I was looking for a little excitement by going on my road trip and it turned out I got a little more excitement than I bargained for.

While I was impressed with the twenty Chihuly installations during the day, they were spectacular at night!

Another little secret about me is that I am a Dale Chihuly glass artist nut. Consequently, I was dying to see his temporary exhibition at the St. Louis Botanical Garden.

After going to Powell Gardens east of Kansas City on Sunday afternoon, I spent the evening in Boonville, Missouri. Why Boonville?

Sometimes you just want to “get out of Dodge!” (American idiom for leave town). And that’s what I have done.

While I enjoy festivals of all kinds, few festivals bring me more joy than hot-air balloon festivals.

The Durham Museum in Omaha has some fun exhibits running through September 3…

Who doesn’t love an outdoor concert when the weather is great?

There’s nothing quite like a county or state fair in the Midwest.