Fairfield

If you visit, come for the FIRSTFRIDAYARTWALK, every month 10-15 restaurants, stores, and art galleries open up their doors and people wander and socialize from all over the region, up to and including some Chicagoans! Its really a well-organized and fun time to visit. [first frida of every month. most vibrant in spring, esp. June when “All Things Itallian” is the theme]

My parents moved there to relax an meditate and I felt uprooted with no more ‘childhood home’ but now I guess Fairfield is a home away from home(s)… Its a sweet place with a vibrant town center and some degree of beauty and culture compared to other places in Iowa. Its very interesting to see the meditation community and happy spiritual people as well as townies, all in harmony, with wonderful local bookstores and a few really good restaurants and community organizations.

I grew up here in the Transcendental Meditation movement from 1984-1997.