One short but also painstakingly long year ago, our city’s landscape, make-up, and skyline looked vastly different. We have all faced challenges this year that left different levels of ugliness in our lives but through a display of Siouxland’s inherent resilience beacons of light began to emerge from the shadows. There was a beauty from …
In 2019, after a 27-year hiatus, I set a goal for myself – to get back into the modeling industry. Fueled by the rise of more mature-aged models showing up in mainstream ad campaigns and on major fashion runways, I started plotting my course. After a year of introspection, lots of meditation, some really dark …
Q: I am really into giving friends & family personalized, unique gifts. But where can I find them locally this holiday season? – Jordan G. Thank you, Jordan G. – I’m so glad you asked that question. If there was ever a year to shop small + local – it seems like 2020 is it. …
Q: I’m in my mid-40s, and wondering what sorts of age-appropriate looks I should go for this fall? – Lisa G. Let’s start with a proclamation: Age-appropriate is dead. I am 46 years old. Ann B. Davis, who played Alice on the Brady Bunch, was only 43 when the series began. And yet, she was …
Siouxland restaurants and patrons rose to the COVID-19 challenge The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t left a single aspect of life uninterrupted. The first event of its kind in at least 100 years, humanity has yet again met a force of nature that it has been compelled to bend to (at least in the near and foreseeable …
Q: What can I do to add fun to my 2020 summer beauty routine? And where can I buy products locally? – Debbie S. In the slow-going resurrection of life-as-we-know-it, when seeing friends and family is mostly at a physical distance, and stores and restaurants continue to open to limited capacity with restrictions, it’s the …
Louis Bros family style BBQ Quincy Louis started Louis Bros family style BBQ with just a small smoker,a table and a canopy. It has grown in the past couple of years with the purchase of a food truck and a lot of family support. They have received many excellent reviews and are very thankful to …
Q: I’m so tired of winter! I want to start incorporating some spring looks into my style choices, but I’m not sure where to start. Help! -Angela K. As a self-proclaimed Winter Superfan, my favorite six months of the year are September to February. My DNA is just programmed for the colder months, and it’s …
Can you feel it? Winter is here with shorter days, colder temps, snow and White Walkers, okay maybe not White Walkers (RIP Game of Thrones).  The Sioux City Parks and Recreation wants to push back those lurking winter blues and invite everyone to visit Cone Park. Voted as Iowa’s 2019 Top Tourist Attraction by the …
It’s been scientifically proven, by Harvard researchers and others, how we view ourselves is directly tied to our feelings of personal power (or lack thereof). Also, how we present ourselves on the outside can drastically change others’ perception of how powerful we are (or aren’t). When I was a kid in middle school, I loved …