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...

Mar 24, 2011

Who is going to see Cirque du Soleil next week? My wife and I are going to the amazing show that, in years past,  I would have had to travel out of Des Moines to see. Oh, how the times have changed!!  The Iowa Events Center team has booked some of the most popular touring shows at Wells Fargo Arena and has the bragging rights of last years record year to show...