mikegtomkoDec 12, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Lafayette, INI lived in Tippecanoe County for about 4 years in my late teens and early 20’s. I’ll admit that besides the mall, movie theater, and...
mikegtomkoNov 3, 20246 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Roanoke, INIt’s fall break over here, so I took off work on a Friday and headed out to a small town with my two sons to make a day of it and find a...
mikegtomkoOct 17, 20244 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: New Castle, INAfter my last visit to the previous blog in Fairmount, I planned to head down to a certain county seat for another tenderloin town tour. ...
mikegtomkoOct 6, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Fairmount, INWhile looking for towns to get a tenderloin for the blog, Fairmount came up as the home of James Dean. My first thought was how they...
mikegtomkoSep 15, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: 50th blogFor the 50th Tenderloin and the Town blog, I’d figure I’d do something different. Instead of gallivanting around courthouse squares,...
mikegtomkoSep 11, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Covington, INThe Tenderloin I had a couple of places in Covington to use for the tenderloin portion of the blog as I found a local Facebook page and...
mikegtomkoSep 5, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Indianapolis, INBack in 1820 the Capitol of Indiana, Corydon, sat near the Ohio River on the southside of Indiana. Although the center of the population...
mikegtomkoJul 23, 20248 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Ligonier, INThe city of Ligonier has a long and diverse history. Founded in the early 19th century it was built in a valley known for their...
mikegtomkoJul 15, 20245 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Wolcott, INWhen I first starting looking at writing a blog about Wolcott I found three solid places to visit – an old movie theater that is now a...
mikegtomkoJul 1, 20248 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Wabash, INWabash, Indiana has always been a pass-thru town for me. Whether traveling to Muncie for a bowling tournament, Marion for a Soccer game,...
mikegtomkoJun 15, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Valparaiso, INValparaiso sits on the edge of the area that is considered the Indiana suburb of Chicago known as Northwest Indiana (remember I don’t use...
mikegtomkoMar 26, 20247 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Hartford City, INBlackford County is the fourth smallest county in Indiana, the smallest in the north side of the state, and the 8th smallest in...
mikegtomkoDec 15, 20235 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Wakarusa, INFor a lot of people in Elkhart County, Wakarusa is the small town you pass when travelling from the city of Elkhart to Nappanee. On...
mikegtomkoOct 14, 20235 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Frankfort, INContinuing on my quest to blog about a tenderloin in all of the Indiana county seats, I seized the opportunity to visit Frankfort, IN. I...
mikegtomkoOct 10, 20238 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Elkhart, IN - Part 2Like I said in the part 1 version, Elkhart has too much cool stuff to just write one blog about it. On this version I take a bit more...
mikegtomkoSep 29, 20238 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Elkhart, IN - Part 1In January of 2003 a 24-year-old packed all his belongings from a 1 bedroom apartment into a moving truck and headed east for new...
mikegtomkoSep 17, 20236 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Liberty, INIn what appears to be the most patriotic town in Indiana, Liberty is the county seat of Union County. With a name like that I wouldn’t...
mikegtomkoSep 3, 20235 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Rome City, INWalking through Rome City today you wouldn’t realize that this used to be a popular resort town. The railroad used stop in town and...
mikegtomkoAug 23, 20235 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Berne, INEarlier this year, my family and I were driving home from Ohio and taking the scenic route though some small Indiana towns. While coming...
mikegtomkoAug 21, 20234 min readThe Tenderloin and the Town: Portland, INApparently, the preferred method of transportation in Portland, IN is by golf cart. I’ve seen golf cart friendly communities; usually it...