i'm going to make it (after all)

                        At the end of June every year, Des Moines hosts a free art festival in the area surrounding the sculpture park dow...

I just have to give a shout-out to what I think is the coolest toy innovation for kids: foam puzzles. In all fairness, we actually only have...

                        The only playgrounds within walking distance from our home are at schools. Although people have told me it's ...

There's a Greek Orthodox Church in our neighborhood in Des Moines, and they host a Greek Food Fair during the first weekend in June ev...

Just a few miles south of our home are two great parks in Des Moines, Grey's Lake and Water Works Park. They're connected by trails,...

We moved to Des Moines last spring in March. A few weeks later, on May 1, the doorbell rang. I was by the door and opened it right away. Out...