WichiTalk

This weekend in Wichita is shaping up to be one of those weekends when you wish you could be in three places at once. Just consider the lineup of fun events going on around town: Wagonmasters Downtown Chili Cookoff, Final Friday, Steven Curtis Chapman’s concert, the Great Plains Renaissance Festival, Race for the Cure, Holiday Galleria, Symphony Showhouse, Exploration Place’s Race exhibit and more.

How do you and your friends or family decide what to do? Does majority rule? Do you take turns choosing (mom one night, dad the next afternoon)?

Posted by Lori

Where do you fall in your family’s birth order? The answer to that question may determine, in part, your compatibility with your mate, according to a story in today’s WichiTalk.

My husband and I are both the oldest children in our families. (I have a brother who’s 10 years my elder, a sibling age gap that left me a "functional oldest" to my two younger sisters.) According to the story, oldest children tend to be responsible (maybe the reason neither of us object to divvying chores). But, in love, they can be controlling (maybe the reason we’re both stubborn at times).

Are you a first-born married to an only child? A fourth married to a
second? How does your — and your spouses’ — birth order shape your
relationship? Click on "comments" below and share your story.

Posted by Lori

Our popular occasional feature "10 Questions With" often discloses the bedtimes of prominent Wichita-area women. In today’s, featuring master chocolatier Beth Tully of Cocoa Dolce, Beth shares that she tries to get to bed by 10:30 on weeknights but that she’s a night owl on Saturdays.

What about you? During the week, do you call it a day before the 10 o’clock news or in the wee hours of the morning before TV reruns give way to infomercials? Have you chosen a career that requires you to be up early (if you’re an early bird) or lets you sleep in later (if you’re a night owl)?

During the week, my attempts to get to bed before midnight usually don’t fare well. And on Friday and Saturday nights, my bedtime usually depends on what I have planned for Saturday and Sunday mornings. Nothing going on until the early afternoon? Stay up for that midnight flick. Heading out of town first thing in the morning for a college football game? Get to bed early so I can be ready to root for my team.

Posted by Lori