Visit Omaha’s Instagram Takeover
We are taking over Omaha! Visit Omaha is handing us the reigns to show you the city through our eyes (or rather lens) on their Visit Omaha Instagram account this […]
Art, history and flying in Kansas City
Sometimes, a weekend trip can be organized. Sometimes, you wing it and go where the wind sends you. In this case, the wind sent us to a world of Missouri […]
Walkin’ with Harry: Taking Independence’s Truman trail
Harry S. Truman was the “walking president.” He took daily walks during his time in the White House, including a walk to the bank to personally deposit his presidential paycheck. […]
Play ball! Baseball is back
“Play ball!” rings out across North America this week, as Major League Baseball kicks off its 147th season. Will this be the year we get another “I-70 Series” in Missouri? […]
Kansas City downtown walk connects the past to the present
Kansas City’s downtown is full of history. It’s told through buildings that rise high from the streets. The steel and brick date back to the 19th century. The city continues […]
Annual Sandhill crane viewing trip adds more central Nebraska sightseeing
What goes with crane viewing? A nice vanilla bean latte from Grand Island’s The Chocolate Bar, for one. We combined a side trip to Grand Island with our annual crane […]
A look at Waterloo’s history through the eyes of the Grout Museum
Waterloo is a river city. It sits near the Cedar River in northeastern Iowa. Its nearly 70,000 residents make the city Iowa’s sixth largest. Its history is interesting and is […]
Omaha’s B&G Tasty Foods knows how to make a good loose meat sandwich
Iowa has been credited as the home of the loose meat sandwich. You may recognize the term from the television series “Roseanne,” when she and her sister operated a loose […]
Current Broadway hits top the 2016-17 Omaha stage schedule
A musical based on the real life of one of pop music’s best song writers highlights an outstanding slate of performances for the Omaha Performing Arts’ 2016-17 schedule. “Beautiful – […]
Welcome to Spring
It’s here! It’s here! Not the new phone book (Steve Martin fans, smile). Spring. Spring time is upon us. Time to put away the heavy coats, mittens, scarves and galoshes. […]