Hey, Everything Summer Camp Fans!

Do you remember back in August when you were introduced to Everything Summer Camp’s Graphic Artist, Juliann? Her position demands a great deal of know-how, creativity, speed, and determination; luckily for Everything Summer Camp, Juliann is teaming with such skills. In fact, she excels at pretty much everything we throw her way.

For today’s post, I’m talking about Juliann again and her favorite piece of camp gear from Everything Summer Camp. So, what does she like the most?—Her own work of course! But when you turn out work that’s as good as what she does, what option do you really have? Juliann picked the Life of Camp T-shirt Collection for her favorite product.

She wowed us with her designs so we hope you’re just as pleased with the new line as we are. While her work never fails to impress everyone here at Everything Summer Camp, she really outdid herself when she designed the Life of Camp Collection. Life of Camp, if you don’t already know, is Everything Summer Camp’s very own, original line of cotton, camp tees.

Each one of Juliann’s Life of Camp T-shirts sports cool, campy artwork or a message with a fun font design. “I like the Life of Camp Collection because they let every camper express their opinions about camp right on their shirt!” says Juliann. “In a variety of colors, styles and phrases, these shirts are all about excitement, adventure, and having fun.”

Whether you go with the popular “Keep Calm and Carry On,” the cool, “Happy Camper” T-shirt with glow-in-the-dark ink, or one of our “Ten for Two” tees, you’ll be more than satisfied with your choice. The next time you don your Life of Camp T-shirt, you’ll know who to thank.

Till next time, Readers!

Hey, Shoppers!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner which means that Black Friday is waiting right around the corner too. I’m sure that lots of you will have already looked over the Black Friday ads for your favorite stores before you sit down to your Thanksgiving feasts. And I’m sure that as you’re stuffing your face with turkey and mashed potatoes, you’ll hardly be able to stand the wait of embarking on your strategized night of shopping.

But did you know that back when Black Friday was just in its youthful days, stores didn’t want their ads leaked? It made the competition fight back with some aggression. As the times changed, however, and stores began to realize just how excited people were about Black Friday sales, they began to want their ads “leaked” so that shoppers would have some time to map out their Black Friday shopping strategies.

Nowadays—let’s face it—no advertisements are actually being “leaked” anymore. Don’t doubt it for a second that major corporations (or even smaller retailers) know how to keep a secret! From Black Friday ads to company mergers, it’s nothing new for a company to have to keep a tight lid on certain events. They can keep something to themselves when they want.

I think that at this point, we all realize it’s no marketing scandal and that stores are purposefully “leaking” their ads to the public. Nowadays this more-than-obligatory move isn’t really something to be ashamed of so much as it’s necessary to keep up with all the other stores.

With no one being fooled anymore, why don’t stores just come right out and disclose their ads for Black Friday sales without having to go through their typical “how-did-this-happen” attitude?

I know the marketing department at Everything Summer Camp would never involve itself in such monkey business, participating in such tomfoolery as leaking our own Black Friday ad.

Hey, Pickle People!

There’s no question about it. Pickles are an all-American treat! It’s a favorite condiment for hamburger fixings—one of the most American foods in the country.

While pickles can be incredibly complementary, sometimes there’s just nothing else that will satisfy your taste buds save a big, salty pickle completely on its own, packed with explosive pickle juice. If I close my eyes and think about it, I can almost taste that bursting bite into a perfect pickle right now. YUM!

So, I’m sure you’re all asking yourselves, why am I talking about pickles? But the question should really be why aren’t YOU talking about pickles? After all, today is National Pickle Day and pickles deserve all the praise that they receive. Not enough people are aware of today’s significance. However, for a holiday that was created only six years ago in 2007, its popularity has grown immensely. People care about pickles.

I’m sure that most of you already know pickles started out as nothing more than cucumbers. The cucumbers were then pickled. Pickling a vegetable is simply preserving it in brine or marinating it in vinegar. Pretty much any vegetable can be pickled—it doesn’t really even need to be a vegetable. Popular foods for pickling, besides cucumbers of course, are okra, onions, peppers, olives, cabbage, eggs, herring, sausage, pigs feet—the list goes on.

So how did this nationally delicious holiday get started? Pretty much because it didn’t exist even though it ought to. The date was picked arbitrarily (though it was set for the very near future when it was first pickled out—er, picked out, I mean—so that the wait for National Pickle Day wouldn’t be too long—who would want to wait to celebrate after having such a delicious idea).

If you love pickles and you love National Pickle Day (and why wouldn’t you?) then get out there and spread the word about it. After all, you need friends around to make it a celebration! As the slogan of National Pickle Day goes, “Eat a pickle, Hug a friend.”

Hello again, Readers!

I’ve already told you about our esteemed Operations Manager, Brian. I told you about how he overlooks just about every department at Everything Summer Camp from trunk production to the Graphics Department, the Call Center, our Shipping Department, and so much more. What I never went to mentioning is what Brian’s favorite product is: the Hybrid Solar Flashlight.

This little light of Bri’s, he’s gonna let it shine. And shine it will for a VERY long time. This Hybrid Flashlight can hold a full charge for years. Whether it’s from the sun or from a light bulb, The Hybrid Solar Flashlight uses revolutionary energy technology to recharge itself!

“Not only is it great to have for camping, but, since it can hold a charge for so long, it’s great for around the house too,” Brian says. “No need to worry about batteries. After using it, just make sure to leave it in the light the next day and you’ll be fully charged for the next time you need it – even if it’s not for a year or two!”

As was also mentioned in a previous post about Brian, he’s pretty into technology and has a real knack for IT kind of work. It seems right then, that he would be so interested in one of our more technologically-involved products like the Hybrid Solar Flashlight.

For as technological as this flashlight is, it couldn’t be any less complicated! Click it once and the flashlight shines off its solar charge; the second click works off of the battery power; and the third click turns the flashlight off. Simply leave your Hybrid nearby any light source and it’ll start charging. It’s extremely durable, water proof, and floats! Camp with Brian’s favorite flashlight and the ghost stories will never end!

Hey, Camp Fans.

As we move into the fall and winter seasons, the weather starts getting cooler, we bundle up under more layers of clothing, and we usually want something hot for dinner. What’s one meal that’s always sure to please no matter how you choose to prepare it? You got that right. On a cold night, we want chili!

This incredibly popular meal is something of a stew. Typically made with chili peppers, meat, beans, and tomatoes, it’s unlike any other stew or soup dish you’ve had before. On a cool autumn day, nothing else will warm you up the same way that a piping-hot, big bowl of chili does. My mouth is watering just writing about it.

Perhaps one major cause to this unique stew’s popularity is that it’s so versatile. The cook is free to leave ingredients in and take them out as they choose. Virtually every variation on the recipe has been tried, tested, and (most-likely) approved.

Everyone has different tastes. Some people put noodles in their chili. Others swear by beans. Yet some people feel that chili needs an exotic meat like—brace yourself—kangaroo. There’s no shortage of possibilities to bend the recipe a little (or a lot) more.

Some chili has no beans. Some has no meat. Some isn’t even red! It’s white. So, with all these possibilities, variations, and beliefs, people always swear that their chili recipe is the best. Everyone at Everything Summer Camp is ready to roll up their sleeves and put on their chef hats.

We’re going to get to the bottom of this spicy, burning question: whose chili is best? It’s Everything Summer Camp’s Chili Cook Off! We’ll be cooking for competition against each other’s chili concoctions to see who makes the best.

- John