If you’re like me, and grew up in the 90’s, you’re a big fan of the music from that era.  Well, good news, Principal Park (Sec Taylor) is going to host a great show in August.

I was glancing through the Register today and saw that they had write-ups on two of downtowns (well, one East Village) newest MUST SEE places.  The Grand Piano Bistro in the East Village and Azalea, which is in The Kirkwood.
Azalea
Grand Piano Bistro
Have you been to either of these places?  If you have share your experience [...]

 
As I noted last week, we’ve teamed up with the only realtor that has an office downtown.  Let me introduce you to Brett Fine, “Your Downtown Realtor.”
Brett’s office is opening soon on the second floor at the Kaleidoscope.  (that’s 655 Walnut).  He’s going to have a model of the city to showcase the locations of [...]

Starting June 1 I am going to be sending out a newsletter with more info, discounts, special events and other great stuff to the folks that would be interested.
Would you like to know about events I don’t publish on the site?  Do you want discounts and other perks that I can’t publish?  Do you want [...]

Featuring Renae!

When did you move downtown?

I moved downtown Des Moines in September of last year (2006).

 
Why did you decide to move downtown?
I moved to Des Moines from downtown Chicago.  After living downtown in Chicago, I knew that I wanted to continue to experience the downtown life.  Even though downtown life in Des Moines is very different than [...]

Is Downtown Des Moines Expensive?

One thing that is quite common in response to moving downtown–”it’s expensive.”  Well, is that response accurate?  Let’s take a little closer look.
If you remember from part one of this series, moving downtown is all about the lifestyle.  Choosing to leave the burbs for the city is all about the lifestyle [...]

Stay tuned, we’ll be very soon with part 2 of  our downtown living series, taking a look at whether or not the “downtown is expensive” talk is accurate or not.
And we’ll be telling you more about Brett Fine, your downtown realtor.

I had a reader send me a few pictures from their trips through open houses last weekend.  Here’s a few pictures from those open houses.
If you’re having an open house, email me josh@downtowndesmoinesblog.com to get it featured here–where people that want to live downtown are!

Lots of pictures below

by Jo Hill

Nollen Plaza seems to be the spot downtown to met.  Even if you aren’t in agreement or part of the event it is fun to see what is going on there, such as  Bull dog beauty contests, drum corp sessions, and races.  Also a good place for lunches at noon. 

More below

Memorial Day weekend seems to be trending away from the “Memorial” part and moving quickly toward the “3 day weekend party” part.  It’s great to get some time off, get some sun, and celebrate what a great place we live BUT—-

Seriously, Vanilla Ice is coming to town, what else could you possibly want?  He’s not [...]