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 [...]
The First Official Iowa State Fair Meme-On-A-Stick!
I don’t know exactly why I love the State Fair… it’s always scorching hot, the food is bad for you, and it’s a lot of damn walking. But, it’s also one of the “1,000 Places to See Before You Die” according to travel author Patricia Schultz. And as a lifelong Iowan, I believe it’s quite [...]
2007 Wells Fargo World Food Festival
Here’s a news release from the Wells Fargo World Food Festival, outlining their needs for participating vendors, entertainers and sponsors.
The 2007 Wells Fargo World Food Festival, on October 5-7, 2007, in downtown Des Moines, will celebrate the rich cultural heritages in the State of Iowa through a wide variety of ethnic foods. The Festival, presented [...]
Monty Python’s SpamALot
The problem with going to the Civic Center these days is that everything is going to pale in comparison to The Lion King, which we saw last year. Once a show overtakes the boundaries of the stage and expands into the audience, any other show that does happen to be stage-bound is going to feel [...]
Indianola Bike Night: “Bike Down to I-Town!”
It’s been a busy weekend - rode down to Indianola for “bike night” on Friday, it was the largest crowd I’ve ever seen down there. The square and surrounding streets were all lined with bikes, down all sides and rows down the middle… hundreds (couple thousand?) people - wow!! - and some neat live bands, [...]
Curb-It Regatta deadline extended
Hey remember the Curb-It Regatta? The deadline for team entries has been extended to July 20! The MWA website has the details.
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Mustered in and conjured up
Every time we drive east on Euclid Avenue, on the bridge over the Des Moines River, we look down at the bike trail that winds along the river’s edge, expecting to see two tired Civil War veterans walking in tattered uniforms with their muskets. Why? Because one day a few years ago, my husband actually [...]
I-235 completion celebration - save the date!
In 1966, when I was four, my family purchased a home on Rollins Avenue just east of 63rd Street. I-235 was still under construction, and the home was a bargain because no one wanted to live across the street from the noise.
In fact, 235 ended at that time just past the 63rd Street bridge - [...]
Heritage Carousel celebrates 10th Anniversary
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Union Park Heritage Carousel this Sunday, July 15, from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Festivities include free carousel rides all day, and demonstrations of carousel figure molding and painting by Carousel Works of Mansfield, Ohio - the creators of Heritage Carousel!
For complete details visit www.heritagecarousel.org/.
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GoodGuys July 6-8
Here are some pictures from Day 1 of the Good Guys Heartland Nationals!
Webshots album
Update Day 2: It was really hot today - we didn’t do much walking around at the show, and I did even less picture-taking. I did add two shots to the end of the webshots album, one of our 1959 Ford just [...]
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