The blog of Derek Brooks

I'd been itching to get back across an ocean since the pandemic, so last winter we decided to finally make it happen and hired a travel agent to plan a trip to the Mediterranean.

In the Spring of 2019, my hometown buddy, Mitch told me his friend was opening a restaurant in Des Moines and that it was going to be done well.

She was born on Valentine's Day in Southern Missouri, and had clear Southern Missouri roots.

My friend, Kaylee recently invited me to be on the Iowa Tech Podcast and I almost turned it down because I didn’t think I had any relevant content.

Big ups.

A couple weeks ago, my buddy Judson asked if I'd be willing to "stealthily take some photos" of him proposing to his amazing partner, Katie.

I've been dealing with some minor, intermittent skin issues for years.

This site is almost 24 years old now.

You know those Christmas cards that folks send that include a little 1-pager about what they've been up to for the year?

My biography on social media for the past 20 years has been: Builder.