Looking for something to do over the weekend created an opportunity we may not have jumped at before. I read a guest editorial in the local paper about dedicating a memorial to the dead at the Fort Atkinson state recreation area in Fort Calhoun, a few miles north of Omaha. The ceremony was to […]
Taking in my first College World Series game since the event moved from Rosenblatt Stadium to the new downtown field in 2011 was a great experience. I’ve attended Creighton University baseball games at TD Ameritrade, so I was familiar with the stadium’s layout. The new stadium is as good as, if not better, than many […]
Since it’s College World Series time and Omaha gets mentioned a billion times on TV, radio and internet, as well as real newspapers (something our Chamber of Commerce crows about annually), I thought my next couple of blogs would be baseball related. Rosenblatt Stadium – Home of the College World Series 1950-2010 While the […]
I am a native Nebraskan. In more than five decades of living, I’ve learned that I have not seen enough sites of the state that I believe I should have. Chimney Rock. Scotts Bluff. Carhenge. I have been to Lincoln several times. I have even been to the state capitol building for work purposes. But, […]
Summer brings out the shorts, flip-flops, suntan lotion…and festival season. It seems almost every community – large and small – loves to party with festivals based on history, food, and ethnicity. We kicked off our summer festival going with a trip to northwest Iowa. Orange City is home to the Tulip festival. The 3-day event […]
By Mallory Trudell Traveling, to me, is about seeing new places and remembering where you’ve been. I’m always saying, “Oh, this reminds me of…” I think it’s human nature to try to associate new things with familiar things, to help wrap our minds around things. What’s funny, to me, is when the new place or […]
Lisa had the rare weekend day off so we decided to take a day trip to Des Moines, Iowa. It is the capital of Iowa and about a 2-hour drive from Omaha. We did not think the trip warranted an overnight stay (though, later, we realized it could be a fun overnight trip). Our trip […]
NOTE: The Fremont-Elkhorn Valley train and the hotel are no longer in business. We celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary Feb. 14th. We try to go out of town for a weekend trip annually. However, due to Lisa’s new job, that was not possible this year. Instead, we thought about a day trip to Kansas […]
Just a friendly reminder that Omaha-area residents can visit Joslyn Museum in downtown Omaha for free between 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. The Museum offers the staples – paintings, sculptures, artifacts. It also hosts special exhibits, which are in town for a short time. The most recent exhibit was American Western Landscape photos by contemporary photographers. They […]
It started to mark the end of the “Great War,” “The War to end all Wars.” We know it today as World War I. The war ended at the 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The day was originally known as Armistice Day. Armistice Day eventually evolved into Veterans Day. Now, restaurants […]
