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1. Black Friday in West Des Moines

See who braved the crowds and made it all day in West Des Moines on Black Friday.

2. Pre-Thanksgiving Ingersoll parties

See who was at Star Bar and Wellman's for a pre-Thanksgiving drink

3. Des Moines Halloween 2009 downtown bars

See downtown's costumed bar crawlers

4. Thanksgiving with the Des Moines Buccaneers

After filling up on turkey all day, Des Moines dwellers headed out to see the Bucs

5. Another Saturday night on Court Avenue

We ended our long holiday weekend on Court Avenue Saturday night

6. Rob Zombie at the Val Air Ballroom

Rob Zombie stopped in West Des Moines on his Hellbilly tour

7. Adventures at West Glen

Check out all the shenanigans at Cab West Glen, Blue Moon and Tonic Friday

8. Both A.K. O'Connor's

We hit both A.K. O'Connor's Saturday night

9. Little Big Fest 2009

Jam and bluegrass fans packed People's for the annual Little Big Fest

10. '80 Bash at Uncle Buck's

Uncle Buck's was rockin' on Thanksgiving Eve with their 80's Bash

11. West Glen Halloween 2009 5

Hundreds turned out in West Des Moines for the Mills Civic Monster Mash

12. Miss Kitty's Halloween 2009

See who at at Miss Kitty's for Halloween.

13. Matisyahu in Des Moines

Matisyahu returned to Des Moines with his mix of Reggae, rock and hip hop

14. Des Moines holiday event guide

By Jess Knight - November 20, 2009

From music to pub crawls, you'll find it here

15. Sexiest Court Avenue Halloween costumes 2009

In case you're just looking for the Court Avenue eye candy

16. Ten holiday events you can't miss

Celebrate the season with these events

17. Weekend watchin'

By Rebecca Ford - November 26, 2009

The last days of 'Monk'—and other weekend TV highlights

18. Datebook Diner: Deep-dish pie stars at Wig & Pen Pizza 1

By W.E. Moranville, Datebook Diner - November 24, 2009

A strip-mall pizza-sandwich-pasta joint in the guise of a British pub