Category Archives: Iowa city
Jackson Pollack Mural visiting Des Moines Art Center
Jackson Pollack is not my favorite artist and I’ve already seen the famous mural from the University of Iowa’s collection. But I’ll be visiting the Des Moines Art Center when the mural makes a guest visit (starting tomorrow through July … Continue reading
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If your Megabus driver seems drunk, alas, he may be
Exactly a week after my son took the Megabus from Chicago to Iowa City comes news that a driver on that route was arrested for drunken driving. Scary. Especially since my college-age kids – and lots of other people’s kids … Continue reading
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see it here: that really cool card trick at U of Iowa’s Kinnick stadium last week!
We happened to be among the 70,000 football fans holding up cards to make this really cool card trick possible at the start of last Saturday’s game in Iowa City between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Northwestern Wildcats. Here’s what … Continue reading
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U of Iowa Hawkeyes Hecklers beware – I’ve got a number!
About those heckling Hawkeye football fans at Saturday night’s game: I bumped into a friend today who is an Iowa alum with seasons tickets to the Hawkeye games. She mentioned that there’s a number to call during the game to … Continue reading
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The downside of perfect seats at an Iowa Hawkeyes football game – a few obnoxious fans
I am NOT a huge football fan but having grown up near the home of the U of Michigan Wolverines, I still like going to the occasional college football game. So yesterday’s game between the University of Iowa and Northwestern … Continue reading
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Off to Iowa City – go Hawks!
Twice we have watched Iowa play Northwestern in football and twice Iowa has lost – so maybe this year (and tomorrow’s game in Iowa City) will be different? We’ll be watching with our son, who is a Northwestern student but … Continue reading
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Comic events at the University of Iowa’s Art Museum
To be honest, I really wasn’t paying attention to the renewed comic book craze until my cousin started writing a new comic book series called Severed, which debuted this year. The first issue quickly sold out at two Des Moines … Continue reading
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Collegebound road trip
We’re off to the University of Iowa tomorrow to move my daughter into the dorm and with any luck we’ll fit all her stuff in the car AND be able to see somewhat out of the rear view mirror…
More megabuses from Des Moines/Iowa City – just don’t mess it up!!
Bring it on! There will now be a Megabus from Des Moines to Omaha – and two additional D.M.-Chicago (via Iowa City) buses which is great news. My only concern is that Megabus can handle this expansion! Last time I … Continue reading
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Another good option for eating out in Iowa City
It’s always hard to choose a place to eat in Iowa City because there are so many good options. Now there’s another – Short’s Burger and Shine. It’s an upscale burger joint on Clinton St. right across from campus – … Continue reading
