Monthly Archives: March 2010

Rental review: Bemused and befrogged

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” is just the classic story told well, of girl meets frog, girl kisses frog, girl turns into frog. Then both frogs try to find a voodoo priestess so they can be defrogged, while on … Continue reading →

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Strange, Almost Sensical Spam

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Some very weird spam is showing up in my inbox lately. One presents itself as being from a bank, but if a bank secretary was really that bad at proofreading, he would surely be taken out and shot forthwith. Not … Continue reading →

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Bad Romance: Popular Movie Actually Quite Depressing

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Kari Lucin

I watched a very depressing movie over the weekend. The movie’s main character was a teenage girl, who was desperately in love with a very controlling man more than twice her age. In the first part of the movie, he … Continue reading →

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Signing Off

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

I’m signing off from my liveblogging adventure, but the Expo continues until 3:30 p.m., with a wine-tasting event at 3 p.m. I’ve been told that the wine-tasting is super popular and great fun, so be sure to check it out! … Continue reading →

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The Home in the Health and Home Show

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

I haven’t talked a lot about the "home" portion of the Women’s Expo Health and Home Show, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t here today. As you can see, Luxury Bath Systems of Sioux Falls brought two whole bathtub/shower demonstration … Continue reading →

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Scarves and Purses Galore

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Have I mentioned what a great opportunity this is to get your gift shopping done for the year? At least, if there are a lot of women on your list, this will go a long, long way. There are a ton … Continue reading →

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Sue Doeden Cooks

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Though I don’t usually get to the seminars here at the Expo, I did manage to catch a few minutes of Sue Doeden‘s wonderful presentation. I think they schedule these things just before noon just to drive us crazy. Food-mad! … Continue reading →

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Health, Meth, Online Safety and Other Seminars

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

The Women’s Expo isn’t just about booths and free stuff. Throughout the day, there are also some really cool seminars on a wide variety of topics, from health to meth to cooking and online safety. One of the popular ones … Continue reading →

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Beautiful and Relaxed

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

The line at the Sanford Health screening area seems to have gone down, so it’s probably a good time to go there, if you haven’t already. Instead, everybody seems to be gathered at the Avalon area, where the girls are … Continue reading →

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The Dudes of the Expo

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kari Lucin

Just because it’s called the Women’s Expo doesn’t mean only women attend it, although of course most of the dudes here are booth workers of one sort or another. That said, if any guy wants to pay $6 to get … Continue reading →

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