Courtyard by Marriott Event Space

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Meeting Room @ the Courtyard

2 Great Cities, 1 Great University, Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard!    Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, is home to Courtyard by Marriott, which offers meeting and hospitality space for your next special event!

Do you have a special event, such as a birthday or anniversary party, coming up in your life where you want to get together your friends and family and celebrate?  Or do you ever plan meetings for your workplace?  This summer I am throwing a party for one of my girlfriends (30th Birthday!) and the first place I went to find good information on event space was my fellow co-worker, Ashley, who has toured all the space in the area. I was happily surprised that our own Lafayette-West Lafayette has many options to choose from and one great event space available to rent is at the Courtyard by Marriott.

This hotel has one 875 square foot meeting room, an outdoor courtyard with a fire pit and waterfall, which can accommodate up to 150 people, and on-site and off-site catering and kitchen facilities.  We want to do a slideshow at our party to celebrate 30 years of friendship and fun, and the Courtyard by Marriott has audio-visual and presentation equipment available to make this happen.  And to top it off, we can stay the night, so we do not need to worry about driving anywhere after a few cocktails.  Sometimes in life, we do not think about the places in our backyard to host these special events.  So next time you are throwing a party, keep in mind the Courtyard by Marriott!

For more information about this venue and others in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, visit our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com

 

Girlfriends’ Getaway Contest! And the winner is…

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We have our winner of our Girlfriends’ Getaway Contest!  Congratulations to Carolyn from Avon, Indiana!  Carolyn shared, “I’m so excited I won!  I can’t wait to come to Lafayette!  Thank you!”  She said she was in shock that she won, but is looking forward to the trip.  We hope to share her experience when she comes this year to all our readers.

Stay tuned for our next big contest/package we are will be hosting this summer.  It will be a “Family Fun” package and is full of awesome giveaways.  Check it out in July, 2012!

 

Historic Fort Ouiatenon Blockhouse Museum & Lemonade Day

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Fort Ouiatenon

Weekend Update!  Looking for a fun Indiana weekend getaway?  Or are you a local looking for entertainment close by?  Check out the endless possibilities for fun and relaxation happening this upcoming weekend in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana.

This Saturday, May 19, come and celebrate the season’s opening of the Historic Fort Ouiatenon Blockhouse Museum at the ”Blockhouse Opening.”  What was believed to be the site of an early French trading post known as the Fort Ouiatenon, now stands a 452 square foot replica, where guests can explore and learn the history of the almost-forgotten French Heritage of Ouiatenon.

Downtown Lafayette, Indiana, this Saturday, come out and enjoy “Lemonade Day“  This community-wide, educational program is designed to teach children how to start, own and operate their own business-a lemonade stand. Kids of all ages learn to set goals, develop a plan, secure an investor, create a product, make a profit and give back to their community.

For more information about these events and other special “happenings” in Lafayette-West Lafayette, check out our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com

Girlfriends’ Getaway Package Details

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Route 66 Diner- Shop til you drop!

Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, is hosting 4 fabulously fun contests this year.  The first contest is featuring a “Girlfriends’ Getaway” to our wonderful cities.  The competition started last Tuesday and we want to share why each business who has donated to these packages is so great!

  • Hampton Inn-Lafayette: This hotel offers clean, comfortable rooms, an indoor pool, and a complimentary continental breakfast.
  • Bruno’s Pizza: Established in 1955, this restaurant is famous for its Bruno Doug; Bruno’s pizza dough deep fried, brushed with garlic butter and sprinkled with parmesan cheese and served with a dipping sauce of your choice.
  •  Route 66 Diner:  A sister restaurant to Triple XXX Family Restaurant, offers diners a vintage feel of gas station/diners you would have found along Route 66 or any highway in that period along with their famous 100% ground sirloin sandwiches and an array of fun jewelry, purses and more to purchase.
  •  Puccini’s: Where their motto is “Smiling Teeth”; where they feel that when you eat at one of their restaurants, each of your teeth should individually be happier than they have ever been before.
  •  Red Seven: A hip and trendy restaurant located Downtown Lafayette, that offers top cuisine in a very urban atmosphere.
  • Kathy’s Kandies: Satisfy your sweet tooth with truffles, gourmet popcorn, cakes, toffee, shakes and smoothies, licorice, artisan chocolates; need we say more!
  • Two Tulips: A delightful shop with l one and home decor that is classic yet original.
  • Le-Originals: A shop where the owner creates wearable art and gifts from glass and is going green by currently using empty wine bottles and recycling them as a new media.
  • Walnut Street Traditions: A Downtown Lafayette store where ”All the Simple Pleasures of Home” can be found from their Hoosier Candle Company candles, Johnston Benchworks furniture, to their homey holiday decor that will add comfort to your home.
  • Willow Stained Glass Studio: Guests can not only choose from an array of diverse stained glass (and other eclectic artwork within this studio), but can learn the process of creating it in one of their special classes.
  • One Earth Gallery & Gifts: Shop for authentic handmade American Indian art that owner, David Kurtz, finds throughout the country to showcase and sell in his local shop.
  • Genevee’s Studio: Get your hair fashionably styled or your nails professionally manicured at this downtown salon and spa.
  • Grateful Heart Gallery & Gifts: A gallery where 5 artists create one-of-a-kind art and fine hand-crafted gifts to tantalize the senses and bring joy into those who purchase their items.
  • Wolf Park: You can visit and meet Dharma, of the park’s main pack, and her 6 baby pups she gave birth to on April 6, 2012.
  • Copper Dog Cafe: This downtown restaurant prepares fresh meals made with all natural, whole ingredients and offers a fabulous red velvet cake.

Go to http://www.homeofpurdueblog.com/?p=1526 to sign up!  Entries will be accepted through Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 1pm. A Winner will be announced Friday, May 18!

 

 

Walnut Street Traditions- Mother’s Day!

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A wall of every aroma candle you can imagine!

Happening Now!  Right now the locals are talking about Walnut Street Traditions, the shop that will offer the perfect gift to make your mother smile on Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate everything our mom’s do for us all year long.  I, personally, have a wonderful mom and mother-in-law.  They do so many special things for my husband and I all year long, including listening to us when we have a bad day, encouraging us to be better people, and cheering with us when we have reached one of our many goals in life.  Sometimes we get so caught up in life, we forget to say thank you.  But the best part is, Mother’s Day is a celebration of everything they do.  The ideal place to purchase a fun, special gift to show our appreciation is Walnut Street Traditions.

Walnut Street Traditions offers a wide selection of household decorative items including candles, custom crafted furniture, seasonal decorations, rugs, framed art and yard decor.  The moment you walk into this specialty store, your sense of smell and sight come alive.  Visitors breathe in the array of scents from the signature brand for the store, Hoosier Candle Company, while the array of specialty gifts meets the eye.  If there is a particular smell you are interested in, my bet is they have it!  The hardest part is choosing which candles to purchase.  (My last visit, I believe I spent at least 20 minutes deciding which to buy.)  They also have unique jewelry, which makes it just the place to shop since I do not know many women who don’t love a little bling!

Whether you are looking for delicious dining, interesting attractions and shops, enticing events or home away from home lodging—a getaway to Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, is sure to satisfy.  For more information about this shop and more, visit our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com.

Gallery Walk & Purdue Varsity Glee Club “End of Season Concert”

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Downtown Gallery Walk

Weekend Update!  Looking for a fun Indiana weekend getaway?  Or are you a local looking for entertainment close by?  Check out the endless possibilities for fun and relaxation happening this upcoming weekend in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana.

Join in the fun this Friday, May 11, downtown Lafayette, at the Gallery Walk. Various venues will be open downtown, featuring original art, live music and refreshments.  Pick your favorite restaurant (there are many to choose from) for dinner, and then enjoy leisurely stroll from gallery to gallery.  Visitors can also take a ride on a horse-drawn carriage (weather permitting) and enjoy the beauty of our downtown.  Best of all, this event is free. Pick up a map at any participating venue.

On Saturday, May 12, our Purdue Seniors will be graduating from college.  To celebrate, visitors can listen to the Purdue Varsity Glee Club “End of Season Concert” at the Long Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30pm.  The men of the Glee Club end their year with a concert featuring repertoire from their entire season.  Partake of this fun celebration in our wonderful college community!

For more information about these events and other special “happenings” in Lafayette-West Lafayette, check out our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com

Girlfriends’ Getaway Package – Enter to Win!

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The answer is year “2000″!  GREAT NEWS!!  We have our winner!  We are waiting to hear from this one lucky person, but when we do we will share what her thoughts are in wining this package! Thank you to everyone who participated!. We will be having a “Family Fun” package/contest in July, 2012, so make sure you check out our blog all summer long!

Girlfriends’ Getaway!  Need a weekend with the girls to relax, shop and talk!  You can enter to win a weekend getaway worth over $500 to Lafayette-West Lafayette to partake of over 70 storefronts of shopping fun.  Our local restaurants, hotels, spas, and specialty shops have donated fun gifts to one special winner.  Good luck!

Enter to Win!

Lafayette-West Lafayette Trivia

What year was Kathy’s Kandies and Chocolate Lounge, in Downtown Lafayette founded?

Leave your answer below in the “Leave a Reply” and we will collect  all of them and pick a winner who answers correctly at random.

One great winner will win the following package!

Entries will be accepted through Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 1pm. A Winner will be announced Friday, May 18!  Leave your reply in the box below and click “Post Comment”.  Please note that your answer will show up on your computer, but no one else will see your answer until the contest is over.  Good Luck!

Lafayette Farmers Market Season 2012

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Happening Now!  Right now the locals are talking about the Lafayette Farmers Markets, where locals and travelers have purchased fresh produce, locally crafted goods, local flowers and more for over 150 years.

Words cannot express the elation I feel that it is May and officially farmers market season.  My heart beat races in joy at the thought of fresh lettuce, tomatoes, apples, herbs, kettle corn (popped on site), homemade cookies and pies, etc.  I have an internal check list of everything I will buy throughout the whole year.  I did make a quick trip to the Easter Farmer’s Market in April, and walked away with oriental flowers (for my mother and mother in-law for Easter), lettuce, green onions, and monster cookies.  The salad I created with the fresh lettuce and onions was superb and my husband had the cookies eaten in 5 seconds flat!

I love cooking with fresh, local ingredients.  First, it feels good to support local farmers and producers.  Who doesn’t like feeling happy about supporting their local community?  Second, the produce is fresh and has a true taste.  True taste?  What does this mean, you may ask?  To me, a true taste is what vegetables and fruit should taste like.  There are no preservatives added to them to make them last longer, which alters the taste.  Have you ever had a locally grown Indiana strawberry?  They are juicy and sweet and literally, addicting!

The best part about Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, it has three locations to buy local goods.  The Historic Lafayette Farmers Market (Saturdays), Sagamore West Farmer Market (Wednesdays), and Purdue Campus Farmers Market (Thursdays) offer visitors an opportunity to buy the finest produce around.  I live 5 minutes from each!  I am one lucky lady!

Whether you are looking for delicious dining, interesting attractions and shops, enticing events or home away from home lodging—a getaway to Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, is sure to satisfy.  For more information about these farmers market, visit our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com.

Trolley Tour & Run for Justice 5K Run/Walk

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"Tour the Town" Trolly Tours

Weekend Update!  Looking for a fun Indiana weekend getaway?  Or are you a local looking for entertainment close by?  Check out the endless possibilities for fun and relaxation happening this upcoming weekend in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana.

This Saturday, May 5, burn some calories while running or walking for a cause at the “Run for Justice 5K Run/Walk”  This event will be taking place in West Lafayette at the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater. The proceeds will benefit the Legal Aid Corporation of Tippecanoe County.  This run/walk will get you energized for a fun afternoon in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana.

If you are looking for a more laid-back, relaxing morning in Lafayette, Indiana, jump aboard the “Trolley Tour of Lafayette” on the CityBus trolley. The tour departs from Fifth and Main Streets in downtown Lafayette at 9:40 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. The volunteer guide will narrate a 50 minute fact-filled tour of Lafayette and West Lafayette.  This tour is a fun, inexpensive way to not only see the sites, but learn the history of our great  cities.

For more information about these events and other special “happenings” in Lafayette-West Lafayette, check out our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com

Buck Creek Pizza

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2 Great Cities, 1 Great University “Midwest Hospitality”.  To experience “Midwest Hospitality” at its finest visit Buck Creek Pizza in Buck Creek and/or Dayton, Indiana, for a slice of thick crust, mouth watering pizza.

I remember the first time I heard about Buck Creek Pizza.  It was probably about 5 years ago.  My Dad is a salesman and he travels all over the northern part of Indiana. I was visiting my parents and he was exclaiming about a new pizza place he had heard about from his customers.  They shared that the restaurant offers a different style of pizza than many places in this area, with its thick crust and opulent toppings. Also, it is located in a small town called Buck Creek, where the locals are friendly and the service laid back, which is our favorite type of place to visit!  So we set a date to eat at this establishment!

My first memory of this visit is driving into the small town of Buck Creek, located between Lafayette and Delphi, Indiana.  I am from a small town of 500 people and this town may have it beat with its small population. Buck Creek Pizza is at the center of this cute, quaint setting.  As soon as we entered we were greeted by the friendly owners, and a local couple recommended we order one of the lunch specials.  May I ask, what is better than friendly locals who welcome you?  It made us feel special and welcomed into their small town.  My next memory is tasting their pizza, which has a rich, tomato pizza sauce and a crust that is thick yet dense.  The toppings were fresh and hearty, and literally, one slice made a whole meal!  My co-worker Judy describes it best, “An abundance of toppings creates a slice of heaven.  And to top it off, they have great delivery service!”

Buck Creek Pizza, today, has 2 locations; Buck Creek and Dayton, Indiana.  They offer dine in, carry out, and delivery at both restaurants. Also, I have seen their booth at local festivals, where festival goers can taste their pizza.

Living in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, one thing we value is customer service and appreciating the times we receive great customer care.  Midwest Hospitality is Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana.  We are proud of our local businesses, including Buck Creek Pizza, that provide gracious and friendly service. For more information about this restaurant and other fun activities in the area, visit our website at www.HomeOfPurdue.com.