Brian Regan Coming To Hoyt Sherman

Big show alert. Brian Regan is coming to Hoyt Sherman on November 18. He’s hilarious, and he’s clean–which is quite rare in comedy.
If you’re unfamiliar here’s a few video clips of him. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ogZo9YreQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8kThoZpF_U

He’s coming on November 18 at 7:30pm. It’s a Sunday night, so don’t tell me you’re schedule is packed…..
If [...]

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What Does A Buyers Market Look Like?

Many people wonder what kind of market we are in. It’s a question I hear a lot. How’s the market, how are things doing, what’s going on? These types of questions are very typical of people that know the market has changed and are interested in buying.
So how is the downtown Des [...]

Filed under: buzz, coming soon, housing review, living downtown, spotlight des moines

Brownstones On Grand Discounted More Than $80,000

Most people know that when a property isn’t moving many times a great way to jump start sales is to lower prices. When you get into new construction, especially in places where most units compare to each other, the last move people want to make is lower prices.
There are two major reasons for this. [...]

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418 Liberty Suite 803 For Sale

Live closer to the center at 418 Liberty! Executive luxury condos w/high ceilings offering unique quality construction with the urban sensibility of a high rise. 10 yr. full tax abatement, highest soundproof rating, additional lower level storage available for bikes,
kayaks, furniture, etc…, onsite full FX gym, tanning & Juice Bar w/1st yr membership free, premium [...]

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Trina Braafhart Is One Of Downtown Des Moines Best Assets

Trina Braafhart is one of downtown Des Moines best assets. If you’ve been around here much you know that she was previously with The Kirkwood and had amazing success there. She was so good, in fact, that when Gateway Lofts were searching for a property manager they had one in mind, Trina. [...]

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Wednesday Video Let’s Dance!!

A few things stand out to this video. Number one, drinking too much in public may lead to humiliation later and number two, who cares when you’re having this much fun?
Here’s the comments on the video by the person that posted it.
Some of my friends were enjoying our little outing to Court Ave here [...]

Filed under: court ave, mid-week vids

Downtown Des Moines Has A Hater

A little bit different something here for you. In a recent comment in which our #1 Hater proclaimed that he was the only thing on this site worth reading I challenged him to submit an article. Never in a million years did I think that I’d have an email show up asking for a [...]

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More Pictures From Last Weekend

I received a few pictures in my email today that really show the scope of how many people participated in the big race/walk for the cure this weekend downtown.  I thought I’d share them with you.
Enjoy, and a big thumbs up to all who participated or donated to such a great cause.

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Dos Rios Opens

Also missed in the shuffle of this busy weekend that just past was the opening of downtown Des Moines’ newest restaurant. The place is called Dos Rios, and you can find it right by Spaghetti Works on Court Ave.
I’d like to add the new construction looks great! This place is a very nice [...]

Filed under: court ave, des moines register, dos rios, eating, restaurants

418 Liberty 5 Questions

If you missed part one of my interview with T….Your Downtown Gal (Tina Johnson) then be sure to catch up on what was said. Here is part two of my interview with her, which was all about her listing, 418 Liberty. If you haven’t yet seen 418 Liberty, what are you waiting for? [...]

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