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Friday, September 21, 2018

Thursday Date Night 2018

Thursday! For no reason! It's like we're young and free again! We had Vietnamese and then did a beer tasting at Zipline Brewery. Woo!

My tasting on the left and Kevin's on the right

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

We closed on our house in Long Island on a Thursday. On Saturday, Kevin and I flew to Omaha to shop for a house while Grandma watched the kids. Houses are selling quickly in Omaha, and by the time our plane touched down 3 hours late on Saturday, 3 of the 11 houses we were interested in looking at had sold. Nonetheless, by the end of Saturday, we were reasonably sure about which house we wanted, and we put in an offer on Sunday morning. Our offer was accepted and our inspection was on Tuesday, and then all our contract paperwork was finalized on Friday before we returned to the East Coast. We're closing on August 2. We'll be living in the Bent Creek neighborhood of the Millard area of Omaha!

In between all the house viewing, negotiating, inspecting, paperwork, and setting up other details of our move, we went site-seeing in Omaha.

Driving through the Downtown

Sunday we checked out the Old Market area, which has an Old West vibe. We had a really nice celebratory lunch at La Buvette. We were staying at an Air BnB in the neighborhood we were buying in, Millard, so we also went to Omaha Tap House in Millard in the evening.

Old Market

Old Market outside La Buvette

La Buvette

Monday we visited the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to see the campus and fill out some paperwork. In the evening we went to two local breweries, Infusion Brewery and the Liquid Sunshine Taproom (which is attached to the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema- I want to go back for a movie!).

UNO

UNO's Weber Fine Arts Building

Leaving the Fine Arts Building

Infusion Brewery

After the Liquid Sunshine Taproom because when you go to too many breweries...

Tuesday, we went to the Jocelyn Art Museum. I was excited to see they have a whole floor of activities and classes for kids. After that, we went to the Lewis and Clark Landing to check out the Missouri River and the labor monument. We also walked over the Bob Bridge. Then we took a nice long walk around the Heartland of America Park. I got a lot of walking in!

Jocelyn Art Museum

Lewis and Clark Landing and labor monument

Walking over the Bob Bridge

Iowa-Nebraska line on the bridge

Heartland of America Park

Wednesday, we took a day trip to Lincoln. We had lunch, walked around, visited the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and went to the art museum at UNL. Unbelievably, there were two photo exhibits about Cuba. One exhibit was "Pictures from the Revolution" by Roberto Salas, black-and-white pictures from Castro's coup in the 1950s. The other one, which I liked better, was "Havana" by Michael Eastman, and it had huge photographs of the exteriors and interiors of once luxurious homes in Havana, that had degenerated post-communist revolution. They were both beautiful and extremely sad.

Downtown Lincoln

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL)

UNL Stadium

UNL Sheldon Museum of Art

Eastman exhibit

Upon our return to Omaha that night, we had sushi at the Blue Sushi Sake Grill, and oh man, sushi is going to be a little tough here. I'm going to figure it out though. After dinner, we took a walk around Zorinsky Lake in Millard.

Kevin in front of Zorinsky Lake

Blowing on a "Salsify" which looks like a giant dandelion.

Kevin will be working on the Omaha campus, but twice a year his program hosts a 10-day residency at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City. So Thursday we went to the residency to meet faculty and students from the program. Everyone was awesome and the location is beautiful.

The Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, Nebraska

Three students doing a reading.

In the afternoon we returned to Omaha, did some more moving errands, and visited the Benson neighborhood in North Omaha for ice cream.

Benson

Ted & Wally's in Benson

In the evening, we had our first (and probably last) Runzas for dinner. Then we went to Turner Park for Jazz on the Green. The performance this week was a Cuban band, "Tiempo Libre." So yeah, I saw a Cuban art exhibit in Lincoln this week and saw live Cuban music in Omaha. Nebraska loves me.

At Jazz on the Green in Turner Park

Tiempo Libre onstage

Friday was our flight out, but it was later in the day, so we snuck in the Lauritzen Gardens - Omaha Botanical Center. It's so lovely and has a big train display year-round. I can't wait to take the kids.

Botanical Garden

Inside the Marjorie K. Daugherty Conservatory

The English Garden

Walking around

Huge tropical flowers

Prairie grass

Year-round train display (it's much bigger than this but you get the idea)

When the week was up, we flew back to Boston to get the kids at Grandma's. Really looking forward to returning to Omaha and our new home!

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Long Island Farewell Tour 2018

In addition to spending quality time with our friends before moving, we also tried to sneak in some Long Island favorites, sites, and extra fun for the kids.