Jane Simon Ammeson is a freelance writer who specializes in travel, food and personalities. She writes frequently for The Times of Northwest Indiana, Mexico Connect, Long Weekends magazine, Edible Michiana, Lakeland Boating, Food Wine Travel magazine , Lee Publications, and the Herald Palladium where she writes a weekly food column. Her TouchScreenTravels include Indiana’s Best. She also writes a weekly book review column for The Times of Northwest Indiana as well as food and travel, has authored 16 books including Lincoln Road Trip: The Back-road Guide to America’s Favorite President, a winner of the Lowell Thomas Journalism Award in Travel Books, Third Place and also a Finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the Travel category. Her latest books are America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness and Classic Restaurants of Northwest Indiana.
Her other books include How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away with It, A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana and Murders That Made Headlines: Crimes of Indiana, all historic true crime as well Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest, Brown County, Indiana and East Chicago. Jane’s base camp is Stevensville, Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan. Follow Jane at facebook.com/janesimonammeson; twitter.com/hpammeson; https://twitter.com/janeammeson1; twitter.com/travelfoodin, instagram.com/janeammeson/ and on her travel and food blog janeammeson.com and book blog: shelflife.blog/
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‘The Great Gatsby’ shines brightly in musical rendition
By Guest Blogger Eloise Marie Valadez “The Great Gatsby” is getting a new life on stage. F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s literary masterpiece is playing out in a big way at Broadway in Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre on Chicago’s Randolph Street. The show runs to May 3. This is the first National Touring Production of the show,…
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Ohio River Way Embarks On Biggest Challenge Yet: 23 Days, 488.5 Miles
I’ve been invited to participate on this adventure down the historic Ohio River, starting May 10, 2026, when the Ohio River Way launches its most ambitious Challenge to date: Over 23 days, a volunteer crew of paddlers will paddle 488 miles from Huntington, West Virginia, to Evansville, Indiana. As the first thru-paddle of the Ohio River Way since its designation as…
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Meet Jacob Ebel
https://voyagemichigan.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-jacob-ebel?fbclid=IwdGRzaARSG0djbGNrBFIbE2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHkKpTge7rltAXsV8oCibwseejwNOXCXsdpRtkJNZxWctFE5En6uq3wX26gtc_aem_hc8SL1EmJokUNlgjI2vHbQ&sfnsn=mo
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Sleep in History: Hampton Inn Indianapolis Downtown Canal’s Underground Railroad Past
Once known as the “Indianapolis Station,” because it was a major stop on the Underground Railroad, the series of hidden networks and trails that Freedom Seekers took to escape slave states and make their way north to safety, the Bethel A.M.E. Church built its historic West Vermont Street brick structure in 1867–1869 next to the…
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Bring Me The News: Riverside town in Minnesota named one of the Midwest’s best small towns
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/riverside-town-in-minnesota-named-one-of-the-midwests-best-small-towns
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BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY DEBUTS A NEW SINGLE OAK BOURBON AND MORE
The releases include Single Oak Rye Bourbon – the winning Barrel #80 from the Single Oak Project – and the 28th release in the Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection: Low Entry Proof Wheated Bourbon Whiskey Two of Buffalo Trace Distillery’s most ambitious and long-running experimental programs – the Single Oak Project and Buffalo Trace Distillery Experimental Collection…
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‘Madama Butterfly’ soars onstage at Lyric Opera
By guest blogger Eloise Marie Valadez The latest production heating up the stage at Lyric Opera in Chicago is “Madama Butterfly.” The show continues to April 12. The famed opera by Puccini is getting a fresh new take this time around. “Madama Butterfly’s” story has long captured audiences with its themes of love, heartbreak, loyalty…
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Mister Jiu’s
He cooked in Italy, honed the seasonal California-Mediterranean style in the kitchen of the Zuni Café, and learned Californian contemporary cuisine with Italian influences at Quince. But when it came right down to it, Brandon Jew of Mister Jiu’s in San Francisco who won the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: California in 2022, missed his…
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Food & Wine Magazine: Chicago Dining Scene
Is Chicago Overtaking New York as America’s Best Food City? https://flip.it/cRTnnY
