The Holiday Season is all about family, food, and decorations. Every December I love the tradition of picking out a tree and decorating it with many beautiful ornaments. Although I mainly help organize the ornament hooks - it is still a tradition that I look forward to. This year the Visitors Center…
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The minute you walk into the Embassy Theater lobby, it feels like Christmas. Brilliant twinkling lights, pine branches, surprises tucked into the branches of fir trees -it's an awesome experience. [[endteaser]] Welcome to the Festival of Trees at the Embassy Theatre in downtown Fort Wayne. This year…
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One of the highlights of the Christmas season for my grandma is heading downtown on the Night of Lights, the night before Thanksgiving, to see the lighting of the displays she used to see every year growing up. The lights that now grace downtown Fort Wayne used to be displayed on the facade of the…
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Beautiful homes, snowy grounds and Christmas lights are a few of my favorite holiday things! Honestly, this trio makes a wonderful early Christmas present! It's even better when you share it with friends and family. The Holiday Tour of Williams Woodland Park will make your season, truly…
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Long before dancing shows made their way on to media channels, Fort Wayne's rich and famous individuals had their own stage. The glitzy and glamorous would gather at the home of John Bass's home the Brookside Mansion and head up to ballroom! [[endteaser]] Located on the top floor, the ballroom is a…
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When I was a little girl I had lofty aspirations of becoming a big-time ballerina. I was enrolled in dance classes and begged and pleaded with my mom to let me take ballet on top of the other two dance classes I was already taking. There was just something about ballet that really spoke to my…
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Hey, remember that time I wrote a blog about all the great artisans that are in Indiana, especially Northeast Indiana? Well, grab your family and friends and kick off the holiday season with a robust group of local artisans at the Indiana Artisan Holiday Marketplace on November 28th and 29th at the…
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Some people say Christmas is for kids. That is certainly true at Breakfast with Santa at the Embassy Theatre in downtown Fort Wayne. [[endteaser]] The Embassy Theatre is a glamorous historic building that might not seem like the perfect place for tots. But for decades the staff has put together this…
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Christmas shopping in Fort Wayne 70 years ago was quite different from what it is today. Streetcars and later trolleys transported shoppers to popular downtown shopping destinations, such as Wolf and Dessauer, Baber Jewelry and Poinsette. [[endteaser]] Nowadays, buses have replaced trolleys around…
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Dad worked on trains from Fort Wayne's Baker Street former railroad terminal during most of my childhood. Pennsylvania, Conrail, and finally on Amtrak doing what was possibly his favorite job-conducting on passenger trains. [[endteaser]] We often accompanied him on trips and I watched him work his…
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