Although it was EARLY October, my yearly visit to Omaha (Sn-Omaha?) to recruit Creighton students for the GE Healthcare IMLP (IT Leadership) Program it ended up snowing, but not after some great time spent with friends! IMG_2037 Welcome to Omaha...$3 (or maybe $2) for a baggage trolley (I never use these but some lady next to me commented on the price) IMG_2040 The Earth says NOTHING to people that don't listen to it...so there! IMG_2042 This is from Daniel and Andrea's house, they kindly let me stay there as I arrived early to enjoy the weekend in Omaha and catch up with friends IMG_2048 David Crawford, Creighton University Archivist, gave an excellent historical tour of the campus as a part of the 2009 Alumni Reunion Weekend, here in the Jesuit Gardens IMG_2052 IMG_2053 IMG_2063 My friend Daniel Lawse is a part of an emerging startup in Omaha called Verdis Group, they are consultants to businesses and non-profits of all sizes on how to improve sustainability in energy, food, transportation, and more! Here Karissa, another member of the group, prepares for her portrait for the Verdis Group website. IMG_2067 Jason Bash prepares to take Craig Moody's photo, another member of the group IMG_2069 This is Jason's magic box used for elctrocuting...I mean charging the strobes to make everything nicely lit... IMG_2071 Daniel waits for his turn IMG_2072 Of course Daniel and Andrea's daughter, Aderyn, got a photo shoot as well! IMG_2077 IMG_2083 Mission statements are fun IMG_2085 Can you find the green things in this photo? If not you might be color blind, be careful! IMG_2090 Pretty logo! IMG_2097 We went to Mother India for dinner and stopped for a quick (VERY quick, the sun was just perfect and set like 90 seconds later) family portrait against a colorful mural IMG_2102 What a great face-making family IMG_2104 IMG_2104sep IMG_2108 IMG_2113 Parents have much busier frige doors than other people... IMG_2115 So I had a limited number of letters available, I tried to be deep - PI (or PIE) always wins IMG_2117 I thought these high quality guides to the liturgy used at St. John's Church on Creighton's campus (late Aug-Nov all in one little booklet) were quite handy IMG_2120 IMG_2121 The presider's chair is very fancy IMG_2125 As is the IHS/Jesuit logo in tile (and tilework in general) IMG_2128 The flowers at Creighton continue to outrank any other Midwestern Masters-level university in the US (the academics do as well, but someone has to care for the flowers and dress them splendidly...who knows what would happen otherwise?) IMG_2129 Very nice and convenient for Sunday worship is the parking structure near 24th & California, although I do worry when I see odd cracks like this...it survived my visit at least! IMG_2131 At Countryside Church in Omaha, Daniel Lawse and I caught an interesting talk given by as part of Project Interfaith - "Beyond Fundamentalisms: Theirs and Ours" A Community Conversation with Dr. Martin Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago IMG_2135 Dr. Marty IMG_2137 IMG_2139 Now I had expected WARMER weather going from Milwaukee to Omaha in early October, but sadly it was quite cold at mid-40s most of the time and the night before I left Omaha got a half-inch dusting of snow which really made me quite sad...even MILWAUKEE hasn't had snow even now in late October...sigh... IMG_2141 It was a blast to drive this nice Toyota Prius rental car, it didn't cost anything more and required like $1-2 of gas on the way back to the airport after 1 week of urban driving (not too far, but drove it every day at least 15-30 blocks often in hilly conditions) IMG_2146 Omaha airport...it kept snowing...bleagh... Return to Features