Marks In The Morning

The snow is supposed to stop around noon, according to meteorologists. This lead me to wonder how bad the winters in Iowa can get. So, I fell down a major weather rabbit hole trying to figure out Iowa's history with snowfall. Today, with this snowfall the city of Des Moines actually broke a record set back in 1895. On January 25th, 10.3 inches of snow fell on the capital city, which is only the second time that the capital has gotten more than 10 inches on this specific date in over a hundred years.

Kerri mac came to visit this weekend and, we had cupcakes! I'll just loosen the ol' belt a bit if that's ok.

Another weekend in Iowa in the books! This past weekend was as relaxing and chill as it could be. I didn't hit up the bars, but I did hit up the second most exclusive place in the Cedar Valley...Johnny Mark's house. So, from seeing Johnny's crazy cats to a brisk walk by the riverfront, here is my weekend in five photos.

Tipping and how much you SHOULD tip is already a huge debate. I know we probably will never reach a mutual consensus about this, but apparently tipping was at one point actually ILLEGAL in Iowa.

It's Marks in the Morning's Genius Award. Celebrating those dumb things we all do.

One of my favorite pastimes is Googling the strange (or made up) holidays for each day. Some of them are straight up WEIRD. Like January 3rd is National Drinking Straw Day and August 2nd is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Both holidays I will gladly get behind (especially Ice Cream Sandwich Day)...

Inauguration day is usually an incredibly important day for our country. However, it's not just the politicians who go down in history on this important day, but also the musical guests who travel to Washington D.C. to welcome a new President. There have been countless performances on this auspicious day, but the country artists who take the stage tend to steal the show. Here are some of the best country inauguration performances.

Johnny's got a new riddle to test your brain power. Can you solve it the The Green Glass Door?

I'd say there's an over arching theme to my weekends during COVID: Eating. On the plus side, I helped cook this time!

I don't know about you, but sometimes when I'm going about my daily life I worry that I'm doing something wrong or breaking the law. Oh, is that just me? Well, I like to look up the local laws in a state to make sure everything is alright on my end, if you know what I'm saying... So, here are a few of the weirdest laws I could find that you need to follow in most of Iowa.