Santa Fe, New Mexico, Historic Preservation, Tour, Tour Guide, History, New Mexico History, U.S. History, Fun, Educational, Cathedrals, Churches, Oldest House, Architecture, Hotels, Restaurants, Santa Fe Plaza, Meow Wolf, Museums, Art, Art Galleries, Canyon Road, Shops, Shopping, Gifts, Artists, Culture, Santa Fe Trail, Private Tour, Christian Saiia, Botanical Garden, Tourism, Unique Deanna Etherington Santa Fe, New Mexico, Historic Preservation, Tour, Tour Guide, History, New Mexico History, U.S. History, Fun, Educational, Cathedrals, Churches, Oldest House, Architecture, Hotels, Restaurants, Santa Fe Plaza, Meow Wolf, Museums, Art, Art Galleries, Canyon Road, Shops, Shopping, Gifts, Artists, Culture, Santa Fe Trail, Private Tour, Christian Saiia, Botanical Garden, Tourism, Unique Deanna Etherington

A Superb Storytelling Tour in Santa Fe

In October 2024, I went to Albuquerque, New Mexico and crossed an item off my bucket list by attending the International Balloon Fiesta. I spent a few extra days in the Albuquerque area and took a side trip to Santa Fe, which was about an hour away from the AirBnb I was staying in. Santa Fe was exceptional and the tour I booked through Airbnb Experiences was the “icing on the cake,” so to speak. Tour Santa Fe with me in this blog post!

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Final Holiday Series Post (Part 7): Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! This is the final post in my running event posts of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the options available and have maybe even been to something featured in this post. Get ready to see The Historic General Dodge House in Council Bluffs decorated for the holidays!

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Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival, Luminarium, Science Museum, Glow, A Country Christmas, The General Dodge House, Dodge House, History, Family Events, Family Night, A Day with the Dodges, Decorated Trees, Breakfast, Holiday Lights, Christmas Lights, Light Shows, Drive Thru Light Displays, Santa’s Rockin Lights, Magical Lights at Lake Cunningham Deanna Etherington Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival, Luminarium, Science Museum, Glow, A Country Christmas, The General Dodge House, Dodge House, History, Family Events, Family Night, A Day with the Dodges, Decorated Trees, Breakfast, Holiday Lights, Christmas Lights, Light Shows, Drive Thru Light Displays, Santa’s Rockin Lights, Magical Lights at Lake Cunningham Deanna Etherington

Part 6: Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! Discover two fantastic Omaha area light shows this week, plus learn about the ongoing special events I’ve featured weekly in the past month. You’ll be dazzled!

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Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival, Luminarium, Science Museum, Glow, A Country Christmas, Ditmar’s Orchard and Vineyard, The General Dodge House, Dodge House, History, Family Events, Family Night, A Day with the Dodges, Decorated Trees, Breakfast Deanna Etherington Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival, Luminarium, Science Museum, Glow, A Country Christmas, Ditmar’s Orchard and Vineyard, The General Dodge House, Dodge House, History, Family Events, Family Night, A Day with the Dodges, Decorated Trees, Breakfast Deanna Etherington

Part 5: Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! I have decided to create a running event list of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. This post contains two new holiday events, plus the previous events I featured last week. See what’s happening this weekend at Ditmar’s Orchard and Vineyard and the Historic General Dodge House.

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Part 4: Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! I have decided to create a running event list of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. In this post is one more new holiday event, plus the three events I featured last week!

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Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival Deanna Etherington Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market, Holiday Lights Festival Deanna Etherington

Part 3: Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! I have decided to create a running event list of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. In this post are two more new holiday events, plus the three events I featured last week!

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Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market Deanna Etherington Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations, Council Bluffs, Papillion, Parade, Holiday Market Deanna Etherington

Part 2: Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! I have decided to create a running event list of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. In this post are two more new holiday events, plus the three events I featured last week!

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Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Christmas at Union Station, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations Deanna Etherington Holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Events, Celebrations, Omaha Area, Omaha, Omaha zoo, Zoolightful, Lauritzen Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Gift Shop, Durham Museum, Christmas at Union Station, Merry and Bright, Bright Nights, Advent, Fun, Activities, Lights, Food, Treats, Festive, Holiday Events, Christmas Tree, Culture, Flowers, Plants, Music, Games, Decorations Deanna Etherington

Holiday Happenings in the Omaha Area!

Everybody loves doing something fun and unique for the holidays! I have decided to create a running event list of select Omaha-area holiday events that I’ve either been to in the past or look like fun. Here’s my three favorite venues to start with!

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First Americans Museum, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Native Americans, Tribes, Tribal Nations, History, Leadership, Stories, Tradition, Stereotypes, Artwork, Creativity, Way of Life, Values, Educational, Must See, Well Done, Informative, Respect, Heritage Deanna Etherington First Americans Museum, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Native Americans, Tribes, Tribal Nations, History, Leadership, Stories, Tradition, Stereotypes, Artwork, Creativity, Way of Life, Values, Educational, Must See, Well Done, Informative, Respect, Heritage Deanna Etherington

A Visit to Oklahoma City’s First Americans Museum

Did you know November is Native American Heritage Month? In honor of that distinction, I’m writing about a wonderful and informative museum in Oklahoma City called the First Americans Museum. Oklahoma City is beautiful and well worth a trip and the First Americans Museum is a “must visit” attraction while you are there!

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Learn and Grow at the Lovely and Lush Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha!

As I have “acquired years and wisdom” (read between the lines), I have discovered that “tiptoeing through the tulips” is actually very beneficial for my well-being on multiple levels. I now LOVE gardens, particularly botanical gardens! Not only do they encourage me to get my steps in, the flowers, foliage, and trees enhance my mental health and feed my soul. The artwork inspires me. Listening to the birds sing and watching butterflies flit around calms and fascinates me. And I always learn something new. In short, spending time in a garden just makes me doggone happy. Maybe you can relate! 😁

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Museums, Little Rock, Arkansas, Art, Culture, Purses, Handbags, History, Unique, Fashion, Style Deanna Etherington Museums, Little Rock, Arkansas, Art, Culture, Purses, Handbags, History, Unique, Fashion, Style Deanna Etherington

A Wonderful, Unexpected Gem of a Museum in Little Rock!

If you’re like me, you love to discover unexpected little gems when you travel, especially ones that are underrated or somewhat unknown. When you find a place like that, it feels sort of like you have opened a surprise birthday gift and are delighted. That was the way I felt when I visited the ESSE Purse Museum and Store!

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Milan, Italy, Art classes, Create art, Mosaics, Murano glass, Travel blog, Joy, Enjoyment Deanna Etherington Milan, Italy, Art classes, Create art, Mosaics, Murano glass, Travel blog, Joy, Enjoyment Deanna Etherington

Making Mosaics in Milan!

When I travel I always like to try the local foods and participate in local cultural experiences. It could be a cooking activity or class. It could be a tour with local foods or customs. It could be meeting a family and sharing a meal with them or just visiting with them and trying to learn a few words of their language. In Milan, I chose to learn the art of making mosaics with Murano glass from Venice.

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