January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
Boat shoes optional “We used to get boating magazines,” Des Moines Yacht Club co-owner Dirk DeBolt says. Admittedly, the name has caused some confusion outside the city of Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Washington, also has a Des Moines Yacht Club — but it is devoted to actual marine craft.
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in At Home With
Dickersons add tropical touches to house and yard While some of us may have a “home away from home,” Sherry and Scot Dickerson are striving for a “resort away from resort.” When not at Sandpearl Resort at Clearwater Beach, Florida — one of the Dickersons’ preferred vacation spots — the couple’s Clive home keeps
Read More →Or unhinged and unfit for office? This is the last Donald Trump item this column or CITVYIEW will publish. If you believe that, then you likely agree with Trump’s characterization of himself as a “very stable genius.” (Caveat: You are reading this at least a month after Trump’s VSG self-assessment.
Read More →Acclaimed American Rock Band to Perform on October 13, 2018 January 23 – Altoona, IA. REO Speedwagon fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the band perform. Due to artist illness, the REO Speedwagon concert scheduled for February 23, 2018, at Prairie Meadows has been rescheduled
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
There are dozens of places to go, things to do and events to see in the metro this season In these harsh winter months, it can be tempting to curl up at home and not leave, but then you would be missing out on a myriad of events. Flip through to check out some of
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
The 75th anniversary of America’s most beloved motion picture The motion picture “Casablanca” opened to American audiences 75 years ago, on Jan. 23, 1943. Since its release, it has arguably become the most enduring and beloved motion picture in American cinematic history. Its run time is a mere 102 minutes, but it offers all the characteristics that
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Someday food-loving people will remember 2017 as a year of discovery and gravitas in central Iowa. More things changed faster than in any year of my four decades covering the food scene here. The previous high-water mark was 1986 when Bruce Gerleman resurrected the Court Avenue district and transformed the hours that downtown was open for business. This
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Resembling the boy who killed his parents and then asked the court for leniency because he was an orphan, former legislator Kent Sorenson had asked the Federal Court of Appeals to reduce his 15-month sentence for political crimes connected to the 2012 presidential political campaign by giving him credit for
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Senator Joni Ernst, who has built a formidable friendship with New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, no doubt dodged a question as a politician she desperately wanted (or needed) to answer as a friend. Ernst, an Iowa Republican, was asked to comment by Huffington Post politics reporter Igor Bobic about President
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