Posted March 18, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Illness is an interesting sculptor. It pulls the cheek bones higher. Hollows out the spaces near the mouth. Brightens the eyes just a tad. And, as the man across the table laughingly told me, “It is a hell of a weight loss program; it is effective, but I don’t recommend it.”
Read More →Modest Mouse “Strangers to Ourselves” Epic A bit of a footnote, but still worth mentioning: “Strangers to Ourselves” is Modest Mouse’s first album without bassist and founding member Eric Judy. Bands swap members all the time, and very few bands are truly known for what the bassist brings to
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Posted March 18, 2015in Your Money
Paid for in the week of March 10 Amount: $289 To: A Team Apparel For: Swim team T-shirts Amount: $3,191.91 To: Academy Roofing & Sheet For: Roofing on Hoyt, McKee and Woodlawn buildings Amount: $447 To: Adventures in Social Drama For: Drama sessions Amount: $1,790 To: All For Kidz Inc.
Read More →Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “Look, dude… Yeah, you’re cute but that’s my thing. Got it? I don’t want any monkey business. I’ve got my eye on you!” -Dirk DeBolt Runners-up: “Amazingly, scientists discover that reactions from all higher animals at the thought of a Rand Paul
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Posted March 18, 2015in Food Dude
Once in a great while, a new type of restaurant changes the way people think about an entire cuisine. Less often, a new café elevates an entire neighborhood. Los Laureles has done both. It opened two decades ago now in a building constructed after the notorious adult theater 1536 had
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Posted March 18, 2015in Film Review
Is there an actor alive who has more undeserved goodwill than Liam Neeson? He certainly seems like a pleasant enough fellow in interviews and commercials, and this “I’m going to do action movies now” turn has been enjoyable enough. But when was the last time he actually made a good
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Posted March 18, 2015in News of the Weird
“This will be upsetting,” cautioned Justice Robert Graesser, addressing jurors in February in the Edmonton, Alberta, murder trial of Brad Barton. At issue was the cause of the victim’s having bled to death from her genitals, and the judge, ruling that jurors would benefit by inspecting the actual wound, admitted
Read More →Overtime Beerhouse, 4810 86th St. in Urbandale, has re-opened with a new brand and a different owner. Kristi Cobb is in charge. Previously Cobb ran the restaurant for her parents, who owned it before moving to Arizona and selling the business to Cindy Barnes-Stone last year. Seven months later, Cobb
Read More →Shania Twain has announced a Des Moines date for her “Rock This Country” tour. The country superstar will hit Wells Fargo Arena on Aug 6. Tickets went on sale March 13, so grab yours soon by hitting up the Wells Fargo box office, www.iowaeventscenter.com, or one of the remaining Dahl’s
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Posted March 11, 2015in Your Money
Paid for in the week of March 2 Amount: $116.65 To: Alibris For: Des Moines Public Library books Amount: $3,323.30 To: Jerico Services Inc. For: 4,975 gallons of liquid calcium chloride Amount: $4,712.49 To: Kimco Facility Services LLC For: Monthly janitorial services Amount: $287.22 To: Mail Services LLC For:
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