There are many upsides to working at a family-owned business. …because you, well, work for a family. I never cease to appreciate the good-naturedness of the Koch family members. They…
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Are you a Stephen Colbert fan?
In case you missed it back in 2006, our town was featured as part of The Colbert Report’s “Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude” series. We have the video to prove it! Colbert…
Read More »Travel tales
November is IAAPA Expo time around here. Several of us head to Orlando as speakers, committee chairs, or buyers. It’s an incredible trade show. Here’s a series of HoliBlog posts…
Read More »A peek behind the (shower) curtain
Warm, fuzzy moments happen around here all the time. And when one of the men on staff tells the story, it’s all the sweeter. So when the new guy (Tony…our…
Read More »My coaster-crazy kid
It was getting close to bedtime for James last night. My second grader had grabbed a good book and made himself comfortable on Daddy’s side of the bed. (Stories from…
Read More »A “Q” for the loo?
Not true! Not true! A queue for Sue? A queue for Drew? A queue for who? (Note: that last word really should be "whom," but it doesn’t rhyme. Poetic license.)…
Read More »Mrs. Koch, a stand-up lady
This morning, a TV crew came to the park to interview Mrs. Koch about her induction into the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame. As they were fussing to balance…
Read More »The Holiday World Song
Who *are* these guys? We didn’t catch their names, but are sure glad Tyler from our Training & Development department captured this street performance on video for us.
Read More »Santa’s leaky boot
Mrs. Koch really got a kick out of this. In Kringle's Kafe, there are quite a few depictions of The Man in Red. One in particular took a tumble recently….
Read More »Out of the mouths of babes…
Our friends Jeff and Diana out on the west coast keep in touch with us, with updates about their and-baby-makes-three little guy, Simon. Here he is, sporting a very handsome…
Read More »“May the 4th be with you!”
When you have a Darth Vader talking bobble-head bank, you just have to celebrate May the 4th. (We should add this to Will’s station announcement at The Voyage: "Don’t underestimate…
Read More »Must be a guy thing
I’ll never forget the first time I heard about waterless urinals. It was the year 2000. The Kochs had arrived back from the annual IAAPA convention all excited. The guys,…
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