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Stroller Strides

March 9, 2011

Athena Fredricks is committed to motivating an important community inside our neighborhoods – the moms. Stroller Strides gives these busy women a chance to get in a workout and spend some social time with adults without having to find childcare, but these children are far from neglected. Many of the exercises involve singing songs to [...]

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Paron’s Closet: A True Family Business

December 14, 2010

The pair behind Paron’s closet put a new twist on a “mom and pop” store – Kimberly Homes and Bev Ward are niece and aunt. Even the store’s name pays tribute to a branch of the family tree that goes back for generations, most recently held by Kimberly’s daughter, Paron. November 2010 marked the store’s [...]

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Fremont Abbey Arts Center

October 11, 2010

One of my first questions for Nathan Marion, Director of the Fremont Abbey was: What do they do? “We’re always continually figuring out better ways to say that,” he laughed, “because it’s definitely one of those unusual spaces where you kind of have to be here and interact with an event or class or experience [...]

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It’s QuallyQue Tweetup Time!

September 29, 2010

One of our founding principles here at QuallyQue is the importance of continuing online relationships offline at the face to face level – because let’s face it, sharing a laugh in person beats an LOL and an actual hug is worth a million XOXO’s. We want to let the businesses that we “Like” know why [...]

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