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Halloween Office Shenanigans!

29 Oct, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Remember Halloween or Harvest Parties from your childhood? We do! And many of us here at International Dairy Queen, Inc. (IDQ) haven’t yet grown up.

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Ode to the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard® Treat

7 Oct, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

If you like pumpkin pie at all – this is really delicious. Honest. I enjoy lots of different Blizzard Treat flavors, but always say the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Treat is my favorite. So, in honor of the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard of the Month, I give you my Ode to the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Treat.

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Summer at the Beach

30 Jul, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Summertime! Here in Minnesota that means days at the lake — volleyball, picnics, fishing, boating, splashing at the beach. Most folks go up Nort’ don’t you know. We headed south and west to Okoboji Iowa. Iowa? Okoboji? The Iowa Great Lakes region in Northwest Iowa is absolutely beautiful – and a little warmer than northern [...]

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Graduation Cake: The Pièce de Résistance of any Graduation Party

4 Jun, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Graduation parties, celebrations, and DQ Cakes!

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School’s Out for Summer!

27 May, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Long lazy days of summer and memories of DQ Treats!

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Blizzard Eating Etiquette 101

22 Apr, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Given the latest DQ® Blizzard® Flavor Treat commercial, we had a little bit of fun talking about the ettiquette of eating Blizzard Flavor Treats, and came up with the following procedure:

Gently, but firmly, grasp the cup in your preferred hand. Left or right hand makes no difference; either can be appropriately used for grasping [...]

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DQ Cakes: A Sweet End to Easter Dinner

9 Apr, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

I love Easter. I love everything about it. I remember getting up early to attend a sunrise service at church (outside of course!) and afterward enjoying fellowship in the church basement for a pancake breakfast.  Lots of wonderful memories: decorating eggs, new Easter outfits, going to church, Easter Egg Hunts, dressing up (or not), and [...]

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What’s Your Deal

18 Feb, 2009

Posted by : Carolyn K

Dairy Queen Sweet Deals

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