Posted March 03, 2021in Lunch With...
Joe Logsdon is owner of the French-style bakery and café La Mie. He is part of a local restaurant family that also includes his brother Steve (Lucca) and nephew Andy (Basil Prosperi). I asked him to lunch recently, and he picked La Mie since he was working that day. We
Read More →COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN POLK COUNTY FROM DEC. 30, 2020, THROUGH FEB. 4, 2021. 2544 HUBBELL AVE., DES MOINES SALE DATE: DEC. 30, 2020 SALE PRICE: $1,200,000 SELLER: PENTA PARTNERS LLC BUYER: DRB LAND 1, LLC SQUARE FEET: 15,983 ACRES: 3.325 7113 HICKMAN ROAD, URBANDALE SALE DATE: DEC. 30,
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Posted March 03, 2021in People & Pets
At coffee shops around Des Moines, meetings take place, deals are sealed with a handshake and friends meet for conversation. At Coffee Cats, things are purrfectly different. After ordering coffee, wander next door into the cat lounge, where you sip your java while a cat sits contentedly on your lap.
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Posted March 03, 2021in Collections & Hobbies
Jackpot. Mushroom hunting has been a passion for Steve Roberts since a young age, but in May of 2019, he and a friend hit the motherload. Combined, the duo bagged 47 pounds in one day. That’s a lot, according to Roberts, who has been prowling central Iowa’s countryside since he
Read More →The Chevrolet pickup truck debuted more than a century ago, and it was also one of the first vehicles I grew up with on the farm. My dad owned more than 30 Chevys in his lifetime — most of them pickup trucks. And it only seemed fitting that he took
Read More →“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” March 19 Disclaimer: This film sounds too crazy not to mention, but the March release date is up in the air as of this writing. So you may need to wait a bit longer. In “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage will
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Posted March 03, 2021in Art News
If you love the circus, you should have a good time at “The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art,” the first survey and major scholarly assessment of the artist’s 37-year career. Organized by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, the exhibition includes some 45 of Schaechter’s
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Posted March 03, 2021in Belly Up To...
When seeking out a bar for Belly Up, I was intrigued with the name of the bar, the Warehouse Pub. Was this warehouse similar to big box stores that are loaded with gigantic bags of pretzels or oversized boxes of cereal? Nope. But that’s OK. The Warehouse Pub is a
Read More →“I’m a dedicated and fun-loving mom,” beams Jennifer Glissman, 32. But then she pauses and steadies herself as her smile fades. Life hasn’t always allowed her to like who she is. “I was abused as a child,” she explains. “I was fed alcohol and drugs starting as an 8-year-old.” At
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