Among barns, farmhouses, and pastures dotted with horses and cows lies a range of housing options still being sold at post-bubble prices.
Amanda Heckert
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Indianapolis Monthly Gets Seven 2015 CRMA Award Nominations
More than 100 judges from the likes of Vanity Fair, ESPN the Magazine, and The New Yorker picked the finalists.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor’s Note, March 2015: Hot Neighborhoods
In the neighborhoods trending upward, people care deeply about where they live.
Amanda Heckert
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Best Indy Spas: Pure Polish
The complimentary (blissful) scalp massage led to a Bride of Frankenstein moment.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor’s Note, February 2015: Guns
As tempting as it might be to turn past such a tough subject, I encourage you to take a moment to absorb the effect one year of gun violence has had on our city.
Amanda Heckert
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Indy’s Great Steakhouses: Mo’s… A Place For Steaks
Mad Men–era charm for a special night out and steaks, which equally bewitch.
Amanda Heckert
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Indy’s Great Steakhouses: Harry & Izzy’s
Loosen your collar; cast off your jacket. The gorgeously marbled bone-in ribeye at Harry & Izzy’s doesn’t mind.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note, January 2015: Best Steakhouses
When it comes to the quality of this city’s T-bones and porterhouses, being described as a “steak and potatoes” town should be a badge of honor.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note, December 2014: Best of Indy
In the chaos of holiday shopping this month, it will be hard to imagine any aspect of the mall might be struggling.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note, November 2014: Top Doctors
With brutal, naked honesty, Nancy Comiskey opens a window into what grieving for one’s child is like: the yearning, the desperate need to keep the memory alive, the slow healing.
Amanda Heckert
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Indiana Trails: Adena Trace's Hideaway Cove
Thirty minutes in at Adena Trace, I reached a clearing, and the overlook delivered: A gorgeous panorama of the eastern shore opened before me.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note, October 2014: Hit the Trail!
The geographic features revealed on the Indiana trails highlighted in this issue were surprising—from the prehistoric bog by the dunes to a sandstone canyon—making hiking and biking them all the more entertaining.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note, September 2014: Beer!
I live within a 10-minute walk of three craft-beer establishments, including one that made our Best New Breweries list. This is an embarrassment of riches, especially after living in states that, at the time, boasted little beer beyond Bud.
Amanda Heckert
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How Hoosier Hospital Costs Rank Nationally
Have pneumonia? It’s less expensive to treat here. The Hoosier State still charges less to treat the likes of pneumonia or stroke than almost two-thirds of its peer nationwide.
Amanda Heckert
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Editor's Note: August 2014
I have a prediction: Indy will look radically different by its 200th birthday—but not without a few outrageous ideas along the way.