Friday, August 25, 2017 11:00 AM by Daniel Neman - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
OMAHA, Neb. - How Midwestern is Omaha?
It’s so Midwestern that hotel rooms come with descriptions explaining the difference between tornado watches and tornado warnings. It’s so Midwestern that several important establishments are named Ak-Sar-Ben — that’s Nebraska spelled backward. It’s so Midwestern that a pedestrian bridge spanning the Missouri River is named Bob.
Friday, July 14, 2017 10:00 AM by Daniel Neman - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The cliché is that Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has everything from aardvarks to zebras. It does have zebras (of course), and it does have aardvarks, and if you’ve never seen an aardvark you really should because those things are totally bizarre.
