- Join for free
- Sign In
Latest Ames hotel reviews
Favorite thing: This is where like thousands of alumni and their families, not to mention the entire student body and some of their families, and the faculty, etc come out for a great weekend of fun...
There's a parade and everything and then open houses, and like everything else.....
Written May 2, 2003
Favorite thing: VEISHEA. Sometimes there are riots, once there was a murder, some years it's just too cold to go outside. But you should try it anyway. Nothing like Central Iowa in April...
Fondest memory: Seven drunken roomates, a wolf, and a blind, deaf, and retarded puppy. What do you think happened? Hint: The puppy is still alive.
Written Oct 4, 2002
Helpfulness
Favorite thing: In general Ames is a college town. The university is what brought me to Ames and will bring me back if I ever graduate.
Fondest memory: My first semester at ISU was a great time, I was finally on my own.(pic. is of one of the towers that I lived in my freshman year)
Written Oct 4, 2002
Helpfulness
Favorite thing: You must:
1. Visit the university.
2. Have a beer at the Lost and Found Lounge and/or Whiskey River.
3. Eat at Cafe Northwest.
4. Visit the public library--apparently, it's one of the best in the country.
5. Go to the art gallery.
6. Visit Big Table Books on Main St.--great selection of writers teaching at ISU and University of Iowa.
Fondest memory: Well, Ames will always be the site of my renewal: before I got here, I'd spent most of a year waiting tables and generally doubting myself on several fronts. Getting into ISU's English graduate program and moving here from Ohio signaled the end of my career as a server and the beginning of my (hopeful) career as a writer and professor.
Written Oct 4, 2002
1 - 4 of 4
Sponsored Links
Reviews and photos of Ames attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Ames sightseeing.
You must:1. Visit the university.2. Have a beer at the Lost and Found Lounge and/or Whiskey River.3. Eat at Cafe Northwest. 4. Visit the public...
54 members live in Ames
Our members can help!
1
Home of the Iowa State University Cyclones!! Go Cyclones!!! Ames is a charming town. And ISU is one of the oldest land-grant universities in the country. When the lilacs bloom in the spring, it is...
2
Ames is home to me for now because I'm a graduate student in Creative Writing and English at Iowa State University. I'm also a freshman English instructor (something which should have its own home...
3
Ames is a great little city. A little over 50,000 people call it home. It is consistently rated in the top 5 of "best American small cities." It boasts one the best public universities in the...
4
I found this cemetery while my hubby and I were out driving around. It has a lot of history!! This is one of the very old tombstones.
5
d_marquis's Ames Page: Best Pizza in the World!
Hi, I just wanted to add a VERY important restaurant to the listings... Great Plains Sauce and Dough Company. The pizza is expensive ($8 for a small) but two slices are more than enough to satisfy...
Build your own Ames page
Sponsored Links
