Susan and Margaret's cousins are Louise and Irene of the Kipping family. Susan and Margaret's dad and their mother were siblings.
So we drove about a half hour to Ankeny, a burg north of Des Moines and had a nice festive soup lunch at Irene's house. The girls all chatted and had a nice reunion while I kind of dozed in a big leather chair and offered occasional unwelcome comments.
We returned to Des Moines and checked out an Architectural Salvage place that has a show on DIY Network. I haven't seen it yet and I can't remember the name of the place.
It was four floors in an old warehouse of stuff...mostly crap...although some of it could be used by someone, I suppose.
We went to dinner at Noah's Ark, a local Des Moines institution that we always go to when in town.
After that, Neil had a gig at a tiny little bar called the Greenwood. We arrived prior to their nine o'clock start and stayed until almost midnight.
Whew! Another day packed full o' stuff in the heartland.
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