by Blair Koch | Mar 1, 2008 | In Business
Janet Franklin’s handmade soaps are luxuriously simple. Besides a slim label hugging each bar, they are free of packaging and slightly rough around the edges. Their lack of over-commercialization is instantly appealing. Franklin uses a back-to-basics approach to...
by Karma Metzler Fitzgerald | Jan 1, 2008 | In Business
Shawnee McKendry wields a bag of icing like a conductor waves a baton. Fluid. Smooth. And in the end, there is an orchestra of cake, icing and beauty. McKendry’s sweet symphony can be consumed at Hooked on Chocolates, Filer’s newest location for indulgence...
by Ryan Howe | Sep 1, 2007 | In Business
A few years ago, Rex and Francis Hoover were on vacation when they drove through southern Idaho. The Tennessee couple stopped for coffee, visited a few sights, and immediately fell in love with the area. Two years later, the Hoovers moved to Twin Falls. “The people...
by Lisa Dayley | Jul 1, 2007 | In Business
Then, it happened, it started raining flapjacks! Yes sir, that old cyclone had whirled around those forest fires, wheat, milk and egg and now it all came falling out of the sky! From Charlotte Armstrong’s “The Legend of Cowboy Tom.” Charlotte Armstrong had writer’s...
by Ryan Howe | May 1, 2007 | In Business
Private “suites” with climate-controlled rooms, including heated floors and air conditioning. Cable television. A styling salon with trained professionals. Hot oil massages and pedicures. Sounds like an ideal weekend getaway – for your dog. When Cathy Kraus’ love for...
