Travel
Classic wood boat gets a makeover in time for Muscatine boat show
History hops aboard when Jim Hayek takes family and friends out on the water for some boating fun.
May 10, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Marine surveys can save money, lives
If you have been bitten by the boat-buying bug and are getting close to buying the used boat of your dreams, there are some important things you should know.
May 09, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…
Orpyland goes all out for the holiday
What has been dubbed the “most Christmassy hotel in the nation” is celebrating its 25th year of razzle-dazzle decorations around the theme of “A Country Christmas.”
Dec 12, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
'Dirty Dancing'wows Chicago audience
New Yorkers are in for a razz-ma-tazz treat when the musical “Dirty Dancing” comes to Broadway next year.
Nov 12, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Baseball tour is dream come true
My summer vacation started with a simple wish: I wanted to see Yankee Stadium.
Oct 08, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
NEAR AND FAR: DeWitt couple entertain visiting children
Mary Ann and Dick Azinger of DeWitt, Iowa, became travel consultants of a sort when they learned that Jaycie Jo, 11, and Patrick Dennison, 13, were coming for a visit from their home in Canyon Lake, Calif.
Sep 30, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
STAYCATION: The 1 and only — Burlington, Iowa's Snake Alley
Quad-City Times
Sep 26, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Windmill worth the trip to Fulton
FULTON, Ill. — A sunset was on the way. We knew the sun was breaking its way through after a day of clouds, wind and rain, so we couldn’t wait to head for the windmill. Just the word “windmill” is all that is needed when you breathe the name “Fulton.”
Sep 20, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
STAYCATIONS: Face-to-face with the Netherlands
Windmill worth the trip to Fulton
Sep 19, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Kwahadi Dancers wow audiences
If you’ve missed seeing the incredibly talented kids who perform with the Kwahadi Dancers at their own theater in Amarillo, Texas, perhaps you could catch their act in Busan, South Korea, where they’ve been invited by the International Olympic Committee to entertain between Sept. 22 a…
Sep 05, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Cubs-crazy dad takes daughter to first game at Wrigley
My daughter Sydney reached several milestones this summer: She jumped off a diving board for the first time while her legs quivered in fear, rode her pink bike without training wheels for a couple of seconds and started kindergarten in late August.
Sep 05, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
WEST BRANCH, IOWA: Hoover's hometown is worth the short, easy trip
WEST BRANCH, Iowa — You never know what you’re going to find when you visit President Herbert Hoover’s hometown. There’ll be shirts and towels flapping on the clothesline alongside his birthplace cottage, and …
Sep 02, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Wandering with Wundram: Hoover's hometown is worth the trip
WEST BRANCH, Iowa — You never know what you’re going to find when you visit President Herbert Hoover’s hometown. There’ll be shirts and towels flapping on the clothesline alongside his birthplace cottage, and …
Aug 30, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
GALESBURG, Ill.: On the right track
GALESBURG, Ill. — H-o-o-o-o-o-o-t. The next time you’re in town, plan on hearing a railroad whistle. There are 160 trains a day through Galesburg, and they sound their whistles at least a half-dozen times while rumbling through town.
Aug 22, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Check out the renovated Tiffany dome in Chicago
I’ve written before about the world’s largest Tiffany glass dome being in Chicago, and I’ve urged everyone I know to go see it once a restoration project was complete. The time is now.
Aug 18, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Wanderings With Wundram: Dyersville
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The chimes have just sounded. It is a lovely sound that speaks of peace on the half-hour, 24 hours a day. It is the sound of a town where practically all of the residents are members of St. Francis Xavier Basilica, the storied church about 85 miles north of the Quad-C…
Aug 16, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Historic Pattee comes to life one more time
Someone finally came to the rescue of the the Hotel Pattee, a one-of-a-kind boutique hotel in Perry, Iowa. That's great news for those of us who fell in love with this unique property the first time we ever saw th…
Aug 14, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
NEAR AND FAR: Bix jazz fest features around-the-world ties
There were international connections all over the place during the past weekend’s Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport, so much that, as a travel writer, I didn’t know whether to begin writing a book or just sit back and enjoy the music.
Aug 04, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Midsummer night's dream
GENESEO, Ill. — A full midsummer moon is high over the steeple of First Congregational Church, where the chimes have been shut off and there will be no hymns played because it is Tuesday night.
Jul 28, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Bellevue is a beautiful place to live, visit
BELLEVUE, Iowa — Just lucky, I guess, that we ended up in Bellevue.
Jul 22, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
