Des Moines date-in-a-box: Eastside Art
This is the first installment in a new series of Des Moines dates*. Each will include something to do/somewhere to eat and another fun element to make your evening with someone even more delightful....
View ArticleDes Moines date-in-a-box: Retro roadtrip
Time to don some Wayfarers and your favorite Hill Vintage dress, hop in the DeLorean (or, a hatchback will do) and head East! This date night brings the fun of the fifties to your backseat. Whether...
View ArticleTaking the trail: Waterpark fun
Last summer, Sophia introduced me to the suburban guilty pleasure that is the Cascade Falls Aquatic Center in Ankeny. It’s one of those places you might not think about going until you have kids/a...
View ArticleDes Moines date-in-a-box: Summer symphony sweetness
I’m back with another from my occasional “Des Moines Date-in-a-box” series with a special anniversary edition! This one is a treat for your tongue and ears. Tell your date you have plans Tuesday night!...
View ArticleDes Moines date-in-a-box: Equestrian edition
What woman doesn’t love horses? Their smell and velvety noses and the way they chomp sugar cubes from an outstretched palm. And who doesn’t secretly or not-so-secretly love a cowboy/girl? (If you’re...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: Mixology Night at SCI
Want to find out if you and your date have real chemistry? Nothing encourages couples to get physicsal (get it?) like a date to the Science Center of Iowa. Photo via Metromix Joe and I stopped into SCI...
View ArticleDes Moines-date-in-a-box: Historic Dinners at Living History Farms
For our first Christmas as a couple, Joe got me tickets to one of the Historic Dinners at Living History Farms. (He got to double dip a bit by scheduling the dinner near Valentine’s Day, too.) It will...
View ArticleRinging in 2013 with the Beatles
The plan for New Year’s Eve this year is to host a little dinner party for a group of friends (anyone have a favorite lasagna recipe?) and then all head down to the New Year’s Eve Pops at the Des...
View ArticleDes Moines day-date: Lunch Unplugged
I’m not a very good party-all-night person. I think I made it to 1 a.m. a couple of weeks ago, to see my friend Andy DJ at the Mews, thanks to Shirley Temples, his power pop playlist and a good crowd,...
View ArticleBreakfast of champions?
I convinced Joe to make pancakes for Friday night dinner (which we smothered with Nutella and a banana), so it didn’t seem that wrong to have a hot dog for breakfast at the Iowa Cubs open house this...
View ArticleFirst Friday in the East Village
Joe and I hung out last night (OK, yesterday evening) in the East Village for the first time in a looong time. We went down for the DSM Magazine unveiling at Salon Spa W, because I have the “Second...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: East Village Hipster edition
Driving downtown on Saturday night, Joe and I realized how long it’s been since we’ve been out – sans baby. I almost opened the sun roof and howled at the moon. Really, I checked my phone every five...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: Tarot for two
We needed to do something different. To get out of the sweatpants+Netflix rut of marriage in a Midwest winter. I wanted to check something off my “30 Before 30″ list, and my aunt had gifted us some...
View ArticleGuest post up on “CAUGHT”
The folks over at the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau asked me to contribute to their new blog, “Caught,” and I thought it would be a fun opportunity to revisit my days as a writer...
View ArticleMagic words of a happy marriage
I love a good roundup of cute Valentine gifts for your significant other (find some here, here, here and here), but this love-hyped week I’ve been reflecting on the 3.5 years of marriage Joe and I have...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: Temple Theater Day Date
I love a good Sunday afternoon date. Joe won tickets to see “Whirled New Tonight” at the Temple Theater through the Des Moines Performing Arts e-newsletter, and we were able to send Emmett to a...
View ArticleAn afternoon at Big Creek State Park
Joe and I celebrated our fifth (!!!) wedding anniversary this weekend, without any big plans. The weather was wonderful so while we sat sipping coffee on the porch we brainstormed a few ideas to spend...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: Strudl Haus
Ever since I’d heard about the Austrian restaurant Strudl Haus opening, I’ve wanted to try it. My tastebuds were craving the flavors we experienced on our Austrian honeymoon in 2010, and I’d heard it...
View ArticleAn evening on the town
Date nights are few and far between. It felt so, so good to enjoy a night out together. Joe got us tickets to see one of my favorite bands, The David Wax Museum, play the Temple Theater as a Christmas...
View ArticleDes Moines Dates: Noce Night
Joe and I found ourselves with three hours of kid-free, Saturday prime date-night time this weekend and I wanted to invest it somewhere a baby and toddler would not be welcome. I’ve been dying to check...
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