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...

Sep 2, 2011

There were a couple pokes at Iowa from the national level lately that I think most everyone handled quite well.  When Stephen Colbert ran a 5 minute comedy segment based on the “Des Moines Fat Cats” banning his Super Pac commercial, we laughed because it was pretty damn funny.  Better yet, the antagonist of his bit, WOI-tv Channel 5, was able to...

Aug 16, 2011

I attend the Iowa State Fair each year and it never gets old. Although many of the sites and sounds are the same each year; instead of being monotonous, they remind me of home, my family and one of the things I love most about Iowa. I always attend the fair with my parents. They have been going since they were kids and we have a new level of excitement in...

Aug 11, 2011

If there’s one place you’re going to want to check out at this year’s Iowa State Fair, (perhaps besides the red velvet funnel cake stand-ah!) it’s the Craft Beer Tent.  For the first time ever, the fair will have an entire tent devoted to Iowa brewed beers.  33 of them, in fact, from 13 different breweries, plus 3 additional brews from...

Nov 16, 2010

Heard about the new Skate Park coming to Des Moines? Yes, I said Skate Park and Des Moines in the same sentence. However, I didn’t say nations-largest skate park…I didn’t feel the need to brag about the proposed park. It’s all true, the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation just provided a $50,000 grant to the Des Moines Area Regional Park, which has...