2/7/24, Butt Edition, Des Moines Food
Des Moines, have you had your butt checked lately?
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Love: Openings, Closings, Events, & News
Brambleberry Coffee is a new roaster.
The original and only remaining Fong’s Pizza is moving to the East Village.
Tasty Tacos at 86th and Hickman is probably open now.
Chain news
The Grimes Chipotle is likely open this week.
News
Cityview, with its ancient website, had interesting content for once! Trang is a doll, and I’m so excited to see her grow in this city with Eggroll Ladies.
I decided on the Shit I started but never finished option for my latest WTF Notebook!
Events
I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa is tomorrow. Had DEI training yoinked from your work? Feel like you don’t know how to help? You want to attend this. Afraid you’ll stick out like a sore thumb? Welcome to life as a person of color. “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background.” — Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
Chef Jacob Schroeder heads up A Gilded Soiree later this month.
If you use the right shipping, you can get either these personalized shortbread cookies or these adorable kissing mugs before Valentine’s Day! Personally, I’m getting the $15 pad Thai kit. Eventually.
The massive weekly events list from Reddit is here! It includes:
Some other funsies
Donuts: Glazing over Reality
This is not a trick of the eye. The glass for this mocktail at Chelsie’s Courtyard Diner is slanted. It fucked with my brain.
The bookmark is still up for grabs! The only guess so far was Heavenly, which was a good guess, but alas, not it. Put your guess in the comments!
I’d like you to know this was my least favorite meal. Also, say hi to Zippy.
It’s not like I had many pre-colonoscopy choices though. Hence, the name of this edition. In fact, by the time you read this, I’ll probably be in procedure.
Currently Reading
We finished The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.! It was delightful. A little slow in the middle, but many helpful hints and fun examples.
The tea is spilt below.