There really are things to do in Topeka

Tonight, I went to see Vicki Lawrence at Topeka Performing Arts Center (TPAC) with my family. She was hilarious. I laughed for almost 1 1/2 hours straight. TPAC is such a beautiful theater in downtown Topeka. I remember doing at least 8 dance recitals for The Dance Factory in that theater. I have seen the Festival Singers in that theater. I don’t understand why more shows aren’t performed in that theater. I have heard people say that the reason it doesn’t do as well is because of its location at 8th and Quincy and parking. I felt 100% safe walking the block and a half to the parking spot that we had no trouble finding along Monroe, just south of 6th Street. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Why I choose Topeka Kansas

Why do you live in Topeka Kansas? is it the schools, the great jobs, or the excellent community? The reason I moved here was to follow a girl, who I married shortly after! She was going to Washburn University so I knew it would be at least 2 or 3 years before we were moving, until she finished school…

I moved to Emporia Kansas when I was in the 6th grade. I finished high school and continued to live in Emporia a few years after graduation but the job market just wasn’t cutting it for me.. I had pretty much worked at every job in the town that I had any interest in, it was time to move on.

That’s where Topeka comes into my life… I was able to find a decent cooking job ($7/hr) within weeks of coming to Topeka. I did the cooking thing for a year and had made it up to 10 dollars an hour, which I thought was outstanding. I started looking around for better jobs, I was able to search the classified section online at cjonline and for free! At the time, the Emporia paper was a paid deal for the full online content.

So i won’t go further into my job resume, but I did find a better job and was at it for 4 years before I gave it up for bigger and better things. The point is this… One thing that has definitely kept me in Topeka is the job market.

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