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by Omababe
Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: METRO (Formerly Metro Area Transit - MAT)
Replies: 818
Views: 187361

The crazies i'm talking about are the kind that sit there, rocking back and forth talking to themselves.  Or sitting on the bench waiting for the bus, searching for smoked cigarette butts on the ground to light up...or the kind that wheel around a duffle bag full of bottles, coats, and whatever el...
by Omababe
Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:47 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: What is your favorite place to get a steak?
Replies: 116
Views: 15295

Sizzler?
Golden Corral?

(ducking, running, looking for a place to hide!)

Tad's? (anybody else remember that one?) :)
by Omababe
Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: What is your favorite place to get a steak?
Replies: 116
Views: 15295

Brad wrote:A year later I am going to stay with Brother Sebastian's as my #1
Oops, forgot about that one, most excellent I agree.

Jericho's is good too, but they didn't serve fries the last time I was there. :(

(Yeah, I know, b*tch b*tch b*tch!)
by Omababe
Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:59 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 1213 Jones St - Krug Brewery (SE Corner 13th & Jones)
Replies: 37
Views: 4701

Brad wrote:I always worry that the flash makes stuff look fake.  
If you OD on it, yes, it will look un-natural. You want the flash to accentuate the natural light, not overpower it.
by Omababe
Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:25 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 1213 Jones St - Krug Brewery (SE Corner 13th & Jones)
Replies: 37
Views: 4701

For a whole building? Uh-huh! :) Yes, it does face north.  I have an awesome flash, but I have never tried it for that. It does sound almost counter-intuitive, but remember, you already have quite a bit of light on your subject already, just not enough and the source is from the wrong direction. I...
by Omababe
Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:16 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 1213 Jones St - Krug Brewery (SE Corner 13th & Jones)
Replies: 37
Views: 4701

On the same block as the Bemis Building, just south of the "Main" part of the old market. Thanks, I guess I need to explore that area a bit more. :) I have always wanted to take that shot in the late afternoon with a HUGE white reflector, really light up the front of the building with the...
by Omababe
Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:35 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 1213 Jones St - Krug Brewery (SE Corner 13th & Jones)
Replies: 37
Views: 4701

Stupid question here. Where exactly is that building? It looks familiar, but I can't place it.
by Omababe
Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Minors in Music Venues?
Replies: 49
Views: 4489

Coyote wrote:Notarized permissions slips!
Lol, this is so bad it's almost funny!

Too bad it's not! :(

"Signed, Epstein's Mother", yeah, right! :(
by Omababe
Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: P.E. Iler Building (1113 Howard Street)
Replies: 200
Views: 37493

DTO Luv wrote:But by that point the Iler building maybe gone to make way for the new friendly neighborhood Old Market Walmart.
/me throws up!
by Omababe
Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:48 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Fed building 15th and Dodge.
Replies: 35
Views: 5324

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by Omababe
Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:58 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Bank of the West Celebrates America 2008
Replies: 12
Views: 1138

Uffda wrote:
Can't believe they didn't mention "Celebration"! That has to be their biggest one!
Or Ladies Night
Yeah, that's another one. It just seemed to me that whoever wrote that was totally unfamiliar with the subject.

For the WH, it figures. :(

Oh well ...
by Omababe
Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:53 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Bank of the West Celebrates America 2008
Replies: 12
Views: 1138

The group is known for such hits as "Jungle Boogie" and "Joanna." It won Grammys for its work on movie soundtracks for "Rocky" and "Saturday Night Fever."
Can't believe they didn't mention "Celebration"! That has to be their biggest one!
by Omababe
Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:48 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: DISCUSSION: TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Replies: 4184
Views: 374373

joeglow wrote:IHowever, I do think there would be a legitimate chance that one could succeed our West.
LOL, not to show my real age, but I can recall quite well remarks to the effect of "... and who would ever go to a ballpark way out in Queens?"

The rest is history. :)
by Omababe
Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Now THIS is a blast from the past
Replies: 4
Views: 836

Re: Now THIS is a blast from the past

NovakOmaha wrote:So there was an actual tower...
Wow, that's WAY before I was ever around here! The thing I remember was the "Crystal Tree" in the restaurant. It was like a prop from some film.
by Omababe
Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: Bakers closing another store??
Replies: 33
Views: 7392

The Bakers around 130th and Q would be a better choice, there's rarely a soul in there even on peak hours. Au contraire! If you're talking about the one at Deerfield Plaza, that's the Bakers I visit most, usually on the way home, and it's always busy when I'm in there. I don't really have a favorit...
by Omababe
Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:42 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: Statewide Iowa Smoking Ban?
Replies: 10
Views: 1910

I don't understand why one of these casinos doesn't get the brilliant idea to have a smoke free gambling floor.  I know my wife and I would go more than one every several years... if we knew we didn't have to throw our clothes away after coming home. Back in the 1990's, the Silver City Casino in L...
by Omababe
Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dividing lines
Replies: 8
Views: 795

Re: Dividing lines

This discussion has been around before but I am curious again after looking where some posts ended up in here --- where are the imaginary dividing/boundary lines in town. What I found interesting, when doing a recent blog item on South Omaha, is that although South Omaha was at once an independent ...
by Omababe
Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:42 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: Omaha CVS Discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 46507

Oh really?

Is Walgreens now gonna have some real competition in Omaha?

Not that I don't like Walgreens, I do, actually. It just seems like there's a whole LOT of them, and not much of anybody else!
by Omababe
Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:45 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3511
Views: 1552080

Aren't there still a lot of empty gates though?  In the South Terminal it looked as if there was one empty gate,  I haven't been in the North Terminal in a couple years, so I a am not sure. I know when American and TWA "merged" they did a bunch of re-shuffling on the south side, skrunch...
by Omababe
Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:36 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: 5,250 ft Mile High Tower
Replies: 7
Views: 1477

Jeesh! That thing looks like some kind of a space-launch rocket!

Let's see ... announced on what day? :)
by Omababe
Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:12 pm
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Omaha Streetcars 1945
Replies: 30
Views: 3115

The Las Vegas Monorail, the business side of it, is one of the biggest boondoggles there ever has been! The fact that it actually broke ground is a feat that David Copperfield and Lance Burton would have trouble with. It seemed like EVERYBODY was against it, for their own little reasons. The Vegas M...
by Omababe
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:17 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Wal Mart at the Ranch Bowl Site
Replies: 62
Views: 11571

:(

You can call me a stick in the mud, or even a b*tch, but I just can't get excited about yet another Wally World.

Sorry. :(
by Omababe
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:12 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Best Hamburgers
Replies: 152
Views: 28130

Don;t forget about Stella's..Excellent burgers.. Whats stella's? Somebody told me they closed! (I guess somebody was wrong then, huh?) I haven't been there in YEARS, although it's quite a bit off my beaten path. For barburgers, they used to be about the tastiest you could get. I chose King Kong (no...
by Omababe
Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Omaha Streetcars 1945
Replies: 30
Views: 3115

The are wires EVERYWHERE... Do we really want that for the city?  Can they do street cars without the ugly wires? is that even a possibility? I'm very much pro-transit, but I do admit that the wires are not esthetically pleasing. :( Modern subway and el systems have that infamous "third rail&...
by Omababe
Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Omaha's Radio Stations
Replies: 44
Views: 7924

I think our overall selection leaves something to be desired. Besides an indie station, I'd really like to have an actual hard rock/metal/alt station come back ala the old 93.3. All of the commercial stations here are very formulaic and playlists tend to be very tight. I find myself listening eithe...
by Omababe
Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:14 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Eppley passengers numbers
Replies: 391
Views: 74217

Airline          2008          2007       % American     41,916     43,011     -2.5 Continental 22,641     21,511      5.3 Delta           24,084     27,536     -12.5 Expressjet  8,272       ----------------- Frontier      18,677     13,294      40.5 Mid...
by Omababe
Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:06 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: Ameristar Casino
Replies: 22
Views: 4337

Who knows?

Whatever it is, there is obviously a hold-up with the expansion. As a semi-regular at the Ameristar, I've been kinda watching for any more announcements and more importantly any action as far as actual construction, but none has happened, and the employees that I talked to didn't seem to know any mo...
by Omababe
Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where in Omaha?
Replies: 0
Views: 396

Where in Omaha?

http://www.whereinomaha.com/

You people here might like this, and it looks like it's for a good cause too! :)
by Omababe
Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:42 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: AHHH! I had almost forgot about this!
Replies: 16
Views: 1444

I've seen Omaha's reputation, over the years, go from a 'bland, conservative provincial backwater' to something altogether different----and a pleasant surprise to outsiders as well. Before I moved here (and I was not the type who was totally ignorant of US geography) my perception of Nebraska was t...
by Omababe
Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:06 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Short Sighted South O Land Owner Tries to Recall Fahey
Replies: 141
Views: 12399

icejammer wrote:And that meets all five parts of the definition of fraud....how?
You could arguably state that it was very enthusiastic marketing "spin", and not outright fraud or deceit, but whatever you call it, it was not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!
by Omababe
Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:54 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Old Fort St Walmart action?
Replies: 25
Views: 7361

Old Wally World at 102nd. and Fort?

Anybody know what's going on there?

There appears to be some serious action there, and I'm curious since I drive by there each day.

Thanks.
by Omababe
Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:52 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Photographers Rights
Replies: 10
Views: 1262

the1wags wrote:I'm going over there today over lunch with a copy of photographers rights to discuss with head of security.
Please let us know how this comes out. This is a recurring topic on a couple of the photo boards I frequent, so I may want to relay what is discussed if you don't mind.
by Omababe
Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:34 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: DISCUSSION: TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Replies: 4184
Views: 374373

KM3 News has a report about 'discovering the NCAA letters to the city.  They have a link to the pdfs I saw this on this morning's news. It looks like the letters were leaked. Also, it sounded like their reporter had somebody from NCAA on the phone. Looks like NCAA is now speaking directly to repor...
by Omababe
Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:04 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Photographers Rights
Replies: 10
Views: 1262

Brad wrote:After watching the1wags and the FNB security tangle tonight, I thought I would give this thread a Bump!
Did I miss something?
by Omababe
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:46 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Omaha Streetcars 1945
Replies: 30
Views: 3115

After reading the Orr book one afternoon, it amazes me how extensive a trolley system Omaha (and Council Bluffs, and Bellevue, and Ralston, and Papillion) had, and that the Powers That Be in the 1950s let it be scrapped! :(
by Omababe
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:23 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Omaha gains from region, loses to nation
Replies: 15
Views: 1418

nebport5 wrote:I wonder how much revenue would be generated from a years worth of alcohol taxes from being open another hour or two.
Not as much as revenue from gaming would generate! That could pay for the stadium and then some!
by Omababe
Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Omaha a "great" city?
Replies: 8
Views: 895

Re: Is Omaha a "great" city?

The emphasis is on pedestrians, not cars OMG, I can't see that happening in Omaha in my lifetime! :( There are many locally owned businesses-markets, mom-and-pop stores, street vendors, and larger independent stores; these local businesses are encouraged by the city; people know their retailers by ...
by Omababe
Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:46 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: DISCUSSION: TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Replies: 4184
Views: 374373

He simply said he thinks the NCAA should come out and say what they want.  He is of the view that if this is truly NCAA mandated AND they let the Omaha public know, Not to sound like a broken record here ("broken record"? Am I showing my real age or what?) but that's what I've been b*tch...
by Omababe
Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Magic City ...
Replies: 5
Views: 874

Thanks for all the great pix. You're very welcome, and thanks for the updates. :) I can summarize that entire area with one picture Ya know, if there's any one thing that makes me think of South Omaha, it's Joe Tess'. I finally realized when I was winding things down and approaching L. St. that the...
by Omababe
Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:02 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Spencer's (Former Nick & Tony's) Hilton Gardens
Replies: 19
Views: 3299

Not the best photo, but ...

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