by Ann | Nov 20, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature Places to Stay, Feature The Midwest, Places to stay, The Midwest, Travel, USA, Wellness Travel
We’ve been to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, more than a dozen times in the past five years. In fact, we started our blog, Postcard Jar, from there in 2014, just before Ann was diagnosed with a chronic disease called cardiac sarcoidosis. Typically, our...
by Steve | Oct 12, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature The Midwest, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
If you’re a fan of “The Music Man” like I am, you are beside-yourself-excited at the thought of seeing Hugh Jackman bring Harold Hill back to life on Broadway in 2020. But before you head to the Big Apple to see the show, you should first visit Mason...
by Steve and Ann | Sep 30, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Food & Drink, Feature The Midwest, Food and Drink, The Midwest
We’ve been working hard at losing weight, but we’ll be slowing down a bit this week. At least for 43 hours. We’re headed out for a Foodie FAM called “A Taste of Kansas City, Kansas.” Over the next couple of days, we’ll be hosted by...
by Ann | Jul 1, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature USA, USA, Where we've been
Founder of Home Depot Bernie Marcus and his wife Billi added depth to the phrase, “improving home improvement” when they gave $250 million to help create the Georgia Aquarium in 2005. Now, animals that would have perished in the wild live alongside others born in...
by Steve and Ann | Jun 22, 2019 | Destinations, Feature The Midwest, Feature USA, The Midwest, Travel, USA, Where we've been
When we told people we were going on a 14-day road trip to “legendary” North Dakota, we got one of two responses: a blank stare, or a polite, “Why?” In all honesty, there was only one reason: We’d agreed to speak at a conference and that conference was in...
by Steve | Jun 1, 2019 | Destinations, Travel, USA
We’re turning our course northward to speak about building engagement with blog readers at the Midwest Travel Network conference in Medora, North Dakota. Ann and I have long loved the fact that we often hear from blog readers and that y’all feel comfortable...