Staff
Nancy Pistorius
Recent stories
- Daytripper: We’re in the money
- May 20, 2013
- Whether you think that money can buy happiness or believe that money is the root of all evil, there’s no denying that the subject of money (and their love/hate relationship with it) has fascinated people from the time of Aristotle. If you’re one of these people, there are a couple of places not far from Lawrence that will “show you the money.”
- Daytripper: Anglophile alert in the heartland
- April 15, 2013
- Although your budget might not allow you to hop across the pond this spring, there are still places within an easy day’s drive of Lawrence where Anglophiles can get their British fix. By Nancy Pistorius
- Daytripper: Hutchinson is out of this world
- March 18, 2013
- Although it’s less than three hours’ driving time away from Lawrence, Hutchinson offers such out-of-this-world experiences that you might as well be on another planet.
- Daytripper: Hanging with Huck Finn in Hannibal, Mo.
- February 18, 2013
- In Hannibal, Mo., you’ll find the spirit of Mark Twain, who penned the classics “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is very much alive.
- Daytripper: Oklahoma City is more than OK
- January 21, 2013
- When Bobby Troupe wrote “Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty” in the Route 66 song back in 1946, he had no idea just how beautiful OKC was going to get by 2013.
- Daytripper: Babes in Toyland
- December 17, 2012
- Although kids in the 1800s may have dreamed only of getting a piece of candy in their stocking, today’s tots usually fantasize about the gazillions of toys they might find underneath the tree on Christmas morning. Anticipation is part of the fun.
- Daytripper: First-rate attractions in first city of Kansas
- November 19, 2012
- There’s nothing quite like a carousel ride for the young and the young at heart. Listening to the cheerful organ music playing as you glide along on a brightly painted pony while the outside world, with its stresses and cares, blurs to meaninglessness, is probably as close to paradise as an earthbound mortal can get.
- Daytripper: Spooky sightseeing
- October 15, 2012
- No need to travel all the way to Hotel Transylvania this Halloween season to encounter vampires, zombies, ghouls, ghosts, illusions, apparitions and various other members of the living dead.
- Daytripper: A tale of two Springfields
- September 17, 2012
- Although there are more than 30 different Springfields in the United States, only two of them are close enough to Lawrence to make convenient weekend getaways — Springfield, Ill. (which just happens to be my hometown), and Springfield, Mo. Each Springfield has unique culinary options and family-friendly activities, and are within an easy day’s drive (Springfield, Mo., 195 miles; Springfield, Ill., 348 miles) away.
- Daytripper: Last sip of summer
- August 20, 2012
- Almost gone are “those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” In Lawrence, the sound of the ice cream truck’s music playing is being replaced by the sound of school bus wheels rumbling down the road.
Marketplace
Arts & Entertainment · Bars · Theatres · Restaurants · Coffeehouses · Libraries · Antiques · Services
- Club Magic manager says he's trying to turn around a new business at an old, and troubled, location May 25, 2013 · 64 comments
- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 48 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 29 comments
- Veritas graduation celebrates faith, family May 25, 2013 · 4 comments
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013 · 19 comments
- Opinion: Discrimination more than just poor service May 25, 2013 · 19 comments
- Police department's case for a new facility not likely to show on next year's budget, officials say May 25, 2013 · 10 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 49 comments
- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013 · 17 comments
- Faith Forum: Can prayer really heal people? May 25, 2013 · 2 comments
- Bill Self: Security tricky subject May 25, 2013
- Graduation and 'stepping up' an all-school event at Bishop Seabury May 24, 2013
- Club Magic manager says he's trying to turn around a new business at an old, and troubled, location May 25, 2013
- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013
- Lawrence pastor seeks to reconnect youth to NAACP May 25, 2013
- Kansas baseball moves to 2-0 in Big 12 tournament May 25, 2013
- Opinion: NYC has seen enough of Anthony Weiner May 25, 2013
- Opinion: New Orleans has inspiring rebirth May 5, 2013
- No problem: Harmon-Thomas puts FSHS girls track in first May 25, 2013
