Kari Brooks

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  • Talkin some kind of shit
  • This was a very tasty walleye dinner
  • Bein tiny people
  • Teresa and Kari
  • Photobombs during the Iowa Game
  • Play with lake toys
  • Wave Runnin
  • Ridin off on the jetski
  • Excited about her garden this year
  • Breaking in Trent’s new place
  • Grabbing some takeout with durby and this cutie.
  • Happy Hour
  • About to embark on one of the dumbest rides at the fair. Great for makin out tho.
  • Sky Glidin Sunset
  • Iowa Beer
  • State Fair Crew
  • Found a seat at the craft beer tent
  • Pickle dawg time
  • Hangin with the biggest pumpkin
  • Fair foods
  • Always a good idea to get a pork chop after seeing the baby pigs
  • Cold Pizza time?
  • Basement party
  • Shit talkin ladies
  • Birthday crew
  • Birthday lunch stuff
  • A rare lunch date
  • Old folks in the club
  • The Max
  • Hangin at the Max
  • That shattered filter effect
  • Camera came loose from the strap, hit the concrete lens down, and shattered the filter. Testing that it still works while everyone else expresses concern.
  • Hangin at Kaitei
  • Jackson Street Books
  • Poolside chillin
  • Hangin at this pool
  • The scooters shut off on the ped bridge over the Missouri river
  • Scooter gang
  • Scootin around the city
  • Late night walk back to the hotel
  • Patio cigar stuff
  • Passageway Groupie
  • Shit talkin lady
  • Dinner Dates
  • Preppin for a good weekend of exploring Omana
  • Driveway dancin
  • Late night at Contrary
  • Hangin with B-Well @ Contrary
  • Hangin and shit talkin
  • Hangin at the Lamp
  • Hangin at the Lamp
  • Sandie and Kari
  • Evan and Erin join us!
  • Enjoying some indian food
  • Look at this lady
  • Checkin out the happy can truck
  • Chillin in this park, watching a chill concert
  • Toasting a successful brew day with a taste of the last batch of homebrew
  • To the fermenter
  • Rinsin the sugars off of that grain
  • Watchin the wort. Talkin the shit.
  • Homebrew Chillout
  • Beast dog
  • Durby is happy to see Kari
  • Date after golf
  • Durby approves of Kari’s new haircut
  • Home from camping. Haven’t showered. Smell like shit. But Kari wanted a patio pizza date, so…
  • Hangin with Kari’s folks
  • Golden hour cruisin
  • Cruisin and stopping for beer
  • Lil Malört digestif
  • Supper time!
  • Makin crab cakes
  • Hangin at the Saddle
  • Feeding Crab Rangoon pizza to an Italian
  • Fong’s stuff
  • “Can we wear those helmets?” “Only if you do a kamikaze shot”
  • Road trips aligned and we randomly met up with Kari's dad at a gas station on the way outta town
  • Camp Charcoots
  • Might hang with all these DM friends outside of Des Moines than we do at home

17 blog entries

The strongest woman I know

10 years ago, Kari and I were visiting Chicago during one of her fall breaks. I was there to work with my startup cofounders and she was there to hang out, shop, and enjoy our favorite city. We got in late, ordered pizza from one of our favorite spots, and then crashed at an Air BnB. The next morning, Kari woke up unable to control the entire left side of her body. Being young, naive, and …
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Overlanding the 7-Hour Plane Crash Trail

The upper midwest is effectively devoid of off-roading and overlanding opportunities. Most people in the scene are settling for camping in parks, getting invites to a handful of events on private land, or making long hauls to get our fix outside of the midwest. We'd been planning a fall overlanding escape to the Ozark National Forest with our cousins, who have a very similar setup as ours (Ford …
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