Adore Your Walls is a Des Moines-based company that's mission is to help people find the right art for their home. Cool concept, right? This week they were featured on Design*Sponge!
Read MoreRecently I took off a night from work and drove out to West Des Moines to attend a really unique event.
Read MoreAs Des Moines experiences tremendous growth, my eyes tend to wander behind the scenes, in search of those who are working to facilitate the growth. Amedeo Rossi is one of those people. I talked with him last year and have been sitting on this interview for awhile, but it feels like a good time to post it with the music festivals coming up this summer.
Ameodeo runs Vaudeville Mews and the Lift, helped found Des Moines Music Coalition, and was also one of the organizers of 80/35 Music Festival. I left our meeting feeling inspired and I think you'll leave this article feeling inspired, too.
Read MoreThere's been quite a few local blogs popping up over the last couple of months. I thought I'd do a little rundown of the ones I think are worth checking out.
Read MoreTwo years ago, I featured Emily Lang and Kristopher Rollins of RunDSM here on the site. They couple teaches here in Des Moines and uses spoken word/poetry to give students a voice and a platform. You can read that feature by clicking here.
Over the last few months, I've heard from quite a few readers about how much their story impacted them, so I decided to check in and see how things are going. This time around I was even able to talk with some of their students.
Special thanks to Jami Milne for allowing me to use her portraits.
Read MoreOne of my favorite experiences last year was attending Hinterland Music Festival out in St. Charles, Iowa. I'll never forget laying underneath the stars and listening to Ray LaMontagne serenade me and my friends. It was pure magic, folks.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we featured Jami Milne here on the site. She recently returned from a trip to Paris and Shop Preservation published a photo essay about the trip. I think it's beautiful! Read it all here.
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