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Looking Forward to the State Fair, my first one in 10 years!

by walexander July 25, 2011

The Indiana State Fair is the biggest event in Indiana over the summer, besides that little 500 thing. It is the combination of farming, agriculture, amusement, and Indiana’s greatest cooking pastime deep-fried everything! The state fair starts on Aug. 5th and runs 17 days until Aug. 21st. This year is the year of the Soy [...]

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Vintage Indiana has Something for Everybody

by walexander May 31, 2011

This summer is the 12th annual Vintage Indiana Wine and Food Festival in downtown Indianapolis to celebrate Indiana wine and food. The festival is on June 4, 2011 at Military Park from 11a.m. to 7 p.m. At the festival there is a special area called the Wine and Food Experience Pavilion where adults – with valid [...]

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Devouring Delicious Dishes at Tavern on South

by walexander January 28, 2011

This post was written by a Butler University student about their experience at one of 40+ restaurants involved in Devour Downtown – a prix-fixe way to experience some of Indianapolis’ best downtown restaurants twice a year. Check out all the posts written about Devour Downtown on the Indiana Insider Blog Earlier this week I went [...]

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Looking Forward to Christmas at the Zoo

by walexander December 22, 2010

I’m surprisingly excited for finals week this year at Butler, this is normally the exact opposite sentiment most college students have during their finals week, but I can’t lie – I’m excited. I’m excited because during finals week this year I am going to Christmas at the Zoo. It has been probably a decade since [...]

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A Holy Night at the 59th Christ Child Festival

by walexander December 20, 2010

On Saturday Dec.11 I made a return trip to Fort Wayne with my friend to visit his family before I left Indiana for the holiday break. Usually when I visit my friend’s family We all go out to eat or we go to a movie or we just chill at their house and watch football. [...]

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My First Taste of the Flying Cupcake, and it was Great!

by walexander December 19, 2010

I went to the Flying Cupcake today for the first time. I have been hearing about this place for years now, but being busy with school, work, and extracurricular activities, going to a shop that only sells cupcakes wasn’t high on my list. This weekend after I got back from Fort Wayne some of my [...]

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A Trip to Italy While in Fort Wayne, IN

by walexander November 10, 2010

My adventure in Fort Wayne started with a high at Takaoka and my roommate’s family, as always, was as kind and hospitable as the majority of people I have met in Indiana have been (Check out my review of Takaoka here).  As the end of the weekend loomed and it was almost time to head [...]

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Turning Japanese…in Fort Wayne, Indiana?

by walexander November 9, 2010

I have always been a southerner. I was born in the South, raised in the South, and I grew up on southern cooking. Lots of barbecue, casseroles, and deep fried deliciousness – think Paula Deen’s cooking, but for every meal! But despite my southern roots, I can’t help but feel like I may have a [...]

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Speed Your way to the Speedway Museum

by walexander November 8, 2010

A few weeks ago I went to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. I never thought I’d got to the museum, but once I got there I had a surprisingly good time. Admission was inexpensive, only $5, and for those with kids out there, children under 6 get in free and kids 6-15 [...]

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Hot Dog Heaven Right in Indy

by walexander September 26, 2010

Have you ever just wanted a hot dog? Just one day you were sitting down watching ESPN and some kid in a stadium is eating a hot dog and you suddenly realize “man I really could use a hot dog right now.” Well that happened to me this last week and I decided to get [...]

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