/ A stroll though Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden is a fun, whimsical outing for the Kansas City introvert. Cautious Kansas Citians can happily reconnect with the city they've missed — on their own terms. Here's how. For more stories like this one, subscribe to Real Humans on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. I was in my early 20s when I hit my stride at parties. As a pre-teen on the school cafeteria dance scene, all I had to do was bust a move like Young MC told me. But after that, small talk and mingling became prerequisites for having a social life, and it took a while to find my people and get the hang of it. Point being, these skills were learned — and not quickly.