-
Video: Prairie Paradise
Prairie Paradise from Patrick Gannon on Vimeo.
-
Saturday work
-
IOWA STATE HAIR
Hey! Winterset shout-out!
-
BUTTER BELIEVE IT
-
Fresh, hip and happening Des Moines – KansasCity.com
On the map, Des Moines, Iowa, is a middling metro area in the middle of a vast inland ocean of corn. Corn as far as the car can drive. But in the city’s East Village, life is strangely uncornlike. A walkable warren, quirky and fun, snuggles below Iowa’s monumental, gold-domed Capitol. via Fresh, hip and […]
-
river of monks | gregfallis.com
Interesting…Des Moines as “the Monks” never quite settled with me. I look forward to learning more about this alternative explanation: But there’s more. One of the first people to call the river by its European name was the French Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. He’d encountered natives of the Peoria tribe at the confluence […]
-
Do Local Businesses Deserve Your Money?
“LOCAL” DOES NOT EQUAL “GOOD.” Local equals local. For instance, there are many coffee shops around. One of the local coffee shops invariably has a huge line, and locals know to go there only if you have some extra time. The coffee is good, but not amazing. Are they extra kind there? No. Do they […]
-
Eat Play Love Des Moines!: A little bit of El Salvador, big taste!
Wow! I’m sad it took us so long to discover this place. It isn’t much from the outside, but there is a small parking lot that will fit 10-12 cars that is well-lit. They have the inside decorated with souvenirs from El Salvador and it really is interesting to look at. Don’t get me wrong, […]
-
10 or so questions from Ben Gran: Interview with Mike Draper, RAYGUN
Everywhere is what you make of it. Des Moines has great stuff that would be cool anywhere. RAYGUN would be cool in any city. I will put our humor and style up against anyone in the country. Gong Fu Tea would be cool in any city. Same for Eden, for Seed, for Domestica, for Ichi […]
-
The Next Workplace Revolution – Jobs & Economy – The Atlantic Cities
It remains to be seen whether the mobile workforce trend will really have a transforming impact on office real estate. But for this piece of the rapidly changing workplace scenario, we are once again back to the future: cities re-imagining, reinventing, and re-using their assets. via The Next Workplace Revolution – Jobs & Economy – […]