Seward AK Press
With love and understanding: Hanseling provides flowers and other services to ...
Sep 18, 2018The Seward County Independent and The Milford Times hosted eight advanced reporting students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for two weeks this summer. Among the projects the students worked on was a series of profiles of people in our communities. Enjoy learning more about Life in Seward County.
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A light blue legal pad with purple pen scribblings lies on Vicky Hanseling’s desk calendar that was partially shredded from an art project.
Hanseling, owner of Heartspun Flowers and Events, spends her early mornings at her store making lists of things to do and items that need to be picked up from other stores.
“I come in and just try to keep everything updated,” Hanseling said. “I organize myself as best as I can in the morning because I get hit with work super fast.”
A former nurse and social worker, Hanseling has been in the floral business for about five years but previously operated her business from her home. Since Heartspun Flower and Events’ opening in September 2014, Ha... http://www.sewardindependent.com/news/local_news/article_629733e0-5beb-11e5-9b66-e36387ff2857.html
Volunteer gardeners on the 'grow' for LULAC plant sale
May 22, 2018Hoag, are overseeing the planting, tending and harvesting of the flower bed, greenhouse and garden at the Topeka LULAC Senior Center, 1502 N.E. Seward Ave.
Their work in the greenhouse will culminate in the annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the senior center.
“This year, we’ve expanded and we’re hoping for one of the biggest sales they’ve had in years,” Hoag said.
The sale will offer cacti, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, hanging baskets, container gardens and a variety of flowers, including geraniums, petunias, caladiums, vinca, coleus, marigold, moss rose, zinnias, moon flower, black-eyed Susan vine and cardinal climber vines.
This year’s sale will mark the second year Hoag and Afoa have grown and potted plants for the sale, which has been a long tradition at the senior center.
Last year, Hoag said, the sale took in between $200 and $300 dollars, mainly because they had a late start in the growing season. This year, with more plants, they hope to raise $600 to $700.
Prices will range from $1 per tomato plant to $12.50 for hanging baskets with a colorful bow.
“We’re trying to keep the prices reasonable,” she said.
Sale proceeds will be used to pay for activities at the senior center, including day trips and educational programs.
After the plant sale, Hoag and Afoa will turn their attention to the vegetable garden and large flower bed. The fresh produce is dis... http://cjonline.com/news/
New Pupusas, Crepes, Egg Rolls, and More Land on the Lower East Side
Feb 3, 2018As you stand on the block, you can’t help but spot Mission Chinese across Seward Park. You can blow $75 or so savoring Danny Bowien and Angela Dimayuga’s culinary mash-ups bridging Chinese, Jewish, French, Texas, and Philippine cuisines. Or you can simply step inside newcomer Taco Recipes and try some gastronomic hijinks of your own. Taco Recipes is one of those places where a Chinese staff makes their version of Tex-Mex food. It's a wacky cuisine with some inadvertent Asian flourishes that first appeared on Lower Lexington in the '80s, when an immigrant Chinese family arrived from Mexico City bearing a tortilla machine.
Exterior signage at Taco Recipes and chili lo mein
Anything you get that involves these made-to-order flour tortillas — such as a quesadilla or a taco — is notably tasty. In fact, you can thoroughly enjoy eating the still-warm flour tortillas by themselves as a snack. But why not freestyle, as if you were a chef? One day I blew the cook’s mind by asking for lo mein with Tex-Mex chili ($5.95) instead of the usual chicken, pork, or shrimp.
When the noodles arrived, the chili wasn’t mixed in but rather heaped on top. It tasted a lot like spaghetti with meat sauce due to an entire lack of cumin. But bring your own cumin, and you might have something really innovative, at a fraction of Mission Chinese prices.
Essential Info:
Cabalito: 13 Essex St, (212) 456-7899
Sam's Spring Roll: 23 Essex St, (212) 777-7211
Les Crepes & Taqueria: 25 Essex St, (917) 924-1484
Taco Recipes: 23 Essex St, (212) 353-1886
... http://ny.eater.com/2016/2/2/10890148/new-cheap-eats-the-lower-east-side