Feb 15, 2012

I’ve held a good number of jobs, from bagging groceries at a local grocery store to selling commercial lending at one of the largest companies in the state. During my professional life there have only been a few positions where my employer truly considered creative feedback from employees. In fact, my longest tenured employer never really encouraged...

Feb 9, 2012

OK Des Moines, time for one of our favorite posts, a post where we get to give away tickets to our readers. From time to time we are contacted by great businesses who want to reach out to our readers. Most of the time the benefit of reaching out means our readers get to win cool stuff, wether it be spices, tickets to a show, or in this cases tickets to a Spirits...

Feb 8, 2012

Well, since Zach opened the door to feature a well known Ames businesses yesterday, I figured I could stretch our normal theme a little today to also feature an iconic Ames restaurant as well. That iconic Ames restaurant has over 30,000 Facebook fans that reach all across the nation. That last statement of reach is really not unexpected since this restaurant is...

Jan 25, 2012

My Mom made the recommendation to go to Isla Cozumel for dinner after the holidays, which I have to admit is the only reason I even knew where they are located. I don’t say that with any negative connotation included I just truly had never heard of the place before, which I guess that is why businesses advertise. The dinner was planned because my Godparents...

Jan 18, 2012

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