Flower Quilt Gardens
If all of the quilt gardens along Elkhart County, Indiana’s Heritage Trail were stitched together, the quilt would measure more than 19,000 square feet. Can you imagine? Sixteen quilt gardens […]
Category Archives: OKI – Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana
Tony Packo’s: M*A*S*H, Hot Dogs & Celebrity Buns
I never thought I’d write about hot dogs for the 4th time, but when in Toledo… Truth be told, I’m not a fan of hot dogs. When I do eat […]
Where the Buffalo Roam – Big Bone Lick
I’ll bet you can’t guess where this herd of buffalo is. South Dakota? Montana? Somewhere out West? Nope. Believe it or not, this herd of bison roams through a patch […]
This Clown Means Business
Have you ever dreamed of running off and joining the circus? Paul Miller dreamed of joining the circus. And actually did it. Stop and think about that for a minute. […]
A Bird in the Hand – Falconry
Two things lead me to contacting the Ohio School of Falconry: a special on 60 Minutes about Lauren McGough, one of the only woman falconers who hunts with a tribe […]
Cincinnati’s Holocaust Museum
The Holocaust & Humanity Center Museum Many Holocaust museums are centered on the victims killed during this horrendous period in history, but the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Cincinnati’s Union Terminal […]
Hhmm… Where can I Find 7 Tons of Sauerkraut?
At Waynesville, Ohio’s Sauerkraut Festival, of course! The Sauerkraut Festival For such a small town, Waynesville knows how to draw a crowd. This year, 460 craft vendors from over 25 […]
iFly – Indoor Skydiving
When I was in my twenties, I thought I’d love to go skydiving. I wasn’t sure I could actually jump out of a plane, but I thought I’d like plummeting […]
Talk at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Ponder this: a roomful of people have congregated to discuss the issue of slavery and whether the slaveholders in the southern states of the U.S. were civil and humane. Some […]
Rookwood Pottery – A Piece of Cincinnati History
It was raining this afternoon, and the temperature dropped. It seemed like the perfect time to spend a few hours with my daughter-in-law on a Rookwood Pottery Tour. The tour […]
