This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome Saturday's mini pop-up at Foxtail Coffee Co. went very well :) You couldn't have asked for better weather! A decent turnout as we personally sold more cookies and oatmeal cream cookies here rather than the downtown farmers market. Per Foxtail, I got to try some new seasonal options including this Cold Brew Old Fashioned. I didn't know if I would like it, but I had two π Thanks to the vendors who...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome We are closing in on Season 1 of our new streaming series LKLD EDGE: LIFE IS LOCAL! With that said, if you have social media, then click here and check out this teaser. The premiere is January 11th, 2026! We can't wait for you to see the 10 LKLD small businesses that will be featured this season! Our Beary Merry Christmas Toy Drive is getting closer and closer to filling up! We have the kids, but we...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! People think I'm always busy, but this past week has made all the other weeks seem like I never ever was! Since we've began filming for LKLD EDGE: Life Is Local, it hasn't let up! But that's a great thing! Maybe you've seen me out and about? I don't want to give too much away, but we're halfway done with recording Season 1! That's right! 10 episodes featuring 10...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome I'm going to keep this Friday's newsletter short for ya! Most people think I'm super busy, and while I guess that's mostly true, yesterday felt like the busiest day ever! We recorded two episodes over six hours for our upcoming reality streaming series LKLD EDGE: Life Is Local, we had vendor friends over for dinner, and then there was a podcast interview for our Beary Merry Christmas Toy Drive! While...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome What a busy and fun weekend! Now, we're already into November?! And, I'm still unsure what time it is... Anyways, we did a little trick-or-treating, my wife from Love At First Cookie had a pop-up at Dillard's in the mall for their Christmas kick-off (Yes! Don't be hating! It was magical!π), then I went to the grand opening for the Depot Arts District and stopped by the DΓa de los Muertos Night Market...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering Special Announcement! ππ» Beary Merry Christmas Toy Drive πWeβre spreading holiday cheer! One Little Cub at a time! πThis Christmas, NohAnaCreations, LKLD|EDGE, and PALS Candy Shop are teaming up to bring joy to children in our Lakeland community. You can help make the season brighter by:β¨ Adopting a Little Cub β Sponsor a child or family and fulfill their holiday wish list. π Donating a Toy β Drop off a new, unwrapped gift...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome It's Wednesday?! Yes it is. This week's newsletter was purposely moved to midweek (just for this week) for a few reasons, and I know many folks will be busy on Friday since it's trick-or-treat time, Halloween! It will be the final day of October, the end of numerous events per the holiday, and so, I figured I would catch you all up in this week's one newsletter... First! I consider our weekend's "Boo...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome Happy Friday! I'm going to keep this one super short because we have two markets back-to-back and I have to be on my way... Our first outdoor holiday market is tonight! It's at Heritage Park in North Lakeland from 5pm-9pm! Family friendly spooky fun with vendors, food, treats, and shopping! Feel free to wear your costumes, trick-or-treat around the park, and support local! Then we wake up and return for...
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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome My wife, from Love At First Cookie, was invited to be a part of the Central Florida Food Fest this past weekend at Bonnet Springs! It was a great evening, and we sold many, many, many of our oatmeal cream cookies! I was unaware that I would know about 95% of the other vendors there! That also I meant that I got to eat dinner from about a dozen of my favorite food businesses haha... That included my #1...
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