If you find yourself feeling artsy and suddenly have the urge to start traveling, write poetry, and study architecture, there’s no need to drop a wad of cash, fly to Europe, and start living out of a backpack. Simply venture to the east side of Wichita, and take in the beauty of two amazing projects from one of America’s greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright.
The first building is a residence in the College Hill neighborhood. Located at 255 N. Roosevelt, the Allen-Lambe house was designed in 1915 and occupied …

On May 4, 2007, the farming town of Greensburg, Kansas was devastated when a 1.7-mile-wide, F5 tornado tore through the town. On the same night, tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma, Colorado, and South Dakota, but the Greensburg tornado was by far the worst, consuming 95 percent of the town and taking 11 lives. This weekend, the town will mark the three-year anniversary with a variety of events and community activities designed to showcase the rebirth of Greensburg, including a benefit concert by country legend George Jones.
In the three …

Weddings are memorable, historical, monumental events. At least to the bride. But it is her day, and it would do us all a bit of good to bow to her whims for just awhile. Want to help her out? Make a short list of suggestions that can be investigated in an afternoon and provide a range of prices. Below are a list of my personal favorites to get you started.
Where cakes are concerned, it’s difficult to beat Cameo Cakes (2403 W. 13th). They …

The fourth Thursday in April is my favorite holiday – it’s like Christmas, Fourth of July and St. Patrick’s Day all rolled into one. No, it’s not my birthday, or some obscure religious celebration. This is the date of the Midwest Winefest Walkabout, or WINEFEST, as my friends and I refer to it.
April 22, 2010 will be my seventh year in a row of attending the event, which is a fundraiser for the Guadalupe Clinic and the first of the two-day Midwest Winefest. Although I’ve heard great things about the …

I love garage sales. I love estate sales. I love rummaging through other people’s junk, hoping to find something to take home and love forever… Or at least until I sell it at my own garage sale.
Wichita is a garage sale aficionado’s paradise, with sales starting on Thursday morning and continuing through Saturday afternoon. True treasure hunters pore over the garage sale listings in the Wichita Eagle and on Craigslist and map out their plan of attack. I prefer the less structured approach of driving through my favorite Wichita neighborhoods and hoping …