2 Marcus Midtown Cinema . I did not experience this for myself, but I have it on good authority tha

This past weekend your regional director traveled from Columbia, MO to Omaha, NE (about 4.5 hours via I-70, I-435, I-29, I-480) to do some advance work for the upcoming Region 7 Spring Conference.  Journalists and journalism students (and anyone else who pays registration) will gather build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable at the Downtown Omaha Doubletree Hotel on April 9-10, 2010.
The Doubletree turns out to be ideal for our conference:  It s centrally located (easy access to the interstate, Dodge Street and other arteries), easy to find, and near a number of Omaha s top destinations and sites (like the Old Market neighborhood, Durham Museum, build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable Joslyn Museum, Orpheum Theater, the Qwest Center, Creighton University, and more). A few miles down Dodge Street you ll find the Dundee neighborhood where I sampled the great cuisine at Goldbergs II Dundee the University build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable of Nebraska-Omaha Medical build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable Center, the University of Nebraska-Omaha campus, a Borders, build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable Target, and wait for it Nebraska Furniture Mart.
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1 Old Market .  A cool neighborhood spreading across numerous blocks downtown.  It s home to restaurants (I saw Indian, Persian, and French for starters), bars, shops (I picked up a few eclectic items at a place called Souq), and carriage rides. Although it was pretty brisk weather-wise this weekend, I can imagine sitting at on outdoor table come springtime.
2 Marcus Midtown Cinema .  I did not experience this for myself, but I have it on good authority that this is the ultimate in dinner and a movie. You can literally watch and movie and order dinner on one floor of the cinema.  It s called CineDine. There also are a couple of bars, plus the usual concession goodies.
3 Durham Museum . This is a history museum housed in the former Omaha Union Station.  It s very cool! Especially if you are a train buff.  I enjoyed the view of Omaha and Council Bluffs, IA from atop the parking area.  You can actually board old trains and get a sense of the railway s glory days.
4 Joslyn Museum .  Omaha s art museum. From the web site: In formation since 1931, Joslyn Art Museum s collection now contains more than 11,000 works of art from all over the world, antiquity to the present, with a concentration on 19th and 20th century build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable European build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable and American art. This is definitely a must for me in April.
7 El Museo Latino . There is a permanent collection as well as rotating build cruising sailing trimaran plans plywood trailerable exhibits. Right now the museum is featuring History of Latinos in Omaha: 1890 through Present, and Ex-Votos and Retablos: Miracles on the Border.  This is another site that I will try to squeeze in come April.