Fun things to do in Council Bluffs.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:34 pm

If I were to plan a roadie to CB, what would I find there to amuse myself?

Is there a "hipster quarter"? Coffee shops, used record stores, art galleries, coin laundries...etc...

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:46 pm

I can't wait to visit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_Bluffs,_Iowa

Aunt Bee...

:)

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:48 pm

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:If I were to plan a roadie to CB, what would I find there to amuse myself?

Meth. Then maybe a little more meth. You might be able to find a quaint little getaway where you could by some plastic flamingos for your front yard and do meth and then drive back to town to do some more meth. Oh, don't forget to pack your jorts.

They call it Counciltucky for a good reason.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:50 pm

I watched the U.S. - Belgium game at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Council Bluffs. It was...awesome. :|

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:54 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I watched the U.S. - Belgium game at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Council Bluffs.

You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:02 pm

mvscal wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I watched the U.S. - Belgium game at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Council Bluffs.
You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?

He probably didn't want to be around you because you are a piece of shit. He is a stupid asshole but he is not THAT stupid.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:06 pm

You're hurting my feelings.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:09 pm

Maybe if you were a better human being you would have more self of steam and my insults wouldn't hurt so much.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:10 pm

mvscal wrote:You're hurting my feelings.

Use a strong voice and lightly bop him on the snout with the palm of your hand. DO NOT use a rolled up newspaper or such.
If he keeps urinating in the same spot on the carpet, that might be an indication of a urinary tract infection.

Most importantly, you need to play with him and provide plenty of exercise.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:11 pm

mvscal wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I watched the U.S. - Belgium game at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Council Bluffs.
You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?

I should've. It was like 2 in the afternoon though on a weekday. You were probably busy ~~working~~ running Moving Sale on the internet.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:12 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:You were probably busy ~~working~~ running Moving Sale on the internet.

Does poptart get royalties whenever that happens?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:19 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:You were probably busy ~~working~~ running Moving Sale on the internet.

You have no idea what "running" someone means do you?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:23 pm

I would say it's a matter of opinion.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:25 pm

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:You were probably busy ~~working~~ running Moving Sale on the internet.
Does poptart get royalties whenever that happens?

Yes. Those damn Jesus-peddlers have mastered the art of the kick-back.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:28 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I would say it's a matter of opinion.

Then you are stupider than a box of dead mice.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:29 pm

Cool.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:33 pm

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:coin laundries

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:34 pm

mvscal wrote: You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?

How is downtown Bugaha coming? I was in Omaha for work in 2007 and spent a few days downtown. Ate dinner a Mexican joint, thought it was good.

Bugaha reminds me of a big GR.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:36 pm

mvscal wrote:
Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:If I were to plan a roadie to CB, what would I find there to amuse myself?
Meth. Then maybe a little more meth. You might be able to find a quaint little getaway where you could by some plastic flamingos for your front yard and do meth and then drive back to town to do some more meth. Oh, don't forget to pack your jorts.

They call it Counciltucky for a good reason.

Really? One of hottest babes I know in (where else) is from Council Bluffs.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:42 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
mvscal wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I watched the U.S. - Belgium game at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Council Bluffs.
You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?
I should've. It was like 2 in the afternoon though on a weekday. You were probably busy ~~working~~ running Moving Sale on the internet.

Google?

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:57 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
mvscal wrote: You were in the neighborhood and you didn't drop a PM? I thought we were cool?
How is downtown Bugaha coming?

I can't say what it was but it is coming along nicely. There's new construction all over the place especially midtown, downtown and in west Omaha. It's definitely a city growing up fast.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:59 pm

Is Council Bluffs "ethnically diverse" and "LGBT friendly"?

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:04 pm

I would have to say...no. Canadians would most likely be cautiously welcomed as long as you don't seem to "foreignish."

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:04 pm

mvscal wrote:
I can't say what it was but it is coming along nicely. There's new construction all over the place especially midtown, downtown and in west Omaha. It's definitely a city growing up fast.

Nice to see a town that started in the 1850's is finally growing up. What took you stupid fucks so long?

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:09 pm

I could say the same about Austin. I was there when it boomed in the early 90s. There is a similar vibe in Omaha now.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:11 pm

That was pretty close to a white flag. Care to answer the actual question?

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:38 pm

Your actual question is stupid and irrelevant.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:49 pm

mvscal wrote:I could say the same about Austin. I was there when it boomed in the early 90s. There is a similar vibe in Omaha now.

Vice Magazine: Reasons Why Austin Is the Worst Place Ever

http://www.vice.com/read/reasons-why-au ... e-ever-512

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:57 pm

mvscal wrote:Your actual question is stupid and irrelevant.

Now that's a white flag.

The answer is obvious. The place is filled with stupid failures like you and your inbred prodigy.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:08 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
mvscal wrote:I could say the same about Austin. I was there when it boomed in the early 90s. There is a similar vibe in Omaha now.
Vice Magazine: Reasons Why Austin Is the Worst Place Ever

http://www.vice.com/read/reasons-why-au ... e-ever-512

Reasons Why Washington, DC, Is the Worst Place Ever

http://www.vice.com/read/reasons-why-wa ... place-ever

I'm sure Omaha will also suffer a plague of yupster douchebags. They follow the money.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:18 pm

DC has it's faults but there is a reason people fly over Ofailure Neb to get there.

Truman · Post by **Truman** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:25 pm

Was on the road to write a piece of business up in mvscalha a couple of weeks ago when I passed under this:

:?

The fuck? Is there a back-story on this shit-pile mvscal? Hell, you'd think the bridge would look like this after it had been demolished. Did a flight of reconnaissance jets crash simultaneously into the bridge's four towers on their way back to Offutt? I suppose if the tweakers are as bad as you say, that salvage yard the Bluffs have confused for "art" isn't long for that bridge anyway. Not a good look on your eastern gateway, mvscal.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:37 pm

Yeah. "What the fucking fuck is that?" was my first reaction. I guess it's a Council-tucky thing. I have no earthly idea what the hell it's supposed to be.

You should ask Mace.

EDIT Google reveals:

It's called Odyssey, created by the internationally acclaimed sculptor Albert Paley, and its four spiky metal forms rise 100 feet above one of the country's busiest highways. Work crews started installing the sculptures on each corner of the South 24th Street overpass Aug. 5 and plan to finish this week. When they do, the $3 million monument will become a landmark for the 85,000 cars and trucks that pass daily along that stretch of Interstate 80/29, a link to , Kansas City and Des Moines.

"The four sculptures are seen as the gateway of Iowa," Paley said on the phone from his studio in Rochester. "The whole thing is about an act of passage, of creating a sense of place and an identity. When you're driving, especially on the interstate, it becomes fairly monotonous, but the magnitude of these sculptures really defines Council Bluffs' image."

http://www.sculptsite.com/sculpture-hea ... 27-10.html

Yes, it really does.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:55 pm

mvscal wrote: Reasons Why Washington, DC, Is the Worst Place Ever

http://www.vice.com/read/reasons-why-wa ... place-ever

I'm sure Omaha will also suffer a plague of yupster douchebags. They follow the money.

LOL, that one is relatively new. I'll have to read it.

Sam, you would probably like the metro DC area. Lots of attractive single women desperate to get married. You could find your fourth or fifth wife here.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:59 pm

I always thought Kum & Go was the gateway of Iowa.

Which I'm pretty sure is just a front for...

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:06 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I always thought Kum & Go was the gateway of Iowa.

You must have meant Monen...

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:43 pm

mvscal wrote:Albert Paley

Rochester's own. He did the ironwork for the Main Street Bridge in Rochester. I'm happy to say that job doesn't look like the abortion in Council Bluffs.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:12 pm

There's a casino with a greyhound dog track in CB... or maybe I should mention the dog track first since it was there way before they attached the casino to it. I don't think Nebraska has legalized casino gambling yet so at least Iowa has that going for it.

When I was stationed at Offutt I used to hit the bars in Council Bluffs. It's where the Omaha skanks tried to score an Air Force boy and were quite successful with this one. That, and the drinking age In Iowa was 18 while it was 21 in Nebraska.

Good times.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:58 pm

I spent a week working in Iowa back in the early 90s. I expected it to be a complete snoozefest, but, I have to say that it was the strip club Mecca. Is this still the case?

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:19 pm

smackaholic wrote:I have to say that it was the strip club Mecca. Is this still the case?

It's right near a major military base. What the fuck do you think?