| The Downtown Experiment
Every morning, Tom Tarbox passes through the downtown skywalks from his home in the Liberty Building to his law office on Court Avenue, distinctive in his carefully knotted bow tie.
But one day, he was less formal. And before he could complete his six-block commute, a woman said, "Hey, where's your tie?"
If Des Moines' experiment in downtown living really takes off, if we end up with thousands of people who walk the same routes every workday and frequent the same weekend hangouts, moments like that might become more common. Like the people on a college campus or in a small Iowa town, downtown residents might start to recognize one another and feel as if they belong to their own little community.
"We sold 500 mugs last year for our Mug Club," said Mike Utley, general manager of Court Avenue Restaurant and Brewing Co., "and this year we added 100 in anticipation of people moving downtown.
State employee charged with embezzling over $50000
Members of the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested a state employee on charges of grand larceny in the second degree and falsifying business records in the first degree. Karen Bradley 42, of Schenectady, NY, while serving as treasurer of the New York State Training Council, between 1999 and September of 2006, is alleged to have embezzled in excess of $50,000 from the Training Council bank accounts. It is also alleged that during that time period she repeatedly filed false financial reports with the Training Council executive committee to hide the embezzlement. Bradley was arraigned in Albany City Court and was released on her own recognizance. The New York State Training Council is a non-profit organization made up of New York State government human resources professionals whose mission is to advocate and support training within the State workforce.
Food calendar
Learn about Olives: Learn how to marinate olives and make tapenades. 7-9 p.m. April 4. Zingerman's Delicatessen, 422 Detroit St., Ann Arbor. $20, reservations required. 734-663-3354. Vino Mania: Wine tasting, wine games, food and music. 7:30-10 p.m. April 19. The Community House, 380 S. Bates, Birmingham. $55. Register. 248-644-5832. CLASSES .
Auto-Editorial Stimulation
The Atlantic, which is turning 150, has so much to celebrate that it's devoting a few pages to auto-editorial stimulation in every issue this anniversary year, with looks back at what it published by Virginia Woolf, John Muir, Robert Frost, John Maynard Keynes, Peter Drucker, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Woodrow Wilson, and others. The Atlantic is taking its act on the road, too, with a "live tour—to New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C." in which it will convene "great thinkers and prominent members of the public to exchange ideas and share in the celebration." Bring your own Kleenex. .
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