May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
A Windsor Heights neighborhood bar Friday nights at the Ridgemont aren’t necessarily fast, but the drinks poured during happy hour go down quickly. The bar, named after the coming-of-age teen movie, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” is tucked away in Sherwood Forest, a seasoned Windsor Heights strip mall located off
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Johnny Mathis a classic act The Who, Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond and Johnny Mathis all have something in common — they’ve toured for 50 years. Johnny Mathis, 82, surpasses that by a decade. He’s in his 62nd year of touring and brings his “Voice of Romance” tour to the Des
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Couch Surfing
The traveling artist Meet Melinda Hoffman, an artist from San Diego, California, who travels the world selling her art at shows. She has developed a network of folks who she has met through social media that allows her to live like a local in every city she tours. She came
Read More →Antidotes to Trump (and Reynolds) If you seek respite from the madness and despair inflicted by Donald Trump, you’re fortunate to have two “safe houses” within a few hours of Des Moines. One is 125 miles east of town, in West Branch, and is called the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum; the
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Tech Talk
And, passively, it’s all your fault. Ninety-five percent of the world has no idea how the Internet works. Security breaches, data leaks, identity theft — these are life-altering events that the Internet has inflicted on millions of people (probably billions at this point). So why did every media outlet cover
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
One small step for man and one man’s mission to touch history Most people know Paul Revere for his famous late-night horse ride while proclaiming, “The British are coming! The British are coming!” Fewer people are aware that when Revere wasn’t saving the nation from tyranny, the American hero earned
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