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August 15, 2019

how to spend a week in des moines according to erika

August 15, 2019/ Evan Olson
how to spend a week in des moines according to erika

Our favorite writer “living in Brooklyn by way of Iowa” recently visited her home state…

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August 15, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Des Moines
desmoines, summer, brooklyn, fluercinema, horizonlinecoffee, hyvee
August 12, 2019

what I learned from my life coach

August 12, 2019/ Evan Olson
what I learned from my life coach

How this all happened is honestly the weirdest story.

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August 12, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Life
lifewithbonnie, lifecoach, harmony
August 12, 2019

restaurant week 2019

August 12, 2019/ Evan Olson
restaurant week 2019

Des Moines Restaurant Week starts this Friday!

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August 12, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Des Moines
restaurantweek, food
August 10, 2019 August 10, 2019/ Evan Olson

“If you live for external achievement, years pass and the deepest parts of you go unexplored and unstructured. You live with an unconscious boredom.” - David Brooks

August 10, 2019/ Evan Olson/

Evan Olson

August 09, 2019

these obstacles

August 09, 2019/ Evan Olson
these obstacles

One of my friends posted this quote on her Instagram last fall and I’ve never forgotten it

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August 09, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Life
theseobstacles, life, epiphany
July 31, 2019

an outstanding evening

July 31, 2019/ Evan Olson
an outstanding evening

Last night I was able to attend event with Outstanding in the Field and it was, indeed, outstanding.

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July 31, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Des Moines
dinner, outstandinginthefield, farmtotable
July 28, 2019

say hello to my newsletter

July 28, 2019/ Evan Olson
say hello to my newsletter

Sign up for monthly content from one of your favorite Des Moines blogs…

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Life
newsletter, email, marketing, hashtag, tag, tagyouareit
July 05, 2019 July 05, 2019/ Evan Olson

“True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care - with no one there to see or cheer.” - David Foster Wallace

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Evan Olson

June 28, 2019

moonlight tour

June 28, 2019/ Evan Olson
moonlight tour

Just a quick note regarding one of our very favorite bands…

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June 28, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Des Moines
johnnyswim, music
June 24, 2019

Life is so (p)interesting

June 24, 2019/ Evan Olson
Life is so (p)interesting

This morning I realized that I never wrote a recap of my visit to Pinterest last month. Here are a few details for those of you who are interested…

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June 24, 2019/ Evan Olson/
Life
sanfrancisco, pinterest
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what the popup dinners taught me
September 11, 2019
what the popup dinners taught me
September 11, 2019

Sometimes I write stuff for you, the reader, and other times I write for myself as a sort of “digital record”. Today I write for the latter…

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September 11, 2019
Using the Internet To Create Offline Experiences
April 23, 2019
Using the Internet To Create Offline Experiences
April 23, 2019

Below is a summary of the talk I’ll be giving at Pinterest next month. After editing it several times, I’m beginning to wonder if there’s a book lurking between the lines. Something about the necessity of offline community in the digital age, maybe? More to come.

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April 23, 2019

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