Jul 2, 2012

Have you see the Greater Des Moines Partnership‘s new Pinterest-esk GDM Pin-Crowd website? It is a pretty cool concept, pin a photo that you’ve taken in Des Moines or make a comment about why you love the city on their website, which will also place the comment or photo on their Pinterest page. It also works in reverse if you are already a...

Apr 18, 2012

Since we’ve started this column we’ve focused on locally owned restaurants and focused on brand new establishments, or restaurants we had not been to previously. Our focus is to always showcase the restaurants that are owned by locals and not the national chains that send their revenues to other cities.  Also, we’ve tried to stay away from reviewing...

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...

Oct 12, 2011

Typically heckling patrons to enter you restaurant is not the best way to get business. Not hot girl walking by a construction site heckling – it was actually a much more tame version of the heckle. Of course, I had yet to have my coffee that morning, so it could have been a sneeze for all I know. Something verbal came from the B Sharp Bistro shortly...

May 27, 2011

A fire performance, magicians, burlesque, a beer tent, body paint, palm readers, live dance, dime shows and 2 rock concerts within 5 hours on the Court Avenue Bridge; if that doesn’t convince you to come out then you can keep reading below… The Subjective Circus is back this year with its most demanded performances, while relocating to its new...