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A West Des Moines resident proposed to his girlfriend amid a flash mob of more than 100 people this New Year’s Eve, and the footage is pretty adorable. Groom-to-be Sean Ratliff incorporated dancers from Becky Nalevanko’s Dance and Tumbling studio along with choreography by his friend Carlton Oglesby, KCCI reports. With the help of his […]
Video game aficionados take note: You’ll soon have a new place to buy and trade games in downtown Iowa City. Game Geeks opens Friday at 5 p.m. in the Hall Mall (114 1/2 East College Street, above TCB Pool Hall), and they’ve planned a full night of gaming goodness in celebration of their new digs. […]
The Big Ten and SEC collide this Wednesday as the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the LSU Tigers in the 28th annual Outback Bowl. Today, however, is not that day. For today is Beach Day, as hordes of Hawkeye and LSU fans invade Clearwater Beach, Florida for a massive pep rally, of sorts. Check out some […]
Just in time for the holidays comes a splendorous Tweet from Iowa state representative Jason Schultz who, In 140 characters or less, manages to compare… […]
“This is the interview I never expected to give,” Dr. Star says at a table in a busy cafe. He is bundled for the cold in earth tones drinking coffee. Dr. Star is a Little Village… […]
Let’s be honest: When we think of the holiday season, it’s not exactly the sexiest time of year. Family, too much rich food, “O Christmas Tree” on an endless loop, shopping crowds, snow and ice and early sunset, endless travel: It’s exhausting and stressful. Here are some tips to keep your holidays as sensual and […]
Season’s Greetings dear friends! It looks like it’s “that time of the month” for Little Village — the time for Pro-Tips with Wayne Diamante! My goodness there’s… […]
Sundays blow gentler breezes around the taxi shack, the pace slow and steady, our money for easy work. People don’t much fuck around on Sundays, like it’s a rule. With his back to me, Captain Jerry Nicodemus mans the dispatch helm as if bent to an organ. At his left, our two main phone lines […]
In Iowa City, there are a few traditions we cling to: Our weekends start on Thursdays, our holiday gifts are handmade, our bartenders have advanced degrees, and every August, in sweltering heat as the confused parents of undergrads look on … we move. But the annual rites of sweltering summer house-swaps begin several months before, […]
Trent Ryan is a Hawkeye basketball fan; self described as a chubby-faced blogger who eats Hy-Vee Chinese by the truckload. The English major writes about his love for the Hawks, among other things Iowa at Flyover Sports. Three days ago, Ryan was using the platform to sell his well-received ‘Fran Face’ shirt, which went viral […]
On Nov. 5, several U.S. cities voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana: Lansing, Jackson and Ferndale, Mich. and Portland, Maine. Lansing mayor Virg Bernero backed the measure there, which received 62 percent of the vote, saying the “public is far ahead of politicians on this issue,” and in Portland, 69 percent of voters approved […]
As autumn segues to winter, my seasonal spice shifts, too. Since September, it’s been all about nutmeg for me, the one essential ingredient to my apple crisp (aside from Wilson’s Orchard apples, of course). But as Thanksgiving passes to Yuletide, nutmeg yields to cardamon. Oh sure, I’ll still sprinkle a little nutmeg on the old […]
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