Newsletter
July 2010
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Egg on Your Face: How to Deal With Mistakes Mistakes have been a topic in our home lately. I really like to chew on an idea sometimes. I started paying attention to how many mistakes I make. It got kind of comical how many times a day I forgot to switch from my reading glasses I use for the... |
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Prune This Summer has arrived in Omaha, Nebraska. To some, the arrival of the warm months means swimming at the lake, picnicking in the park, or listening to music at outdoor concerts. But to me, summer means I must begin guarding my pruning shears twenty-four... |
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My Day at MAHA First off, I want to thank all of the sponsors that made MAHA 2010 possible, and specifically Omaha.net for putting on the contest that got me free tickets! You guys rock. Almost as much as Spoon. Like many other MAHA attendees, I had trouble sleeping... |
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MAHA 2010 Wrap: Time to Give Out Some Awards When I checked into the press tent for this year’s MAHA Music Festival, I learned a few important things: First, I learned that everyone associated with the festival, staff, volunteers, and concert goers, would be exceedingly nice for... |
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Tasting Wine at the Least Intimidating Wine Store on Earth The Riverfront Wine Festival and WineStyles are a beautiful marriage, both committed to educating people about the joys of wine. We’ll be giving away Grand Tasting and VIP tickets to the August 28-29 Festival later this summer (check the Event... |
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Sights and Sounds from the Omaha Fashion Magazine Launch Party After interviewing Rachel Richards, co-founder of Omaha Fashion Magazine, to learn about what to expect inside the magazine’s pages, it was time to see those pages come to life. Designers, photographers, models, hair and makeup professionals,... |
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MAHA Festival Bands Link Love For our final MAHA Ticket Contest, we asked our Facebook fans to submit links to any band performing at the show. Wow, we received a ton of links! Consider this your 2010 MAHA Festival University. Class is now in session! |
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Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer ("Flash Forward") Visits Omaha Flash Forward author Robert J. Sawyer will be appearing in Omaha at the third annual OSFest, sponsored by the Omaha Science Fiction Education Society this weekend, July 23-25.Most recently, Sawyer has been brought into the foreground of popular culture... |
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Omaha Fashion Magazine Debuts, Party Ensues Fashion, how you present yourself to the world, is not a week long process—it’s a daily decision. Omaha Fashion Week has grown into a signature event for the city, but it’s just that: one week. With the Wednesday launch of Omaha Fashion... |
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Omaha Fashion Week Omaha Fashion Week, often abbreviated OFW, is a mid-September celebration of all things fashion. It features nightly cocktail receptions (6pm) followed by evening runway shows (8pm), culminating in Saturday’s Omaha Fashion Week Grand Finale. While... |
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Free Ink, Free Drinks, Sailor Jerry at Filmstreams It is a rare and special thing to watch a movie with an entire theater you know has been drinking. Such was the case Monday night, July 19th at Film Streams, for a special screening of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life of Norman K. Collins. |
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Fandom Is A Way Of Life (FIAWOL) The 2010 OSFest 3 is just around the corner. Click here for details. The mission of OSFES is to promote the richness of Science Fiction and Fantasy and encourage education in the arts and sciences. The community of fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy are... |
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Funeral Draws Protestors, Raises Questions *note - many thanks to Roberta Vander Zwaag for the timely photographs in this story. Read more about Roberta’s work helping children in Haiti. At this time last year, Edwin Wood had just graduated, a member of the 2009 class of Omaha North High.... |
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Beer and Blog at the Brazen Head Pub Beer and Blog is a national group with a simple mission: bloggers helping bloggers over beers. Omaha recently started up a chapter, and I found the Thursday meeting at the Brazen Head Pub (4:30 to 6:30pm) as welcoming, convivial, and informative as one... |
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Top 5 Must-Haves for Setting Up a Home Office A good office set-up can be as minimal or as extravagant as you like (and can afford). I opt for less is more and am trying to cut the clutter—which can be tough with three kids underfoot. Whether you have a dedicated room as your office, or you... |
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The Accidental Gardener Finally…it’s garden season here in Omaha, and soon we will be chowing down on home-grown tomatoes like they’re going out of style. I can’t wait! Please don’t let these pictures fool you, though. Yes, they are shots of... |
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College World Series 2010: Rosenblatt Says Goobye Ask anyone born and raised in Omaha the greatest thing about the College World Series, and they’ll likely give you an account of a barbecue they attended as a child, an ice cream stand they remember from a hot day, or that game, that one game when... |
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A Christmas Tree in My House? Over My Dead Body Warning: I am about to get very personal. In October, I am getting married to a terrific guy. He’s thoughtful, caring, funny—and not Jewish. In fact, he was raised Mormon, though he now considers himself agnostic, and a majority of his... |
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Taste of Omaha The Taste of Omaha is a three day food and entertainment festival in mid June. With thousands in attendance, multiple stages of music, children's activities, and the participation of over 40 restaurants, the FREE festival has become a staple of the... |
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Surprisingly Tweetastic Are you a Tweeter? I started tweeting several months ago (@AnnieDoodlebugz). I wasn’t interested in Twitter, but I was looking for any way to spread the word about my new side business without using up cash. I chose Twitter because at the time, it... |
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The Hold Steady with the Whigs Google once again confirmed what I already knew to be true: I am not the first person to compare Craig Finn to a preacher. Phooey to you Google. Sure it’s an obvious metaphor (The Hold Steady’s last album is called Heaven is Whenever for god... |
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Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting Locally known as “Berkshire Weekend,” the annual shareholders meeting of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is one of the larger and more unique events in Omaha. Held each year downtown at the Qwest Center in early May, the “... |
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Taste of Omaha 2010 To many not from the city, Omaha is synonymous with steaks. While we’re certainly proud of our beef, the culinary culture here has become much more varied in recent years. Take the Taste of Omaha, for example. Over 40 restaurants had a presence at... |
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Fourth of July Memorial Park Concert The Bank of the West Celebrates America Concert in Memorial Park is one of the largest community events in Omaha. The tradition has been alive since 1987, with FREE admission and a closing fireworks display encouraging crowds as large as 80,000 to attend... |
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Riverfront Jazz & Blues Festival The Riverfront Jazz & Blues Festival is a two day festival, bringing together a wide range of national, regional, and local acts. Traditionally held on the water at the Lewis & Clark Landing, the Festival usually takes place the weekend after... |
