VUE. Sometimes a name says it all. The best city view in downtown Iowa City is easy to come by. Just head to the 12th floor of the beautiful new Hilton Garden Inn, and when those elevator doors open you’ll find yourself at VUE. It’s the newest, most amazing restaurant and cocktail lounge in Iowa […]
Floating, Fishing, Food and FUN! We did it ALL…With Family!
FUN comes in many forms for our family, and our recent long weekend in Indy was filled with many kinds. And some of that fun even required WORMS! Our son and his family live in a wonderful neighborhood which includes their own neighborhood swimming pool as well as several beautiful ponds. Their kid-friendly home is […]
Baseball (and Sports In General) – Our Family’s Love Affair With Competition
Baseball (and competition in general) goes back generations in our family. And our recent trip to Indy got me thinking about the way sports can link one generation to the next. And the next. And now the NEXT! Peepaw and I both had relatives who played both college and even semi-pro sports, and I guess […]
Peoria Holocaust Memorial – Peoria, Illinios
Sometimes the most amazing discoveries on our Road Trips occur completely by accident. And that was exactly the case with the Peoria Holocaust Memorial. But now that I have seen it I must say that monument is something you must experience if your travels take you through Peoria. Our most recent trip included an overnight […]
The House On The Rock – Spring Green, Wisconsin
The House On The Rock was not in our game plan when we headed to Wisconsin to watch a weekend filled with baseball games, but when we realized our drive would take us right past the entrance we simply had to make time to make a brief, but memorable detour. The back roads of Wisconsin […]
Seymour, Indiana – Home Of John Mellencamp…Ain’t That America?
Singer John Mellencamp has never strayed far from his roots in Seymour, Indiana. And when a detour took us close to that small Indiana town I asked Peepaw to stop. We only had about another hour of driving before our arrival at our son’s home near Indianapolis, and we didn’t want to arrive at mealtime. […]
Nashville For “Newbies” – What a Town…And What a NIGHT!
I’m not much of a country music fan so Nashville has never ranked very high on my bucket list. In fact we have stayed on the outskirts of Nashville many, MANY times on our Snowbird journeys to and from Florida. But as we headed back North this year we decided to stay downtown and see what […]
Boating Hidden Waterways In Fort Lauderdale…The Venice Of America
Our winter home is located on one of the widest canals in Fort Lauderdale, and when our boating friends Norm and Nancy asked us to join them for a day on the water we grabbed our sunglasses and jumped onboard. (Yes…I think Nancy could pass as my sister…in more ways than one!) Fort Lauderdale is […]
Riverside Market and Cafe – Fort Lauderdale- “Purveyors Of Deliciosity”
Quirky is the perfect word to describe the Riverside Market and Cafe in Fort Lauderdale. And as soon as I laid eyes on it, that quirky Riverside Market and Cafe immediately became one of my favorite places in the entire city. (I’m just sorry it’s taken us years to discover that amazing eatery.) Last week […]
A Bicycle Built For…Meemaw? Welcome To My Second Childhood!
I’ve checked another item off of Meemaw’s always changing Bucket List. I officially entered my second childhood…and bought a bicycle! A Huffy Nel Lusso “Beach Cruiser” no less! Ever since we bought our Florida condo, Peepaw has been tooling around the beach and our local neighborhood paths on a bike. But the only bike I […]