I’m sneaking across the Missouri River, as it may be safer traveling incognito. It seems I ticked off a resident or two the last time I mentioned Council Bluffs, Iowa, in this ol’ rag. I don’t recollect the exact words used, but “seamy underbelly” comes to mind. Iowans have also been perturbed by my fondness of Omaha, Nebraska. So I decided, seeing how more than 10 years had passed since my last visit, that maybe I should check out both cities again. There’s a lingering feud in t

November/December 2005