Small Business Love During COVID-19

Hi friends. I wanted to share some of the practical ways that we can all support small businesses in West Michigan during this time. I will update this post as I get new information (thanks for sharing).

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Anxiety holds us in place. Love gives us movement.

Sigh. It’s been a couple days since Coronavirus really took foothold here in Michigan. While there aren’t that many confirmed cases yet, a lot of businesses are closing/school is cancelled…in many ways, life feels like it has pressed pause.

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Girlfriend's Weekend-Downtown Holland

My pal Abby and I could not have been more excited to partner with Downtown Holland to cover Girlfriend’s Weekend this year. I remember hearing about it in past years and seeing the billboards, but had no idea that it’s consistently a sold out, ticketed event that draws women from all over the state and beyond.

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Pilot Peter • Finale, Part 2

Welcome to the most emotionally exhausting finale ever. I felt like I needed a Gatorade afterwards…everything from picture in a picture of mama @sweetnums to one of the most palpably tense arguments that’s been on this show. We start in the live studio with Chris saying hello to Kelley and saying, “It’s important that you’re here.”

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Pilot Peter • Finale, Part 1

They play the preview from last week first. Ya know, Peter wandering around the desert, etc. Doug commentary: I hope that coyote eats him. After the preview, we have to go to the live studio where Chris Harrison yet again, recaps this season (yes Chris, we just watched it we’re all set).

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Pilot Peter • Episode 10

The episode starts with Chris Harrison finally earning that paycheck with a live studio audience. We have a nice collection of fake signs and graphic tees that were clearly planted with random people. To the lady in the crowd wearing a pilot hat, this is the bottom for you madam.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 9

Episode starts at the rose ceremony from last week after Madison asks Peter if she can chat with him for a bit. First off, she needs a different mascara. I think she has pretty eyes but I’m always distracted by her clumpy situation.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 8

We start in Knoxville, TN with Hannah Ann(a) Banana. Once Peter arrives she tells him that her dad is in forestry and likes ‘real men’ (cut to Peter having a sick look on his face…let us not forget this is the guy who cut his head getting into a golf cart). They go to an axe throwing place. They’re both equally bad at this.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 7

We’re in Lima, Peru everyone! We start with Peter staring at paintings one of which is a bunch of windmills. The devil works hard, the but ABC producers work harder. We then get to watch the girls do their trip’s annual Instagram lesson as they run into their suite and jump on the bed because they are just that excited.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 6

We are headed to Chile my friends! Peter speaks Spanish and then says that it’s going to get hot and spicy…”let the romance commence.” I hear these things coming out of his mouth but even he himself looks uncomfortable saying them.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 5

We start with Peter chatting with Alayahaha and sending her home. He apparently understands his lack of judgment and why everyone is angry with him. Her chest is out to play but he says it’s just too much and walks her out. For some reason, some of the other girls are still crying and wondering “well, what if he gets confused again?” Um, yes ladies he is confused.

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Pilot Peter • Episode 4

We start off with the solo appearance of Chris Harrison for the entire episode. He creepily opens the door to let a group of girls know that they’re “making biscuits”. Apparently that registers to them as they all hop off the patio furniture and join him for his group address.

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