by Jo Hill

If you are looking for something new to do next week, you might want to check out the Downtown Art Center.

If you have always wanted to go to an opening party for an Art Show–this is your chance. Thursday, Aug 25, 2007, between 6:00-8:00, is the Grand Opening [...]

by Jo Hill

The first annual Antique and Collectible show or sale at Brenton Plaza Skating Plaza was last Saturday. My friend and I went to see how it was going. I wasn’t expecting to see a giant fish sitting outside the blue building, that was a little strange.

As is often the case with [...]

by Jo Hill

One of the next buildings must be historic as it is being remodeled, according to one of the sign in front. This one has lots of groups working on it. This one has a lot on detail on it that will be kept.

 
Heading back East a new building is going up [...]

by Jo Hill

I was wondering if anyone has looked at the building on Locust recently. From the Library East there is so much construction and rebuilding. I was amazed.

The street West of the Library is all torn up making our beautiful library look almost like it is sitting next to a sandpile. [...]

by Jo Hill

After months of nothing happening, are they starting work on the Asian Garden again?

By Jo Hill

I love the walk to Gray’s Lake, but today I decided to walk to the Botanical Center. Even with the heat and dry weather the flowers outside are beautiful. There is always so much to see and more inside, but today, I walked past the gardens and continued my walk [...]

by Jo Hill

 
I’m wondering how other people liked the Fest? We went early in the day and there were not many people there and the music had not started just. Maybe, if we had gone later, we would have had a better time. As I told you, we wanted to try a [...]

By Jo Hill

Well, we went back to the Historical Building, but this time we decided to visit the Genealogical Department.

Anyone interested in Family history will enjoy a trip there. As we looked for information on our families we looked around and saw several people working there. One was doing research on Iowa Senates, [...]

By Jo Hill

What? A small business in downtown Des Moines for a hundred years? And in the small location for about sixty years? With all the new businesses and places being being redone and rebuilt, I hadn’t thought any restaurant had been around that long, but King Ying Low has. It was started in 1907, [...]

by Jo Hill

The Art festival was a big success. My family and I joined the masses at Gateway Park to view the Art. What we found was a carnival atmosphere. There was music playing on several stages, and food venders. Can we do anything in Iowa without kettle corn and bbq? [...]