Indiana INsider's Guide

Posts From: April 2013

Bicentennial wine tasting at Switzerland County Visitors Center

By Visit Indiana on Apr. 30, 2013

Switzerland County's The Ridge Winery will present a Bicentennial wine tasting at the Switzerland County Visitors Center in Vevay. The event will take place on First Friday, May 3, from 6-9 p.m. The center is located at 128 West Main Street. Vevay-Switzerland County is having a 200th birthday and…

Read More

Oliver Winery

By Carrie Lambert on Apr. 29, 2013

While heading down to IU Basketball games in the winter, we always drive past Oliver Winery just north of Bloomington. I visited years ago and always mention to my husband that I'd like to stop. But it never works out because we are always trying to make it to tip-off. Well a few weeks ago it did…

Read More

More than Places to Go: That Book Place Annual Author Fair in Madison

By admin on Apr. 18, 2013

Author Marian Allen at That Book Place Author Fair Madison, Indiana If you've been following along little Indiana or my contributions to this blog, you may have noticed the assortment of places to visit around Indiana. But I fear I have withheld a very important piece of information from you here…

Read More

5 Things to Look Forward to in Indiana Travel

By Visit Indiana on Apr. 16, 2013

Today was the Indiana Tourism Media Marketplace at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It's an annual event that brings together travel writers, convention and visitor's bureaus, and representatives of notable Indiana attractions. I love to go because I see all the people I'm lucky enough to work with…

Read More

Don Hall's Guesthouse, Day 2

By admin on Apr. 15, 2013

On my trip to Fort Wayne, a couple of us rode up a day early (in fact, we were ALL in town a day early on our travel writers' trip) so we could be at the Vera Bradley Outlet Sale at the crack of, well, 9:00. I had a choice of hotels to choose from this trip, including Don Hall's Guesthouse, which I…

Read More

Paramount Theatre

By Carrie Lambert on Apr. 15, 2013

Several years ago I was invited to a wedding at the Paramount Theatre in Anderson. I couldn't attend and ever since then I've wanted to visit the theatre. Last month I had that opportunity and was blown away. I knew a little bit about the theatre's history - one of 12 remaining John Eberson…

Read More

Dinner & Dessert at Famous Coney Island, Club Soda, Fort Wayne Trip, Day 1

By admin on Apr. 14, 2013

After a day of visiting different Fort Wayne attractions — Vera Bradley Outlet Sale, Allen County Genealogy Library — it was time for some dinner and dessert, before we headed off to the Fort Wayne Tin Caps game. While there are plenty of restaurants to visit around Fort Wayne, one of my favorites…

Read More

2013 Vera Bradley Outlet Sale

By admin on Apr. 13, 2013

It's always a weird place for me to be: in a giant space surrounded by a bunch of pretty purses, bags, and accessories made by Vera Bradley. But once again, just for the good readers of the Indiana Insider blog, I placed myself in harm's way, just to get a good story about this annual feeding frenzy…

Read More

A Visit to the Allen County Genealogy Library

By admin on Apr. 13, 2013

At some point in our lives, everyone wonders, even a little, about where they came from. Not that awkward talk that your mom or dad had with you when you were 12. But our families histories. What was your grandmother like when she was a girl? How did she live through the Great Depression? (Or if…

Read More

Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History

By Visit Indiana on Apr. 12, 2013

If you are a parent to a young child then you can agree with me that long car trips are a definite no; the kids get tired, they want to stop at every Mc Donald’s you pass and then comes the dreaded temper tantrums. I try to avoid long trips as much as possible with my two year old, so why take a…

Read More