At some point, normally in the beginning of your relationship, you will get to meet your significant other's friends from college. This normally works out it is during a major weekend like 4th of July, when you had hoped it would be you, your girlfriend, dinner, wine bar, but no, now her 5 girl friends from college are going to be in Okoboji, they want to meet and spend time with you. You are now entertaining her and her friends from college...

THURSDAY 6.4.09. G. B. Leighton is at Captain's Getaway in Arnold's Park. If you have never been to a G.B. concert . . . . . . words cannot do it justice. Show usually starts around 9. The show is upstairs at Captain's and the door to the upstairs opens around 8, a little later if the sound check runs long. Yes there is a cover for the show, but it is more than worth it...

After spending a couple of nights on the town this Memorial Day weekend, I observed some interesting behavior. We have all seen the slogan from Las Vegas, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Which than led me to ask the question, does "what happens in Boji stay in Boji?"...

Now that amateur weekend is over, the Okoboji summer can get rolling. This is another basic weekend; there is nothing HUGE going on, but there is still a ton of fun to be had. The weather this weekend should be mid 80's and sunny. Perfect weather for our "on the lake" fun spots...

The key thing to having a good, fun date Memorial Day weekend is plan ahead. If you are going somewhere for dinner that takes reservations, make a reservation. Plan ahead and avoid the relationship stress of NOT being able to get in somewhere on this busy weekend. Traffic on Hwy 71 is going to be nuts so do allow extra time for that...

One thing to keep in mind about dating, there are levels of importance that we put on a date. Dinner and a movie? Pretty basic, pretty routine. To women, I'm not sure there is a more important date than the wedding date. When you are faced with this prospect, there are a number of things to take into consideration, from just "how good of a friend" is getting married, to "is your girlfriend in the wedding?"...

Yes, it has started again. If you are a regular on the bar scene in Okoboji you know about the bachelorette parties that roll through Okoboji every summer. Ladies, I'm sure there are bachelor parties too, but I normally don't pay attention to those. Guys, when dealing with a bachelorette party, the best thing to do is apply the Richter Fun Rule #6;...

Dating in Okoboji. Wow, this is such big topic to write about, the question is where do you start? As I look at this, there are two main categories, first, those of us trying to "get a date." Second those of us who are dating or in a meaningful relationship. Since I am in the category of "get a date" today we will look at those of us trying to get a date...

I was born in 1980, son of Herman & Paula Richter. Herman and his two brothers started The Three Sons in 1960 with his brothers Emil & Jimmy. Jimmy passed away in 1969 from complications of diabetes. Paula grew up on a farm east of Estherville IA. My sister Mia is running a physical fitness studio in Iowa City and My brother Mark is attending Iowa Lakes Community College studying Graphic Design. I attended school at Okoboji High School and graduated in 1998...