Enhancing the Visitor Experience
Many thanks to Rebecca LeHeup from OntarioCulinary.com for getting the conversation started! Why not think about having culinary tourism where you live? Welcome the visitor: Have a welcoming retail space. Is it clean? Is the doorway clear? Are you greeting customers? Post hours and adhere to them. Don’t leave early because it’s raining. Don’t change…
Culinary Tourism
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…
Sunday Update: Warm Weather
This week I worked with Randy twice, took pictures and am waiting on him to send me my results (we still have to measure). Weight is holding it’s own – that means, I’ve lost inches but not pounds. At first, that’s disconcerting. All this work and the weight insists on not moving (notice how I…
World Book Night April 23
April 23 is World Book Night. Here’s how www.worldbooknight.org describes what they do: Each year, 30- 35 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers. The authors of the books waive their royalties and the publishers agree to pay the costs of producing the specially-printed World Book Night U.S. editions. Bookstores and…
Ag Day is Today
As you eat your breakfast, think about where that food came from. Then thank a farmer.
Sunday update: Walking. Water. Work.
How’s that walking going? Better! The Walkabout group sends me emails with good tips. Here’s one: I’ve also been doing more stretching and drinking water. Both very important to the body. Let’s talk about giving up. You work and work…
Thank you June
Sometimes we are gifted with the treasure of friendship. Not often, it comes via social media. It’s been my pleasure to have a friendship with Michael Libbie. We met through the 140 Character Conference, have stayed in touch online and over the years have worked on projects together. He always answers my calls and emails.…
Fan Pages on Facebook
I spend time on Facebook. I check on friends, then I start reading. I’m a follower of many pages and have the opportunity to learn something new every day for my business. We hear about how people just gossip on Facebook. They do. However, you don’t have to follow those people! How are you using…
Sunday Update:Ugly Shoes and Better Knees
When I was in my twenties, I bought a lot of ugly shoes. I really liked them. My favorite pair were the Alien Stompers by Reebok. Made in 1986, they were what Reebok thought shoes would look like in 2170 and used them in the Alien film. God they were ugly! But …. they fit,…
Signs signs everywhere a sign
I browse Pinterest for interesting infographics that may benefit my community. I came across this one that talks about usage of signage and promotes a company called Banner Buzz. So this firm put together this informational graphic and gives us some great information about signage. They also talk about what they do and the services…