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Name: Erika Jensen
Location: Algona, Iowa, United States

I’m a lover of anything sweet. Growing up in small town Algona, IA, it was hard to find a specialty shop that would tame my soulful desire for chocolate. Thinking back to my hometown, I knew people, no matter their location, craved a sweet alternative to grocery store chocolate and baked goods. My friends and family knew me as a natural baker with a passion for food, so they encouraged me to pursue my dream in the culinary arts. After refining my skills, I opened a business whose goal is to touch people’s lives and make them feel loved and appreciated—all through the products we offer. Hence, The Chocolate Season was born, a place I hope you come to know and love for our friendly service and decadent creations. And now just recently, we expanded after 3 yrs of business and have moved, again, back to Algona IA! We opened algona's first retail confiserie and dessert cafe and the response has been fantastic! But never fear, our on-line store is still up and we continue to make fresh-to-order sweets and baked goods and ship anywhere in the world.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Chi-O Cuties

Just wanted to do a quick blog post about how awesome my sorority family is! As you all know, i relocated from omaha to algona and left some of my closest friends there. All is not lost though, my friends are not just friends...they are family. My sorority sisters from Chi Omega are amazing and just thinking of them always brings a smile to my face.In fact, all 5 of them drove to Algona to help at the shop for a weekend (they worked NON-STOP), and even surprised me with the first ever Chocolate Season t-shirt (they are so creative!)Each girl in my family is completely different, but somehow, we all share a common bond and explode with happiness or laughter whenever we're around each other.The first in my family is Julie, she is my little sis. With a heart for those in her neighborhood and for those around the world, she never stops giving and with a listening ear, gives amusing but insightful advice. Julie was the first Chocolate Season employee and i count her as one of my most cherished friends.Next in the lineage is Felicia, Julie's lil' sis. When Julie left for Africa, Felicia stepped in as Chocolate Season employee number two. Felicia is candid and witty. She has many attributes, including an insane amount of intelligence and drive, but also an odd sense of humor and uncanny ability to knit :)After Felicia comes Hannah. I looooove how blunt and honest Hannah is. She and I can laugh about anything and she is quite the fashionista, (i love it when she lets me borrow her stylish threads!) I truly believe she is going to be the world's best mother, or the first multi-millionaire global real estate queen. Hannah's lil' is Jena. And Jena is a lil' lil' :) She is my perfect pocket-sized sister and her smile is nothing but contagious. Jena's gutsy and daring, and i couldn't imagine my perfect Saturday night without her and her many stories. Hannah and Jena both have stepped on multiple occasions at a moment's notice to help with the biz and I'm so grateful for their support and hard work.and last but certainly not least, would be our newest lil', Molly. Since the move happened right when she joined the family, i have not had a ton of time with her, so i relish any opportunities i get to talk with her.
She is very sweet and genuine, and as i found out when she came to algona, quite the aspiring chef (she could make a yogurt sauce that would knock your socks off...and her mudball pre-coating ability is inspiring) and i can't wait for her to come back to the shop!

love you girls :) and thank you for all your support, encouragement and time, and for always laughing (or attempting a small chuckle) at all my bad jokes :P

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