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Love Continues To Ferment At The Poverty Bay Wine Festival

Love Continues To Ferment At The Poverty Bay Wine Festival

by Janet Grella Love continues to ferment at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival this year, in at least two separate instances: 1. Three years to the day that Sales Rep Dominic Calandri (pictured, left) met... [Read more]

Time Capsule, Masonic Mysteries Abound On Final Day Of Poverty Bay Wine Fest

Time Capsule, Masonic Mysteries Abound On Final Day Of Poverty Bay Wine Fest

by Scott Schaefer Sunday (Mar. 7th) was the final day of the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, a fundraiser for the Des Moines Rotary Club at the historic Landmark Event Center in Des Moines. There are dozens... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: GGC Embroidery, aka Grams Gift Closet!

Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: GGC Embroidery, aka Grams Gift Closet!

New Waterland Blog Advertiser GGC Embroidery–Grams Gift Closet–is on a mission; that is “to provide small businesses in the area the opportunity to brand and logo in the same manner as a mid to... [Read more]

Local Businessman Has Family Ties To Chilean Earthquake Disaster

Local Businessman Has Family Ties To Chilean Earthquake Disaster

by Ralph Nichols Sixty-four hundred miles – the distance from Sea-Tac International Airport to Santiago, Chile – is a long way. It’s a lot farther still if you’re here and have immediate family... [Read more]

PHOTO: Poverty Bay Wine Fest Attendees’ Unique Wine Tasting Tray

PHOTO: Poverty Bay Wine Fest Attendees’ Unique Wine Tasting Tray

We’re “blogging live” from the Poverty Bay Wine Festival at the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines, where we’re hanging out at our table near the main room, talking with visitors... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From Poverty Bay Wine Festival’s Opening Night Gala

PHOTOS: Scenes From Poverty Bay Wine Festival’s Opening Night Gala

Friday night (Mar. 5th) was the opening “A Night in the Vineyard” gala party for this weekend’s Poverty Bay Wine Festival, which continues all weekend at the Landmark Event Center in... [Read more]

Des Moines Police Urge Residents To “BE READY!”

Des Moines Police Urge Residents To “BE READY!”

Our friends at the Des Moines Police Department want our Readers to know the following about emergency preparedness: If you have turned on a television, picked up a newspaper or surfed the internet recently,... [Read more]

Sponsored Post This Week’s Prudential NW Open House: Extremely Clean 3-Bedroom Rambler

This Week’s Prudential NW Open House: Extremely Clean 3-Bedroom Rambler

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s featured Open House for this week is an “extremely clean 3 bedroom, 2 full (all new) bath rambler” located near the beach in Hurstwood... [Read more]

   
Des Moines Police Blotter: Burglar Leaves Shoe Behind, Gangsta Pleads “Guilty”

Des Moines Police Blotter: Burglar Leaves Shoe Behind, Gangsta Pleads “Guilty”

Our very Des Moines Police Department’s Police Blotter continues, with fresh, local crime news information fed to us directly from our good friends at the DMPD. This week’s crimes include... [Read more]

REMINDER: Poverty Bay Wine Festival Starts Tonight At Landmark Event Center

REMINDER: Poverty Bay Wine Festival Starts Tonight At Landmark Event Center

REMINDER: The 6th Annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival kicks off tonight (Friday, March 5th) with a black-tie “A Night in the Vineyard” gala party starting at 7:30pmat the Landmark Event Center... [Read more]

FEEL GOOD FRIDAY: Throwing Rocks At Beehives Makes A Man A Boy Again

FEEL GOOD FRIDAY: Throwing Rocks At Beehives Makes A Man A Boy Again

by Dave Markwell Feel Good Friday is Buzzing!!!! Last summer, my five year-old daughter, Helena, and I went for a walk with our dogs down to the Beach Park in Des Moines. It was a little misty and cool,... [Read more]

“Rec ‘N Roll” Launches New Era Of Communication For City Parks Dept.

“Rec ‘N Roll” Launches New Era Of Communication For City Parks Dept.

Des Moines Parks, Recreation and Senior Services entered a new era of communication on March 2nd with the launch of the ‘Rec ‘n Roll’ marketing campaign, which includes a new monthly electronic... [Read more]

KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Spring Concert Is March 19th

KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Spring Concert Is March 19th

Local singers in KidSounds, YouthSounds and TeenSounds will be taking the stage at the Highline Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 19th at 7pm for “A 20th Century Celebration” concert. These... [Read more]

Highline Community College Receives $250K To Boost Job Training

Highline Community College Receives $250K To Boost Job Training

On Thursday (Mar. 4), Highline Community College’s Center of Excellence for International Trade, Transportation and Logistics (ITTL) announced that it had received $250,000 to provide additional job... [Read more]

After A “Soft Opening,” All Star Sports Bar Is Now Open For Business

After A “Soft Opening,” All Star Sports Bar Is Now Open For Business

We just got off the phone with All-Star Sports Bar Operations Manager Joe Potts, who announced that they held a “soft opening” on Wednesday night (Mar. 3), and are now officially “open... [Read more]

Crawl Before You Run At The “Cove To Clover Pub Crawl” On March 12th

Crawl Before You Run At The “Cove To Clover Pub Crawl” On March 12th

From our sister site The B-Town Blog comes this update on the upcoming “Cove to Clover” Pub Crawl, which will benefit the Highline Area Food Bank: What better way to prepare for the March... [Read more]

   
High School Students Invited To Create Art For Congressional Art Competition

High School Students Invited To Create Art For Congressional Art Competition

Every year, Members of Congress are allowed to display one piece of artwork by a high school student from their district in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Congressman Adam Smith, who represents Washington’s... [Read more]

PHOTOS & REVIEW: First Impressions Of Barnacles At Des Moines

PHOTOS & REVIEW: First Impressions Of Barnacles At Des Moines

Story and Photos by Michael Brunk As of Monday, March 1st, hungry folks in the city of Des Moines now have a new option to satisfy their culinary cravings. Barnacles Restaurant & Bar – located in... [Read more]

Des Moines Police Blotter: Robbery 1st Degree, Arrests Of Car Thief & Burglars

Des Moines Police Blotter: Robbery 1st Degree, Arrests Of Car Thief & Burglars

We’re proud to introduce our latest regular feature here at The Waterland Blog – our very Des Moines Police Department’s Police Blotter, with fresh, local crime news content fed to us directly... [Read more]

Scrapbooking Workshop At Des Moines United Methodist Church Saturday

Scrapbooking Workshop At Des Moines United Methodist Church Saturday

Des Moines United Methodist Church will be holding a full-day “Scrap into Spring” Scrapbooking Workshop on Saturday, March 6th, from 8am to 5pm at their campus at 22225 9th Ave South. Cost... [Read more]

Emerald City Smoothie’s Normandy Park Store Closes

Emerald City Smoothie’s Normandy Park Store Closes

On Monday (March 1st) we received an email from Janel Stoneback, announcing that her Emerald City Smoothie store located at the Normandy Park Towne Center had shut its doors. This store, located at 19803... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Another Reason To Attend Poverty Bay Wine Fest: MINI Coopers On Sunday!

Another Reason To Attend Poverty Bay Wine Fest: MINI Coopers On Sunday!

Here’s another great reason to attend the upcoming Poverty Bay Wine Festival this coming weekend – a parade of MINI Coopers will end up at the Landmark Event Center on Sunday, March 7th sometime... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Another Reason To Attend Poverty Bay Wine Fest: Win A 9-Liter Bottle Of Wine!

Another Reason To Attend Poverty Bay Wine Fest: Win A 9-Liter Bottle Of Wine!

A very unique 9-liter bottle of Five Star Cellars 2006 Cabernet Savignon will be raffled off at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival next weekend (Saturday, March 6th & Sunday, March 7th) at the historic... [Read more]

“Tsunami Advisory” Issued For Washington; Will It Hit Des Moines?

“Tsunami Advisory” Issued For Washington; Will It Hit Des Moines?

We’re pretty sure that the last time a tsunami hit the northwest coast of the U.S. was in 1964, shortly after a major earthquake struck Alaska; far as we know, it damaged some places on the Oregon... [Read more]

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