80/35: Day 2

80/35: Day 1

Last weekend was the 6th annual 80/35 music festival held in the Western Gateway of downtown Des Moines. If you're unfamiliar with 80/35, check out this scintillating blog post written by my boss at Raygun! This year's acts included David Byrne & St. Vincent, Wu-Tang Clan, Yeasayer, Wavves, Deerhunter, and Menomena, among a myriad of others. The festival started Friday at 5pm until about 12am, and then picked up again Saturday all day long. I didn't get to go during the day on Saturday because I was working, but I did get there in time to see Wu-Tang. All in all I had a great time, and I can't wait to see who they get for next year!

Terrible picture of Yeasayer.

Menomena

David Byrne & St. Vincent 

tell me i'm your national anthem

My 4th was pretty uneventful, for the most part. Apparently the city Des Moines only does fireworks on the 3rd of July, but since I thought there would be some on the actual holiday, I decided not to fight the hoards of families that were flooding into the East Village for Yankee Doodle Pops as I was getting off of work. I'm not too sad about it, though, since they shoot off fireworks after Friday night I-Cubs home games. Anyways, I spent most of the 4th in my apartment; sleeping in and watching daytime tv. In the evening I headed over to the Murillo apartments for a bbq. I ate 3 cheese hot dogs and played 3 games of ping pong, so it was a pretty good night.

awesome possum

Suzanne & her creation. 

my piñata haul 

eden

On Friday Eden celebrated their 10 year anniversary. 10 years in Des Moines' East Village! I can only imagine how much the E.V. has changed and grown over the past 10 years. I love the inside of Eden. I wish I could live in there, to be honest. Everything smells so good and looks so good. Congratulations on 10 years, Jen! Here's to 10 more!

meow meow

tank top: american eagle. bandeau: forever 21. harem pants: alternative apparel. sandals: bass from dsw.

nick nolte MUG shot: RAYGUN 

see you soon, jen

My good friend and coworker Jen and her husband Tim are embarking on a great adventure on Tuesday. They will be leaving Iowa and traveling throughout South America for a few months, and then they'll be off to England to put down some roots. Jen is an artist, a hippie, a cat lover, and an all around lovely person (among many other things), and I will miss her a lot! But I know she and Tim will have an amazing time traveling and saving the world, probably, and I'm excited to see where life takes them. Jen has a blog that she will be updating (when possible) while she's in South America, you can follow their journey too if you'd like :) Transmute and Twirl

Here are a few pictures from Jen and Tim's going away party, as well as Jen's last day at RAYGUN.

Lucy, John, and Blake did a great job streamering the place.

Most of the RAYGUN crew 

I made her sit on my lap for this picture. 

Suzanne's husband Keith just happened to stop by the store, & just happened to be wearing the same shirt as me.  We tried to make an American flag with Jen in the middle. 

The gals of Raygun, one last time :(