January 1, 2010.   Do you remember where you were?   Maybe making those infamous resolutions, cooking black eyed peas, or watching football with the family!    Whatever you were doing that day, you most likely enjoyed the first day of the new year from a warm home somewhere across the country.

If you happen to find yourself in Dapsimni-dong, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, don’t be surprised if you see some Southwest Airlines inflatable hats flying around on the heads of some the cutest kindergarten students you’ve even seen!   Let me explain.

On an early June day, right in the middle of one of the most beautiful urban parks I’ve ever seen, I arrived at the World’s Park Pavilion in Forest Park to find a few (well, let’s say 1,000 or so) of the most AMAZING hats a girl has ever seen! 

Approaching Nashville on I-40 tonight, I passed abandoned cars, asset recovery, environmental services and property restoration trucks.  For miles and miles, a reminder of what was on the minds of many Nashvillians this day--starting over after the worst disaster to hit Middle Tennessee since the Civil War.

Last month, Southwest Airlines celebrated 15 years of serving Omaha.  Although the post is a bit tardy, we still wanted to share the festivities with you.

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