By John Koblin 1/05/08 3:44pm

Allman Brothers Rock Out As Times Crashes Des Moines Reports

Yesterday’s Times report from Iowa was produced to an Allman Brothers soundtrack.

The newspaper’s bureau in Des Moines is a conference room on the third floor of a building which, in the large banquet room immediately through the wall, had booked Ron Paul’s fifth-place victory party.

Hillary-beat reporter Pat Healy said that “one second it’s Read More

By Staff 4/27/06 12:34pm

In Which I Reconsider Our Wedding Venue

LAURIE: So we’re at the White Eagle (scree) Conference Center, and I’m feeling less than psyched about the room that we’ve chosen to host our wedding reception. The ceilings are perilously low, the décor hurts my internal organs, and it doesn’t seem nearly big enough to hold as many guests as we expect will attend. Read More