Video series work has begun…

Work has finally begun on the Doing Des Moines video series. I started podcasting back in August 2005, and in 2007 I had plans to add a new video podcast focusing on things going on here. Other shows took priority (including one I was being paid to do by a Toyota marketing firm) so Doing Des Moines never happened.

Maybe this time it will. Work has at least begun on ideas for the video intro/outro and theme song. You can see the very rough prototypes over at the new Doing Des Moines YouTube channel:

Doing Des Moines rough intro/outro version 2

I will be adding a form for folks to send in suggestions of places I should interview. Until then, leave a comment here or find me on the DDM Facebook Page.

Blank Park Zoo Night Eyes 2023 (video)

Here is a short video I posted to my Des Moines Haunted House site. It covers a visit to the Blank Park Zoo’s Night Eyes event. The Doing Des Moines video show will be doing similar videos covering locally-owned businesses. If you know of someone who might want to be part of a brief (5 minutes or less) interview, please let me know.

Blank Park Zoo Night Eyes 2023

Living History Farms Family Halloween 2023 (video)

Here is a short video I posted to my Des Moines Haunted House site. It covers a visit to the Living History Farms Family Halloween event. The Doing Des Moines video show will be doing similar videos covering locally-owned businesses. If you know of someone who might want to be part of a brief (5 minutes or less) interview, please let me know.

Living History Farms Family Halloween 2023

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Ringing the Liberty Bell in Des Moines

Yes, there is a replica of the Liberty Bell in Des Moines … and if you dare, you can even ring it. And it’s LOUD!

  
A few places around America have replicas like this…

  
Even Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has one in their Liberty Square section of the theme park, but getting to see one in downtown Des Moines takes less gas than a great American road trip to Florida.

Des Moines not great for biking?

An article published by the Des Moines Register this weekend says that Iowa has slipped a few places in the “bike friendly states” ranking. Considering the vast amount of bikes seen daily, endless biking groups and events, and many bike shops, one can only wonder what the top bike states must be link.

It is a good read:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2015/08/29/iowa-des-moines-slipping-bike-friendly-trend/32286821/

Des Moines’ Statue of Liberty

Yes, just like Roadside America states, there is a miniature Statue of Liberty in Des Moines near the Capitol.

Why? Because the Boy Scouts of America made it happen in 1950.IMG_9294

There are quite a few interesting things around the Capitol, though a miniature Statue of Liberty is probably the most surprising…