YEEOWW!! Injuries and news notes
I skinned my right knee! As an adult it’s easy to forget how much it hurts when you fall and rip the hide off your knee. I fell off my heeled boots onto cement while carrying a lawn chair on Sunday, sprained my left ankle and skinned my right knee. On Monday, I couldn’t even [...]
2007 Iowa State Fair visit: lots of “oooo’s and awwww’s”
Well the 2007 State Fair is coming to a close, and we managed to make our visit on one of the nicest possible days, weather-wise. We had a really nice time - we got there around 9 a.m., and the first part of our day was spent doing a semi-organized scavenger hunt as part of [...]
Updated! State Fair follow up
I’ve really enjoyed the photos of the State Fair Parade over on Downtown Des Moines Blog:
Here
Here
And here
And, a few folks have picked up the State Fair Meme-On-A-Stick (YOUR State Fair memories are welcome too!):
Andy over at Connecting in College
Brett at Beat Canvas
And Tim at Carpe Factum …
Update: A Couple More to Add:
Larry at Passing It [...]
Eliminate Walnut Transit Mall?
Josh asks whether the City of Des Moines should eliminate the Walnut St. Transit Mall and return that area to street-level retail.
My thought is no. With Younkers gone, there is no “anchor” in the area anymore. And, there is PLENTY of new retail space popping up all over downtown Des Moines - East Village, Court Ave., [...]
The Spirit of Des Moines Dinner boat will cruise again
Remember the Spirit of Des Moines? That’s the paddlewheel dinner boat that used to cruise the Des Moines River back in the early 1990’s. If you’ve lived here long enough, you might recall that the Spirit met an untimely end when a drunken woman untied it from its moorings one night and set it afloat. [...]
InPlay Des Moines disappoints
Update 2/6/2008:
I feel compelled to update this post. I’ve noticed I’ve received several visitors to my blog who seem to be searching for information on InPlay Des Moines, and the post that’s showing up on Google is this one, with the headline “InPlay Des Moines Disappoints.” But, although we did have one bad experience with [...]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
It’s August already! The sales tax holiday is over, as is the big garage sale at the White House on Penn Avenue. I’m not sure exactly how this all happened so quickly, but here we are nearing the end of another summer vacation! I’ve really enjoyed reading about everyone’s summer adventures, and thought it would [...]
City wants to make Des Moines streets better for bicyclists
An article in the Friday Register outlines Des Moines’ efforts to become designated as a “Bicycle Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists in 2008.
Generally speaking, a bike- friendly community is one where safety is paramount and where strong encouragement is given to bikers to participate in both commuter and recreational travel… Des Moines [...]
Animal Rescue League overloaded with out-of-area strays
We adopted our newest dog, Bugs, from the Animal Rescue League (ARL) about four years ago. At that time we were told he had been found wandering in Union County, so they had no information on him. He is a great dog, but we did think it was odd that he had come from so [...]
Broadlawns limb-loss prevention program should target diabetic veterans
Broadlawns Medical Center announced yesterday that it is opening an Amputation Prevention Center to reduce the number of lower limb amputations in the Greater Des Moines area and throughout the state of Iowa. Lee C. Rogers, D.P.M., a leading expert in surgical limb salvage, will head the new specialty center.The Center will offer both inpatient [...]
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