Summertime around here means street fairs pop up downtown and in neighboring communities. Our town has an annual art fair, a Friday farmer’s market, and a scarecrow festival. The town up the street has a wonderful French market on Saturdays all summer long. A carnival stops all over the area for months. I love goingContinue reading “The Street Fair”
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Strike a Pose
I imagine few of us get to plan a fashion show. I love watching the ones on TV that are done by the big-named designers with models strutting down the catwalk wearing the most unusual, impractical articles of clothing. You’ve seen these; fashion shows that look more like art installations than fashion shows where youContinue reading “Strike a Pose”
Run For The Hills
…or around the track, or down the scenic path, or along the planned city route. Since the oppressive heat and humidity here in Illinois has finally given way to the cool of fall, I am seeing people outside again resuming their running routines. Lately I seem to be bumping into people who are training forContinue reading “Run For The Hills”
An Outing on the Links
Fore! Or is it four? Actually it depends on which “for” you are talking about. “Fore” has been used for decades as a way to warn golf spectators and other players of an incoming ball heading their way. “Four” is the number of people in a golf “foursome” who tee off and play the courseContinue reading “An Outing on the Links”
Is a Silent Auction Silent?
Not necessarily. Not the good ones anyway. They may be anonymous, but silent? Yeah, no. There’s commotion during the organizing phase, marketing phase, execution phase, close-out phase, and follow-up phase. Silent auctions are fundraising events. You don’t want to go quietly into that good night, you want to pack the house with excited people andContinue reading “Is a Silent Auction Silent?”