So there I was. All dressed up as a bride. My gown was GORGEOUS, my hair and makeup had been done by professionals. I was ready for my big day!

And then . . .

. . . Nobody came.

I was a lonely bride, all by my little lonesome self.

Okay, don’t panic.  This wasn’t my wedding day. I was dressed up as a bride for a downtown “Bridal Walk” in Rapid City. I was modeling for a good friend who owned a bridal shop. I mean, what girl doesn’t like to get dressed up and model beautiful gowns. It’s all fun, but quickly got pretty boring as I was there ALL BY MYSELF. Just me, a few other models, and the downtown store owners. The only bonus was I got to chow down on the buffet table with lots of samples of yummy wedding cake.

A few people stopped by and were very surprised to see us models all dressed up with no one to look at us.

What were we doing? –they asked. (by this time I was feeling a little ridiculous)

Modeling for a bridal walk — we replied.

What? Bridal walk? — they exclaimed! We didn’t know there was a bridal walk today! If we would have known we would have brought friends! We would have spread the word! Why, we know lots of people, even in Gillette, Wyoming who are getting married and would have loved to have come to this event!

NOBODY KNEW it was happening! Gah!

What does this have to do with BlackHillsFun.com? Well, it’s this: it was that day I thought of the idea: a one-stop place to find all your entertainment happenings in the Black Hills.

I’d been through it myself, more than just the bridal walk. How many times did my kids hear at school about some FUN event they had missed because we didn’t know it was going on? No more, I vowed! From now on I will know all the FUN stuff that is going on in the Black Hills. Even if I have to build a website myself.

So here it is, Blackhillsfun.com –