Spot Light on Iowa

The spotlight on Iowa is soon to be over. Enjoy it while you can. Go downtown, East Village, look for the media satellite trucks and see who you can spot. Email us your photos so we can see who you've spotted. We have the opportunity to see people like Magic Johnson, President Clinton, Oprah Winfrey...and the list goes on. Then there's our favorite "talking heads" they've all been here, are here or will be here. We'd love to know who you're trying to see...and how you manuever yourself to make it happen.

Too Many Party Invitations? You need this site!

This fun site will help you lighten your schedule during this busy time. Tell the site a little about your party, your hosts, why you do not want to go. It will generate a well-worded excuse to your host/hostess and even send it if you want. Party Excuse Maker It will make you smile!

Olde Town Altoona Christmas

We participated in the Olde Town Altoona Christmas celebration. It was cold and it was fun. We were assigned a warm spot in the back of the Insurance Station (thanks Mike and crew) with the cookie decorating. The families that came in were thankful for a chance to warm up and the kids enjoyed having their pictures taken with Frosty. Then they decorated a frame for the picture, packaged snowman seeds and colored a paper mug for hot tea.

Drake Bulldogs Tickets - Men's Basketball

We've purchased 2 season tickets to the men's basketball tickets at Drake. They do a great job entertaining you at the Knapp Center. Check out the website for dates..http://godrakebulldogs.com/ . We'll be having some trivia questions so you can win them, or let us know if there's a special game you really want to go to.

New at East Village - Books!

New at the East Village - A book store! It is East Village Books, in a new building, with great selections. Isn't it great to have a book store that isn't a big box---same everywhere you go store? You can check them out on the web - eastvillagebooks.com. They are having a grand opening on Nov. 16. That coordinates with the East Village Promenade. Support your local business - see you there!

Case of the Monday's ... Chased Away

The Monday Blues were chased away at our Ice Cream Social. Thanks to the Sugar Shack for providing a great set-up and location for our get-together. Thanks to all our friends and clients for coming and enjoying. For those of you who missed out - too bad, you missed out! Seriously we thinking maybe it should be an annual event. Tell us what you think.

A Fun Way to Customize Your Photos

There are so many fun sites on the web. If you have some favorites, pass them on to us. Here's a fun one I just found. It takes a photo, and breaks it up into separate "polaroid" shots and merges into a collage. Here are the same two photos from the Taste of Altoona after having gone through this process.Find it at this link.