Waveland Café’s secret little sister, Booneville Bar and Grill
There’s a nexus of contrast in a small village town just down the Raccoon River from West Des Moines. A place where Cy and Herkey can sit down and have [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted May 22, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good KCWI-TV Great Day Meteorologist Jason Parkin has been named the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society’s Celebrity of the Year for the Iowa Chapter. The award is based on a [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Food Dude
Hot dogs and nostalgia
Older folks pine for the days when butcher shops sold meat, green grocers retailed fruits and vegetables, milk trucks delivered dairy products and dry grocers sold canned goods. People too [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Your View
Question for the ‘smartest film critic in the world’
I have a question for Cole Smithey (“The Smartest Film Critic in the World”) about his review of the movie, “Sightseers” (Film Review, May 16). He refers to the gaudy [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Locker Room
Rocket with wings
The saying around the track is that if you think racing is boring to watch, then you’ve never seen it live. Well, for those naysayers out there, here’s your chance. [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Sore Thumbs
‘METRO: LAST LIGHT’ (M) ****1/2 Deep Silver Xbox 360 In “Metro 2033,” we were given a glimpse of what post-apocalyptic living would be like for our Cold War rival. Huddled [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Civic Skinny
Legal bills for IPR. Speaker Cownie?
The Des Moines Register is advertising for a new publisher, but apparently not in The Des Moines Register. An ad on www.linkedin.com seeks a president and publisher for the Register [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Book Review
‘After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Scribner Feb. 19, 2013 $26 299 pp. In 1970, 35-year-old Chicago journalist Bob Hainey died suddenly, leaving behind a wife and two [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Polk County
Amount: $2,560 To: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler For: Payment for legal defense services preparing a subpoena for David Wetsch and other pretrial services and conferences (12.8 hours at $200 per hour). [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in On The Tube
The real Liberace
In “Behind the Candelabra” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), HBO assembles high-quality artists to tell the story of a low-quality one: the glitzy piano player Liberace. Steven Soderbergh directs, Michael Douglas camps [...]
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