Tuscola Tuscany is a restaurant that features delicious Italian, steak & seafood cuisine in Tuscola, IL. Chef Bobby contacted me to put a website for them and I jumped at the opportunity to do so. I know Bobby from a previous job, and new he’d be bringing some fantastic dishes to this restaurant.
Here’s what we ended up with:
Recently I was contracted by Divinity Institute of Allied Health, an accredited medical school in downtown Joliet, to redesign their existing website. Beyond a graphic redesign the primary task was finding a CMS solution that was easier for the owners to manage and update themselves.
Tubs N’ Stuff is a family owned and operated company that specializes in resurfacing/restoring bathroom fixtures and is based out of Joliet. Rob, the owner, contacted me a couple months ago for a minor modification to his existing website, then in April hired me again for a full redesign. I had a lot of fun working on this site, particularly on the background.
Here’s what we ended up with:
I’m going to get a bit personal on this post, but it’s for a very important reason so bear with me. I’ve got two small children and until February 17th this year I had four nephews who were all younger than my kids. Now I only have three nephews. I only have three nephews because Derek was murdered. He wasn’t even two years old yet. There is a lot surrounding the circumstances of his death that, frankly, doesn’t add up.
Sammy, Derek’s younger brother, was also hurt – though we still don’t have a straight story on that either. The wonderful thing is that Sammy is fine. His broken leg healed, and he’s home with his father – where he ought to stay. This brings us to the purpose of this post – Derek & Sammy is a website that we as a family set up in order to have a place to share Derek & Sammy’s story.
There are also buttons, shirts, bumper stickers and other gifts available for purchase via Zazzle and CafePress.
It is our hope that these things will serve as catalysts for dialog about the importance of having safe support system surrounding families with small children, responsibly choosing who is involved in children’s lives, and more than that will hopefully serve as an aid to helping keep Sammy safe from future injury or dangerous situations.
Please visit the website and/or “like” Derek & Sammy on Facebook. Help spread the word so that we can keep tragedies like this from happening to other families.
Shain Kirby, I’m proud to say, is a friend and budding photographer from Dallas, Texas. I recently had the privedlege of putting together his gallery. Shain had a clear direction for the site and what he had in mind, all I had to do was code it.
This was the outcome:
