Monthly Archives: June 2008

One side effect of the new public smoking ban will be the proliferation of no smoking signs. State rules require them to be affixed just about everywhere, so everyone knows there where smoking isn’t allowed. We just received a memo … Continue reading →

Thursday’s column criticizing landlords and property managers who are raising rental rates just as flood-displaced people are looking for housing drew a lot of response. Nobody took the side of greedy landlords. Bob Elliot of Iowa City summed up the views of many writers: … Continue reading →

Sunday night I was lamenting to some flood-weary co-workers that I probably missed my chance to try the Flying Wienie, the iconic hot dog joint at the intersection of 8th Ave SW and 1st Street SW. You can’t miss it. … Continue reading →

Rumors that I and others have been hearing lately about the watery death of the Chrome Horse Saloon on 3rd Street SE have been greatly exaggerated, manager Mark Dukes declares on his blog: There are ton of rumors going around about … Continue reading →

I’ve had some e-mails lately from folks outside of CR wondering about the fate of Little Bohemia. Here’s a column I wrote on the bar published today: The very first beer I drank in this town as a newly minted … Continue reading →

Everything, according to this AP piece: Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without … Continue reading →

“Don’t Stare, Help” pretty much sums it up along 3rd Street SE in the flood ravaged New Bohemia neighborhood. Volunteers welcome. Gawkers, not so much.

It’s been tough to explain the flooding to my kids. But once my 6-year-old daughter Tess figured it out, and that kids like her were affected, she got to work. Last weekend, she picked out two boxes of toys she … Continue reading →