Cache of the Day - A City

Gotta love a city! We try to get to one as often as possible, and have explored all those within driving distance from Indiana.

We recently visited Cincinnati and had a great time! Here's a shot of the square in downtown, where something was ALWAYS going on (and they had great ice cream too).

We also headed over the Ohio River to Newport in Kentucky, where we visited the Newport Aquarium and had great German beer and food at the Hofbrauhaus.

Lots of energy, lots to do, lots of fun, lots of great fun is what we find in big cities...and Cincinnati was no exception!

Cache of the Day - Wine Festival

Earlier this month, we went to Vintage Indiana, a wine festival held every year in Indianapolis and featuring the wineries from the state.

We had a chance to taste wines from several wineries and we were definitely enjoying the way that felt! We also had time to relax and enjoy the wonderful weather, and we had a chance to enjoy some of the food vendors as well.

In addition, Deb Owen (seen on the right) was able to have her palm read. THAT was a waste of 20 bucks! ("You will have a visitor. Maybe by mail, maybe in person, maybe on the phone. Maybe tomorrow, maybe 20 years from now." But fun, all the same.

Bands were playing all day on the stage, headlined by the Gin Blossoms, seen here.

All in all, we had a GREAT time and will definitely be back!

Cache of the Day - Starting Up New Businesses

Check out the video here to see some of the leaders at BizWorks Network. We were preparing for a presentation at Honda and quickly put together this video on what we do to support businesses (in this case, Employment Plus).

Contact By Design is my new gig. Go here to learn more about what we do:

http://www.contactbydesign.com/welcome.html

Cache of the Day - Prom

Taylor went to her prom this past Saturday - her second prom at Mitchell High School. Once again her date was Davie.

This is a full-day event. Of course we had the day, several weeks ago, when we went shopping for a prom dress - and shoes, and earrings, and a necklace, and of course, hair jewelry.

On Saturday we went to the hair salon, did up the hair and added glitter.

Then the makeup, which I had the pleasure of applying.

Then pictures at the boyfriend's house.

Picture at the friends house, including the requisite "shoe shot".

Then off to dinner (they went to Salem, Indiana, to a place called Christie's).

Then back to the high school for the Grand March.

After that, I was shut out. I don't get it. Why can't I go to the actual dance?

I'll work on that. Maybe next year I'll go to her senior prom.

Cache of the Day - Smart Kid

Taylor is a smart kid - second in her class and involved in lots of activities. Her GPA granted her a visit to a private college here in Indiana - the University of Evansville.

Taylor and I and Joe spent the day in the southeastern part of the state and learned a lot about the advantages of going this college. Here is a shot of her in the front yard of the University, learning from a tour guide that she took the day off of classes on Friday and laid out in the sun all day on this lawn!

To the left is a shot of a dorm room - just right for two.....two MICE, that is!!!!


This is a shot of the lobby of the business school, here on the right.






And the shot here on the right is one of the new classrooms in the business school. Taylor is considering Accounting as a major, so this may be a place she inhabits in the future.

And then we topped the day off buying Taylor a new car! Here she is in her 2005 Scion XA with 30,000 miles. She drove the card back from Evansville, a good two-hour drive. Look how happy she is (and the sales guy looks pretty happy too!).

Cache of the Day - Murder

Turns out the lawyer did it. Figures.

Here are some pictures from our Murder Mystery dinner party this past weekend. We had eight "suspects" - that all came in costume - so that we could figure out who killed Pierre DuPre during Mardis Gras in New Orleans.

I was Michelle DuPre, the deposed's wife. But I loved him dearly. Of COURSE I didn't do it.

We had great fun and shared some Louisiana grub - jambalaya, french bread, creme brulee....and lots of hurricane punch. We had a version of Zydeco music and, mostly, we had lots of fun. Took us a few hours to figure it out, but several players did guess that the J. Stephen Peek - the lawyer (also known as Stacy) - did it in the billiard room with the Mardis Gras beads.

We had a great time and really appreciated everyone's participation!

Cache of the Day - Being in the Pit

Here's my view from the orchestra pit at Bedford North Lawrence High School where, for the last two weekends (and many rehearsal days before that) I've been buried in the pit for the production of "Fiddler On the Roof". I am playing flute and piccolo of a challenging score, but so much fun to play! In this shot you can see a glimpse of my music and that's our conductor, Brian Samarzea.

Brian and I met about 10 years ago when he just started the local musical theatre group, Bloomington Music Works, and he cast me in several productions, included several Gilbert & Sullivan's, "A Little Night Music" (our favorite), "Gypsy", "Once Upon a Mattress", and "Into the Woods". And although I was on the stage then, I continue to participate in musical theatre productions and I don't mind being in the pit. I LOVE putting on a show!

Brian asked to me to help out "Fiddler" and I love it!