Indulge

INDULGE: A Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate Affair

Indulge

Indulge yourself in this opportunity to sample (and purchase) some fabulous wines from around the world and pair each with artisan cheeses and chocolates. Enjoy live musical entertainment as you browse the galleries of West End Architectural Salvage. WHEN 5 – 9 pm Saturday, January 21, 2012 WHERE West End Architectural Salvage 22 9th Street [...]

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The Cherry Streeters 2011 – Part 2

The Cherry Streeters - Part 2

And now for the second half of the video footage we took at the first annual Cherry Street Market! We really hope you all can make it next year! Dustin Farrow, ModNerd Mark Chervenka, LOL Salvage Joe Carter, Carter Station Sheri Locke, Buyer’s Edge Wholesalers Brian Stevens, dsmPhotoCompany Jordana (“Jojo”), Rescued Junk Olde Good Stuff [...]

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Hollywood Halloween 2011!

Happy Halloween from West End!

Hollywood Halloween is the Des Moines Playhouse’s signature fundraising event, and Des Moines’ premier costume party. Proceeds benefit children’s theatre and education programs. This year’s event was held at West End and we most certainly had a blast helping out! See what’s coming up at the Des Moines Playhouse and find out where you can [...]

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The Cherry Streeters 2011 – Part 1

Cherry Streeters - Part 1

We had such great participation with our first Cherry Street Market that we had to split the video footage up into two parts. In part one, see the wares and hear from the following: Magic Threads The Rusty Pumpkin JB Knacker Weston Primitive Co. Kevin’s Antiques Plus, Bill Prouty Antiques, “Just Kim” and music from [...]

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“Reggie’s Place” Kids Book Signing

"Reggie's Place"

West End held the book signing for a new children’s book by Colleen Mullen Conrad, entitled “Reggie’s Place.” Read about the book, the yearly sleepout, and who Reggie was at: www.reggiesplacekidsbook.com -and- www.reggiessleepout.org Music provided by James Biehn: www.centraliowamusiclab.com

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Cherry Street Market Field Trip: Hal’s Place

Cherry Street Field Trip: Hal's Place

During the first annual Cherry Street Market, Hal and I ran across the street from West End to Hal’s condo to record additional video footage of the vendor area. And since it’s taking me a while to sort through all my video clips from last Saturday, I wanted to post this quick tour I captured [...]

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UPDATE! Vendors Announced for Cherry Street Market!

West End's Cherry Street Market

Cherry Street Market Coordinator, Joe Davis, issued a press release yesterday including the following event updates: Vendors outside at the event include The Rusty Pumpkin, Carter Station, Funky Finds, JB Knacker, Old Crow Antiques, Set in Stone, Junk Garden, Weston Primitive Co., The Boyd Girls, and Vintage No. 35. Inside West End, participants will be [...]

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The Gang in Texas!

Texas Road Trip

Hal took some great video of his time in Texas with Don, Joe and Laura. Below is a playlist of 6 of his videos. Just push play and follow along for a quick 15 minutes of this year’s Texas journey!

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Back From Texas!

Back From Texas

Don, Hal, Joe and Laura returned this week from selling a lot of our wares in Texas. So, one would expect an almost empty truck upon their arrival back at West End, right???

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The Damnwells and Friends Concert: 10/3/2011

The Damnwells

Beautiful music and an admiring crowd made for a great Monday evening. Thanks to The Damnwells and the two great musicians who played early on. I didn’t get any video of the first guy, Harper Blynn, and only a few quick shots of Carley Tanchon, but they both had fantastic voices! UPDATE: One of the [...]

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