Topeka Photographer People, Places and Things of Interest in and around Topeka, KS USA

This last saturday 6/25/2011 the Beverly Bernardi Conservatory of Dance located at 5938 SW 17th St. (just off of 17th & Wanamaker) here in Topeka held a fundraiser for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. The event was held from 12-3 and over $500 was raised from passers by that generously g

Came across this book on Amazon that looks interesting of historical photographs of Topeka, KS.  Mr. Hoots collected over 200 images of Topeka for his book.  Greg Hoots is a long time resident of Shawnee County and currently lives in Kansas City. Topeka (Images of America) (Images of America (Arcadi

On my walk today through Gage Park what originally caught my eye was about a dozen of Topeka’s finest on their bicycles in the middle of the sand volleyball pit! I was completely intrigued (nosey) about what was going on. We’ll I missed that scene but I did capture some other great footage of the [.

Bradley’s Corner Cafe located at Laurent & North Kansas Ave. is Topeka’s little secret. Known for it’s “comfort food” and fresh made daily pies it has been in the old Kaw Valley State Bank Building for about the last 6 years. Brad is the owner and his son Ryan is the manager. It doesn’t take [...]

Iwig Dairy recently opened a little dairy store on Gage Blvd. across from Gage Park. Iwig is also becoming known around Northeast Kansas as the “Family Farm that Could”. Near collapse last year the Iwig’s have fought back against years of “progress” in Kansas farming back to a simpler time where fre

We’ve had a little bit more snow and a little more is maybe on the way so I decided to post a couple of images taken last week when it was closer to 80 degrees. These images were taken during my frequent walk through Gage Park. Spring is just around the corner! About: Tom Harrington [...]

Congratulations to the KU men’s basketball team on making it to the NCAA Elite 8 Tournament! I am an equal opportunity fan. I like to see Kansas Schools get the recognition they deserve no matter what part of the state they are from! So to celebrate a bit I thought it would be fitting to [...]

On Wed. of this week I stopped in the Blue Planet Cafe located in beautiful downtown Topeka,KS for lunch. Blue Planet is Topeka’s only vegan restaurant and coffee shop. For you carnivores don’t worry though because as I understand it they have a great turkey or roast beef sandwiches in addition to t

One of the great things about living in Topeka is that the city is big enough to have many of the conveniences of a bigger city but when there is an event like a parade you find yourself running into many people you know! If you are looking for your image that I took at [...]