May 8, 2012

It’s hard to believe that an entire year has gone by since I moved back to Des Moines from the San Francisco Bay Area. In so many ways it still feels like I just got here. Maybe it’s because of the mild winter and early spring that the time seems to have gone by so quickly. Or maybe it’s the fact that my wife and I are in the raising-a-baby time warp in...

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...

Jan 31, 2012

When my wife and I (and our baby girl) first moved here from the San Francisco Bay Area last May, it took a little while to get our Iowa legs. While I was getting mine back after being away for 14 years and Rachel, who never lived here, was just finding hers, we looked for anything that felt familiar. Not because anything here in Des Moines was lacking or...

Dec 19, 2011

He Ate What can you say about Centro that has not already been said? Quality food and ingredients prepared in a casual yet precise fashion? Check. Well-trained service staff eager to make your meal memorable? Check. Atmosphere pumping with the who’s who of Des Moines and one of the few places in town where you need a reservation? Check, check. SHE and I have...

Nov 8, 2011

In the immortal words of a Warner Brothers cartoon mouse, “I just love cheese. Raaally I do.” So when I discovered The Cheese Shop of Des Moines at the Downtown Farmer’s Market last summer, I was very excited. Any shop that specializes in that wonder of dairy creations, cheese, is a place for me. Unfortunately, at the time, there was no shop to visit when...