my yummy oxygen facial

Yesterday I had a delicious oxygen facial at Absolute Serenity Day Spa in Omaha. I can use the adjective “delicious” to describe my facial because my aesthetician used the adjective “yummy” to describe all of the products she used. A yummy pumpkin enzyme scrub. A yummy Vitamin C serum. She even gave me a yummy [...]

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wacky meteorologists

It snowed early this morning, blanketing Omaha under (at least) 2-3 inches of the white fluffy stuff. Our first major snowfall of the season. Currently it’s 7 degrees outside, but the past two nights it’s been close to -20 degrees thanks to the wind chill.

The local news has been showcasing their meteorologists more frequently than [...]

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omaha world-herald supports mccain

You know you live in the Midwest when your local newspaper endorses John McCain for president, which the Omaha World-Herald did on Sunday.
Sen. Barack Obama, who is leading in presidential election polls, has demonstrated qualities that this newspaper has editorially praised and highlighted. The Democratic presidential nominee displays a remarkable ability to inspire voters. He [...]

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american apparel in omaha

Did this happen while I was away on my honeymoon?
If not, I must be spending too much time in West O to miss the opening of American Apparel downtown.

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milk: it does a candidate good

I don’t know how I missed this important political story out of Nebraska. Probably because I don’t watch the local news.
On Monday, August 4, the Custer County Fair in Broken Bow invited “celebrities” to participate in the cow-milking contest–Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate and former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, Democratic candidate Scott Kleeb [...]

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bloated dog? grab your car keys!

I love reading the local newspaper when I travel. It’s always helpful to get a sense of what’s going on in the city around you.
In Wednesday’s San Francisco Chronicle, there’s a footnote on page one highlighting a couple of stories found exclusively on the paper’s website. This one caught my eye: VETERINARY EMERGENCY: If your dog [...]

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so long starbucks

Of the 600 Starbucks that will be closing between now and the first have of 2009, two of them are in Omaha:
120TH & BLONDO
CENTER & 63RD
For a list of all of the closing stores, click here.
I know my parents will be relieved that the Starbucks in my hometown is safe–for now.

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dundee dell makes the wsj

Originally uploaded by HistoricOmaha.net
You don’t expect a neighborhood pub in Omaha that you happen to frequent (although not as frequently as LB) to make it into a Wall Street Journal article on dream jobs, but sure enough…
Monique Huston actually has her dream job — and many tell her it’s theirs, too. She’s general manager of [...]

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