My Michelle’s
Like that last present tucked away in the shadows behind the tree on a waning Christmas morning — quietly waiting to be discovered — I unwrapped what turned out to [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted December 18, 2013in Sound Check
Leslie Hall “Songs in the Key of Gold” Yarn House I admit to never having “got” Leslie and the Ly’s. I’m probably just old enough to be out of the [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Book Review
‘The Rosie Project’ satisfies romantic comedy forte
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Simon and Schuster Oct. 1, 2013 $28 304 pp. Graeme Simsion’s “The Rosie Project” will appeal to readers who would never touch [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Sound Notes
This past Thursday, Des Moines’ music scene lost a couple of great, passionate folks behind the scenes, as Dec. 12 marked the last day at work for Becky Migas and [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Tech Talk
Snapchat, the safe sex of social media
Somewhere in America a giddy tween-ager is right now being handed his or her first cell phone along with that parental warning: “Remember, once you post something online it is [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Curse words, cancer and the Pilgrims
“Bless me father, for I have sinned, it has been several decades since my last confession.” Primarily out of laziness, and perhaps a lack of creativity, I had a fairly [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Food Dude
It was a very good year
After food inflation in 2007 and the stock market bust of 2008-09, Des Moines’ café culture dug in. Chains, other than Jimmy John’s and Pizza Ranch, concentrated on dollar menus [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Cover Story
’Twas the night before…
(Editor’s note: Early in December of 1977, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Locker Room
If the snowshoe fits
In this day of fast-paced motors and high-adrenaline maneuvers, it’s peaceful to slow down with a more primitive practice from simpler times. Instead of putting on boots and trekking your [...]
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Corn stars
There are 30,000 cars packed in the parking lot, and cars are lined up for miles to get in. The weather is dicey, but the people have still dressed up [...]
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