Archive for category: Business

Piano Solutions: Finely Tuned

Piano Solutions: Finely Tuned

0 / January 21, 2012 9:10 am

It’s all backwards. You enter into a storefront area filled with vintage pianos and an all-but-hidden desk sitting to the far left. Did I just walk in the back door? Where are the luxurious showrooms, water fountains, and granite floors? [...]

Green B.E.A.N. Brings the Farmer’s Market to Your Front Door

Green B.E.A.N. Brings the Farmer’s Market to Your Front Door

0 / January 18, 2012 2:59 am

One of summer’s little luxuries is being able to amble through the local farmer’s market, sampling new foods and picking up fresh, local produce. But what if summer mornings are consumed by soccer games or baseball practice, and what happens [...]

Rent Your Home for the Super Bowl for $10,000?

Rent Your Home for the Super Bowl for $10,000?

0 / January 14, 2012 3:16 pm

Super Bowl XLVI is right around the corner and everywhere you look there is some sort of Super Bowl story or advertisement. A particularly interesting sign spotted around town claims that you can earn up to $10,000 per day by [...]

Carmel’s Mary and Martha’s: An Exceedingly Chic Boutique

Carmel’s Mary and Martha’s: An Exceedingly Chic Boutique

0 / December 8, 2011 3:02 pm

“…Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12 Laura Shattuck wanted to open a retail store based on the philosophy that fashion is about textures, color and movement. She also wanted women to embrace their own body [...]

Corner Vise is the Perfect Gallery & Frame Shop!

Corner Vise is the Perfect Gallery & Frame Shop!

0 / December 5, 2011 11:51 am

Nestled in the charming town of Zionsville, renowned for its quaint brick street and Victorian charm, you will find a successful framing and art operation that has been in place for over 30 years. In 1986, Barbara Jennings was working [...]

Stratford Garage Sale Benefits Carmel Clay Library Reading Program

Stratford Garage Sale Benefits Carmel Clay Library Reading Program

0 / November 28, 2011 3:29 am

As the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Residents at The Stratford in the Village of West Clay proved that true by selling their unwanted goods in a community wide garage sale the last weekend of October. [...]

Watts Fine Art: Bringing Comtemporary Masters to the Midwest

Watts Fine Art: Bringing Comtemporary Masters to the Midwest

0 / November 27, 2011 10:35 am

When John and Shannon Watts retired from Wellpoint, Inc., they wanted to find a second phase for their energy and passions in life as a couple. In their search, they discovered that their own interest in art most always took [...]

Eleanor Rozella’s: My Happy Place

Eleanor Rozella’s: My Happy Place

0 / November 23, 2011 7:49 am

Cindy Grove, owner of Eleanor Rozella’s gift shop in Noblesville, refers to herself as the “third sister” to her two employees, sisters Tammy Daubenspeck and Tina Dell. Their camaraderie sets the tone for the fun-loving experience that is Eleanor Rozella’s [...]

Young Entrepreneurs Bring Energy to Noblesville

Young Entrepreneurs Bring Energy to Noblesville

0 / November 10, 2011 5:31 am

Noblesville is blessed with a town square and merchants that draw in visitors from around the county. But as beautiful a city as Noblesville is, what completes the draw for those who live in the area is the small-town community [...]

Mopey Dick: Deep Thoughts From A Shallow Mind

Mopey Dick: Deep Thoughts From A Shallow Mind

0 / October 24, 2011 3:57 am

Dick Wolfsie is an Indiana icon, a long-time WISH-TV television personality, a gifted author and syndicated columnist, and the funniest curmudgeon I’ve ever kept in my garage for six months. (Editor’s note: It was a life-sized cardboard cut out to [...]

Reserve Your Ticket For Book & Author Luncheon

Reserve Your Ticket For Book & Author Luncheon

0 / October 20, 2011 9:24 am

It’s not too late to reserve your seat at our sister community for the annual Carmel-Clay Book and Author Luncheon on October 27 at the Ritz-Charles. This year’s best-selling authors’ include the following: Cara Black with her latest book, Murder [...]

Beware! Halloween Haunts Sure to Scare

Beware! Halloween Haunts Sure to Scare

1 / October 15, 2011 12:54 pm

What’s happening for Halloween? Have a Howl! From werewolves to witches, chilling to thrilling, haunted to headless, there’s plenty of ways to scare the heck out of your family and friends this October. 1. Cool Creek Haunted Trails Ghouls and [...]

Modern Take on the Lunch Box Note

Modern Take on the Lunch Box Note

1 / October 10, 2011 9:10 am

Do you remember your first day of school as a kid? The unknown classroom. The new teacher. Locker combinations. What desk is yours? Will you sit next to a friend? Thoughts, and even more thoughts. I can remember when I [...]

ASG: Delivering Dealership Quality Without The Fancy Price

ASG: Delivering Dealership Quality Without The Fancy Price

0 / September 28, 2011 11:27 am

Automotive Service Group offers exceptional quality that you would expect to receive at a reputable car dealer, as it was strategically designed to give you all the amenities of a dealer, but at price points dramatically less than your local [...]

Italian Cuisine Comes to the Carmel Arts & Design District: Donatello’s

Italian Cuisine Comes to the Carmel Arts & Design District: Donatello’s

0 / September 16, 2011 9:41 am

On its website, the proprietors of Donatello’s Italian Restaurant describe their establishment, in the heart of downtown Carmel’s newly minted Arts and Design District, as “a new romantic destination” and “an homage to dining in a classier time. The days [...]

Pole Up: New Fitness and Dance Studio That Puts the WOW Back Into Getting in Shape!

Pole Up: New Fitness and Dance Studio That Puts the WOW Back Into Getting in Shape!

0 / August 30, 2011 10:13 am

Lifting one’s own body weight can seem daunting, but if you’re ready to really accept the challenge of getting in shape and redefining what exercise can be, then a visit to Pole Up is a must! Owner Laura Meyer’s family [...]

Mother/Daughter Team Stitches Together a New Business: The French Seam

Mother/Daughter Team Stitches Together a New Business: The French Seam

0 / August 22, 2011 10:11 am

Opening the French Seam in May of this year was a dream come true for mother Linda Compton and daughter Courtney Young. After years of tireless research and business planning, the two seamstresses dove right into their exciting venture. Courtney [...]

MacKenzie River Pizza Co. Brings New Experience for Gourmet Pizza Lovers

MacKenzie River Pizza Co. Brings New Experience for Gourmet Pizza Lovers

0 / August 20, 2011 9:14 am

In the early 1990’s, after 17 years with a local advertising firm, Steve Shuel, in the spirit of Horace Greeley’s clarion call of “Go West, young man!” departed Indianapolis for Montana with his young sons John and Michael. He soon [...]

Carmel Chiropractor Strives for Perfect Alignment

Carmel Chiropractor Strives for Perfect Alignment

1 / July 12, 2011 1:46 pm

Dr. Hillary Hushower opened Rangeline Chiropractic in December of 2007. She purchased the practice from the existing chiropractor. “I always wanted to work for myself and knew I would succeed. The office I purchased wasn’t doing well, and I knew [...]

Nothing Mixes Better than Wine and Canvas

Nothing Mixes Better than Wine and Canvas

0 / June 2, 2011 2:52 pm

So, you haven’t painted since kindergarten? Perfect! You will love “Wine and Canvas” — a new social event that involves a paintbrush, a glass of wine and no previous experience. It’s a simple process; you book your spot in front [...]