What a super experience! The Paint Shack is the perfect place for a fun, creative and new…read moreadventure! Cyndi is amazing! She has truly created an atmosphere of taking a beginning artist to a Picasso in 3 hours! Cyndi has many, many designs in which to choose from to paint. Make The Paint Shack your next place for hosting a staff outing, a party or a night out with friends. It truly is so much fun and you get to take your masterpiece home with you. I give Cyndi and The Paint Shack 10+ stars!!! Thank you Cyndi.

Amazing place to have a great time with the family or a date. Provide a full bar with wine room…read moreright below start start painting with your date and head down to the wine room for some nice beverages some fine libations. Family is definitely welcome great paintings for children helping you every step of the way.

I attended the inaugural Eaux Claires Festival, curated by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, and it has…read morealready earned it spot as an annual must-do event in my book. It was affordable (~$90 for 2 full days), and within a good driving range where you feel like you're embarking out of the Twin Cities, but you're not really going too far. It's a fun state of mind that's easy on the mileage. I'll get right to the point. My favorite sets: Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso, Policia, Doomtree, Lizzo. There were plenty of porta potties, which were also kept clean and stocked. The scenery was just dreamy - rolling hills, trails through the trees, light-up color-changing forests, and cool art installations. Depending on the times of the sets, I was able to grab drinks at the right time without crazy lines. I loved the local artists and stores that were in the "village" there. I think each of my friends and I ended up buying something. Some cons though: the food, or lack there of. There was like 20,000 people and like 10 vendors. Lots of people waited in lines over an hour long, only for the vendors to run out of food. A lot of the merch sold out quick too. And the crowd leaving at the end of the last set was not managed well, because thousands of people were forced down this one narrow roped off path.

Improvements The first of hopefully many Eaux Claires…read morefestivals, they definitely had some kinks to work out. The first night food ran out and wait lines were 20 minutes or more. Water stations were spaced throughout but only in the main areas and not in the second staging area by the Dells. With some miscommunication on what could be brought into the campsites and festival, lots of folks had to throw out glass bottles and blankets. I hope the communication around camp ground and festival rules is made clear next time. Positives The music itself however was phenomenal. It was amazing having so many folks in one space and a wide variety of music at that. My favorites were Bon Iver, Lizzo, Poliçia, The Staves, and Charles Bradley. I loved the collaborations and how many folks were new to the music festival scene. The bathrooms were also kept extremely clean with the company cleaning bathrooms out at least once a day. A saving grace given the reputation most port-a-potties have. Art installations! Who knew how great they would go with music. Well...the organizers did. It was amazing that the shirt printing was done in Eau Claire and a lot of the artists were Midwest based. I almost wished there had been more art. It was great to see visuals while waiting for the next set to begin. I hope they bring this back for next year. Overall a great lineup and festival. Will attend again if planned.

If you are not too serious about yoga & serious about goats...this is your spot! Super fun activity…read moreto just be spontaneous and have fun with friends. The instructor was a great sport and I never had so much fun doing yoga. Alpaca yoga is next for us.

I have come to Nancy throughout the years and she has helped me overcome so many things I was…read morebattling with. I have done in person and over the phone readings and both have been amazing. She is kind hearted and honest. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone. If you have never had a psychic reading and are skeptical, give her a shot. She would not disappoint.

Nancy was incredible. I walked in and I was anxious and sad. I left happy and ready for life. It's…read morehonestly like she knew me before I even walked in the door. She has a calming and loving energy. She made me feel very welcomed and greater then any experience I've had. She got right to the point, told me everything I needed to know and more! Will go to her forever!

Ah, Eaux Claires. So much to love. The inaugural lineup was well curated and culminated with a…read morefive-star performance by Bon Iver. There were some cool art installations and vendors, port-a-potties were plentiful, and water bottle filling stations were available, which was crucial in the heat and sun. Attendees seemed to skew late 20s to late 30s, so the crowds were pretty chill and no one was really going bonkers throughout the day. Basically, it was a dream. Since it was their first year, there were some snags here and there, but overall the festival was run well. Items for improvement: - Some sort of shade - the unrelenting sun forced us to go back to our campsite a couple times to take a break from it. - Better food choices - pizza had a 70-minute wait, several vendors sold out before dinner, and the quality of many options was lacking (spongy chicken tenders - barf). - By day two, the water filling stations was a slippery, muddy mess. Related: having a filling station on the stage up the hill would be ideal. Things that surprised me were how efficient the shuttles to and from the campsites were, how easy it was to get in with our wristbands already issued (we got to walk right past the massive line at the fest's start), the fact that the camp port-a-potties were cleaned throughout the day, and the fact it only took about an hour to get on a bus after Bon Iver's set. The camping will be on a new site for 2016 so I'm curious if that will be as seamless as it's not on an established campground but instead in a field. The fest has sent out a couple of feedback surveys and they seem really invested in improving the experience, so I'm really pumped for this year's festival considering how impressed I was with the first year!

We have had such a great experience with Circle of Friends! The teachers truly care about the kids…read moreand take the time to get to know each child and their individual personality and needs. My child is excited to go in the morning, which gives me so much peace of mind as a parent. The center has such a welcoming, family-like atmosphere. Communication has always been great. No childcare center is going to be perfect every single day, but what matters to me is knowing my child is safe, loved, learning, and surrounded by people who care about them. We are so thankful we found Circle of Friends and would absolutely recommend them to other families looking for childcare in the area.

The management was really what did it for me. It looked like a nice place. The management has no…read moreidea what they are doing when it comes to billing or running a day care. I was treated very dis-respectful not as a customer which I was. I filed a complaint with the wisconsin department of children and families and I recommend doing the same to people that have also been dis-satisfied.

Eau Claire, Wi. The…read moreBlue Ox people really do a good job attracting top of the line talent and organizing the number of festivarians in a streamlined fashion. They even handle the intense rain storms fairly well. This festival is geared toward making money from reserved camping. It appears that some of these reserved entry people forego their reserved spot and head off to the unreserved sections and rope off an acre of land, denying later participants a chance at any of those sites. The reward for reserving is an entry a day early so you aren't scrambling for a good camp site. The fee for a pre pitched tent is an astounding $1900! I'm one of the common folk who enter with the masses on Thursday. The first thing I noticed after staking a claim to a small parcel of real estate is the huge number of smoldering campfires. Everyone seems to be burning smoky wet wood. The family camp area has the most unhealthy air throughout the festival, and these folks are inviting their children to inhale this crap. Half of the people here smoke cigarettes even in the concert areas. They have no clue or don't care about the affect on others. Of course the butts end up on the grass. There is a designated line for lawn chairs, as In don't go beyond this line. This means nothing, people just plop their chairs down right in front of you even if you're on the line. Why no pizza this year Blue Ox? Porta potties are kept clean throughout the festival. Sound is good except when singers belt out a loud burst and over drive the speakers. If the smoke was not such issue I'd give this festival a 4.5.

This is by far the best music festival I have ever been to in Wisconsin. The staff is great, the…read moregrounds are kept immaculate, the Porta potty's are cleaned three times a day every day!! (Even in the middle of torrential downpours they are out cleaning!) Everyone that comes here is of the same mindset, enjoy some bluegrass - spend time in the woods- And overall be really good to one another. The tickets might be considered a bit pricey compared to other festivals, but the way it's put together is by far worth every penny!