A  little birdie told me that we will be announcing a new partnership shortly…….
I will say this is a project that I am very excited to help succeed!

Remember this article? Well, the Des Moines Register has finally made mention of KC BBQ’s burnt ends sandwich.

Q. What have been your best sellers?
A. “Our burnt ends sandwich has really caught on. It’s brisket that’s smoked two different times, so it’s in the smoker for about 20 hours. It’s got a potent smoky [...]

I got an email this week from the founders of the Des Moines Wedding Association and they told me this:
We got hooked to this blog, and found downtown Des Moines too hard to resist.  So we made arrangements, moved our office, and ourselves downtown!!
We love it and we’re so excited about what we’ve done.  With [...]

In what may seem like a blast from the past, here is part 4 of the ongoing series detailing what people that live downtown love about it.
This time we asked “What is your favorite yearly event.”

So there’s a proposal to get rid of the buses, and eliminate the Walnut Street transit mall.� That space would then be replaced by street level retail (shopping), and green space to enhance the downtown neighborhood…..
Here’s a link to the story.
So the question is, what the heck are they waiting on?� The only part [...]

This site is a labor of love, and something that we pride ourselves in sharing. It was started because of the absolute lack of information that was available earlier this year. We’d like to think because of us sites have been improved, we’ve been imitated [update: guess our friends couldn't draw enough traffic [...]

Here’s the first entry into our very first creepy picture contest. There are a few rules you must follow.

Picture must be taken in either downtown, the East Village or Sherman Hill.
Nothing vulgar will be allowed.

Those are the rules. The prize? We’ll figure that out later!
On to entry one, taken on the 17th [...]

If you like fireworks (and who doesn’t?), one big perk to living downtown is the front row seat you have to watch them.
If you happen to call Brown Camp home, then you really, really know what I mean. So for your viewing pleasure, here’s some pictures from Friday night. These were taken from [...]

I had no idea this was possible, but I was informed this week that 3 people went to High Life Lounge and had a burger meal for dinner, and the total was less than $10! Who knew?!?
Which got me thinking, where else is this possible? I could think of Uncle Wendell’s, but you [...]

Looking for something to do on Thursday nights? Check out the Simon Estes Amplitheater at Embassy Suits for a fun concert series. Here’s some pictures from this week, which featured the Josh Davis Band.