Think you’re funny?
Send us you’re best caption… Email to celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “The Easter Bunny pondering life’s most difficult question of how bunnies [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in What the?
Posted April 06, 2016in Belly Up To..., Cover Story
Granite City puts new spin on Sunday brunch
Granite City has been a staple restaurant and brewery in Clive for 15 years, especially as the spot for one of the best brunches in Des Moines. In those 15 [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Featured Story, Food Dude
Kue’d jumps to front the queue
From nowhere, Des Moines became a solid barbecue town in the last two decades. Beginning with Flying Mango’s opening in 1997, central Iowa and barbecue initiated a sudden love affair. [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Featured Story, Perfect Pairings
Set the tone with the right wine
As I peer into my backyard, a shade of green catches my eye. Among the unraked leaves are small clusters of chives reaching for the sun. It is the [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Center Stage, Featured Story
Silence and song
Few community theaters would take the risk Tallgrass has in “Children of a Lesser God.” The 1986 movie made a star of Marlee Matlin, the first deaf actor to [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in On The Tube
Are you experienced?
“The Girlfriend Experience” takes sex seriously; “Dice” rolls snake eyes. “The Girlfriend Experience” Sunday, April 10 (Starz) Series Debut: No Starz series has ever arrived with as much critic-melting pageantry [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Film Review
Oh, Lord
It’s not a historical revelation to say that Christians have had a good run. Sure, things were hairy for Christ’s followers back when the date was still in triple [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Book Review
‘The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain’
The American in Britain has written another book, this time a further exploration of his much loved adopted country, which was the subject of a prior book, “Notes from [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Tech Talk
Don’t get up; it’s just the iPhone SE
Usually around early spring and early fall, technophiles start brimming with excitement. If the seasons are about to change, you can safely bet your house that the big manufacturers [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Featured Story, Joe's Neighborhood
Tulips and candles
Temperatures continue to drop this day in late March. It is now below freezing, and the drizzly rain has turned sharp with just an edge of ice. The grey [...]
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