A.J’s loves the ladies
Nevermind that the bar is named after his dog, a miniature schnauzer named A.J. — a “ladies’ dog.” And the fact that the owner of A.J.’s on East Court, David [...]
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Posted November 28, 2012in Belly Up To...
Posted November 28, 2012in Your View
Will DART listen to ‘us poor folks’ next time?
To the disaffected transit riders in Des Moines, let’s begin by dispensing with the silly talk about DART not caring. Accusation of not caring cannot be substantiated, and caring is [...]
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Posted November 28, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Vintage Books July 24, 2012 $16.95 720 pp. From the best-selling author of 1491, Charles Mann’s latest work studies the impact [...]
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Posted November 28, 2012in Geek Chic
Beware geeks bearing gifts
Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping is over, but there’s still time to buy those gifts. Last week we provided suggestions for gifts to buy a geek. It’s incredibly hard [...]
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Posted November 28, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Ke$ha ‘Warrior’ RCA It’s winter, my friends. Don’t let the fair local weather fool you: Now is the season for long, cold evenings of the Great Reaping. The renewal of [...]
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Posted November 27, 2012in Uncategorized
Posted November 21, 2012in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Annie’s very American smile
There’s more true American spirit in little Annie Nguyen’s smile than in a thousand political proclamations from our November-minded patriots. The politicians running for state and national office tell us [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Duffy
Posted November 21, 2012in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
School kids skip out on debt. Grassley tweets.
The Des Moines school system has a lot of deadbeat kids. Or maybe nice kids with deadbeat parents. Or maybe deadbeat kids with deadbeat parents. They’re skipping out on the [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Sound Stage
Little BIG Fest
Nobody involved really says it aloud, but this year’s Little BIG Fest was a gamble. Moving from Hotel Fort Des Moines to three separate East Village venues was a decision [...]
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