Saturday at JunqueFest

By Deb Brown | May 28, 2016

This is the 3rd year for JunqueFest in Webster City.  84 Vendors are in Wilson Brewer Park through Sunday – rain or shine.  No admission, junque, repurposed, antiques, barn wood, rustique, signs, yard art – you name, it’s here.  Live music and fair food too – we’ve got a little bit of everything.  I’ll let…

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Iowa Blogger Conference – March 19, 2016

By Deb Brown | March 9, 2016 |

Iowa Blogger Conference is 10 days away.  It’s not too late to register and attend!  http://www.iowabloggerconference.com/   It will be held at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Reasons to attend: 1. It’s a one day educational conference for beginners and intermediate bloggers.  You will learn about bloggers and take home a digital tool…

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Be Weird

By Deb Brown | November 18, 2015

Be Weird No, really … The Small Business Social Media Summit was last month.  Over 120 small business people attended – a record number for this first time event.  The speaker line up was fabulous, and everyone left with lessons learned and a toolkit to take back to their offices/stores/businesses. Today we’re sharing just a…

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Geneva Church Ladies Cook Book On Sale Now

By Deb Brown | November 10, 2015

These recipes are tried, tested and true.  They are from women who are known across the state for the best church dinners ever known to man, at least in the state of Iowa. Now you may think I’m exaggerating, but I’m here to tell you that I am not. The Geneva Church Ladies host a…

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Kindness Matters – Take an Hour

By Deb Brown | October 21, 2015

Kindness really matters. Often it’s the real difference in relationships. My misfit friends are hosting 24 hours of speakers in an online free conference called GenKind24. Take a look at this speaker lineup! I’m asking you to take an hour out of your day to listen to one of these phenomenal speakers – and to…

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Sunday Update: Aging

By Deb Brown | November 9, 2014 |

This whole business of aging sucks.  Not aging — just the business of it.  There are so many companies promoting quick fixes for the aging process.  Wrinkle removers, sleeping pills, wake up pills, facelifts, neck lifts, tummy tucks and on and on. Then there’s the whole pharmaceutical trip (irony intended).  Drugs for one problem that…

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Culinary Tourism

By Deb Brown | March 31, 2014

Every tourist has one thing in common … they eat.  Rebecca LeHeup of Culinary Ontario presented at Central Iowa Tourism and shared why and how to have culinary tourism. Culinary tourism is defined by www.culinaryontario.com  as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences. By combining travel with these edible experiences, culinary tourism offers both locals…

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