This category answers the question: What is there to do in Omaha? Find out where to go in Omaha with kids or where to go for date night.
This summer, my daughter met a bird and fell in love with it because they shared a name. This bond she formed with a peregrine falcon at the new Raptor Woodland Refuge surely means we’ll be visiting Fontenelle Forest more frequently now. The refuge opened this summer. Have you been? I was invited by Fontenelle…
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Hy-Vee Food Stores. Hy-Vee provided the gift card, and I was compensated for writing and promoting it. All thoughts and opinions expressed are mine, since I am a long-time shopper there. Being a mother with a full-time job and an obsessive tendency to write, I have to find ways…
I had a sneak peek at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s newest addition: The African Grasslands. It opens to the public this weekend. This area of the zoo is huge – it’s 28 acres and is by far the largest project ever undertaken there. This is just the opening of Phase I and there’s…
If you’ve spent any time in Omaha, there’s a good chance you’ve walked along the Lewis & Clark Landing – that riverfront development along the Missouri River. You’ve attended festivals to gorge on roasted corn on the cob and listen to music and you’ve crossed the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge so you can take that Nebraska-Iowa state line…
Editor’s Note: If you’re visiting this page in 2018, you’re probably looking for information on “Disney’s Newsies” at The Rose June 1-17, 2018. Head over to my post with a roundup of Family-Friendly Things To Do In Omaha. I have “Newsies” 2018 performance details there. Thanks! In celebration of “Disney’s Newsies” opening Tuesday in…
Today I’m giving a shout out to a sponsor of my blog – the Salvation Army Kroc Center! You guys should visit this great center if you haven’t already! My family’s first experience there was on a Friday afternoon for their weekly Inflatable Fridays event in their awesome pool area. At the time, my son was…
