired to even enjoy the party.
Instead of me blathering on, just take a look at the video I made of the event:
If you can't view videos, here are some still images from it:
And the video footage of 
I met Pierre through a friend, and he's kind of a local artist celebrity. Here is he posing with the mayor of Kansas City, Sly James:
I have no idea why he's holding a giant coin, but it fits, certainly.
Oh and if you see the image (shown below) on some people's posts, you'll know that they have redeemed their Stellabelle clay coin, and have received one full upvote from me on a post of their choice. People who attended the party know what I'm talking about.
If your city hasn't had a Steem event, now is the time to plan one. Many people travel the globe in search of Steem events.....I might become one of those very soon, because it was so good to finally meet the humans behind the avatars.
And one of the best Steem slogans I've seen in recent times was created on Twitter by none other than Ned Scott (CEO of Steemit.com) himself. It goes as follows:
"Steem work makes the dream work."
I think I finally found the slogan that belongs on t-shirts. I had been trying to find a great quote, and this is it for me. Thanks
Thanks
Check out some of the midwest people who attended:
If i missed your name, comment, and I'll add you