Posted June 19, 2013in Cover Story
Whiskey, bourbon, vodka, rum, tequila? Sure, no problem. I can tell Cityview readers all about them; I’ll just have to try them first. Don’t mind if I do. They picked the right lady for the job, too. Even if I wasn’t assigned to scout out area bars and fall in
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Posted June 12, 2013in Cover Story
Through no fault of his own, this is a story about Sammy. Sammy lived in the tiny town of Notasulga, Ala., for years. Every day he would cross the street from his house to the United States Post Office in town, where he’d spend the day roaming the grounds and
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Posted June 05, 2013in Cover Story
It’s no secret that the Greater Des Moines area has seen significant growth in recent years — dare we say, it’s even become cool. Forbes Magazine voted it the No. 1 city in America for young professionals in 2011, and we haven’t stopped gloating since in that ever-so-humble way that
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Posted May 29, 2013in Cover Story
I first visited the Register and Tribune building in 1941 or 1942, when I was 3 or 4 years old. My mother had put on her white gloves and hat and tailored suit to take me downtown on the Crocker Street streetcar, probably for a doctor’s appointment — in those
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Posted May 22, 2013in Cover Story
People in their truest state are more like animals than we’d like to admit. As we stir from our comatose winter slumber and crawl from our dark couch caves for an almost orgasmic post-hibernation stretch; and after we rub our sandy eyes so they may adjust to the bright and
Read More →The warmth of summer not only brings bonfires, grilling and sun-kissed skin but a strong desire to enjoy the outdoors. After a long Iowa winter, a “breath of fresh air” alone begs us to take it to the next level. Des Moines offers scores of festivals, food fairs and even
Read More →Who needs New York? Many of the Broadway hits and classics that grace the Vaudeville stages in the Big Apple include the Des Moines metro on the tour. You don’t have to be refined to appreciate a good theatrical production, and central Iowa offers a host of stages — both
Read More →Art is big business, yet no one ever talks about the “art industry.” That’s probably because artists like to believe their calling is anti-industrial, that they are the caretakers of beauty and nature in the post-modern world. Besides, industrialists often write artists off as mere children who never grow up.
Read More →Summer is here, which means a season of new blockbusters will be flooding the theaters. It’s time for all cinema fans to move away from the award-winning dramas of winter and look toward the action-packed, tanker-exploding, superhero-flying, mega-budget flicks that entertain and occasionally leave audiences with more then they anticipated.
Read More →Say what you will about spring being a time of rebirth, but there’s just something about summer that seems to breed creativity. Maybe it’s all the extra vitamin D from the sunlight, or maybe it’s just all the wispy sundresses, but summertime is a time for joy and a time
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