http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog Des Moines, Iowa's Finest Reception & Party Venue Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:12:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Capitol Room is so very pleased to announce the addition of Crystal Wieland as Event Planner. Crystal is now here to help plan and organize your next event. This is a new service that is being offered at The Capitol Room. You can still plan your own event at The ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=15 Incidentally, you are probably wondering how to reach Christiani's VIP Catering.Call Peter at 515-287-3169 or 287-0877. You will be glad you did. They do every kind of catering and offer outstanding service.   http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=14 A January event brought Christiani's back to The Capitol Room. It is always a treat to see and taste what they have cooked up.  No buffet this time. It was a sumptuous meal served family style. The guests were seated at tables of eight. Christiani's that night was under the ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=13 One of the many emails that we received today asked about the table and chairs. The question was "How does the tables/chairs rental work." Goods news!! We have no charge to use our tables or our chairs at The Capitol Room. They are included in the rental of the room. I ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=12 On the tables tonight there are some really cool shaped colored glass containers in shades of purple and amber that are housing votive candles. Some of the other tables have real pumpkins from the pumpkin patch that have been hollowed out, filled with water. Inside are votive candles floating in the pumpkins. It gives ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=11 With harvest time in progress it was only appropriate that we would all sit down and eat at the farmhouse table, Farmhouse Catering that is from Nevada, Iowa. Evie Hall and her crew made the trek down from Nevada to The Capitol Room  with a good old fashioned dinner with a dash of sophistication. The ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=10 This weekend is the World Food Festival in the East Village. Talk about a quandry. There are so many foods to eat and sample that I think you could eat every meal there from now till the end of the festival which is Sunday evening and still have some food items ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=9 We are asked frequently about the time all events need to be concluded at The Capitol Room.  Eevents need to be concluded and clean-up needs to be completed with the building vacated by 12:00 a.m. (midnight). What does clean-up entail you ask? Whatever was brought in by you as the renter goes back ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=8 Our crystal chandeliers sparkle and add the most elegant touch to your event. But what most people don't know is that they are on dimmers. When we were in the process of developing The Capitol Room we happened to be invited to a family friends wedding around the same time. The food ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=7 It has been just announced that a new neighbor will be moving into the multi-tenant building that we share with others here in the East Village. The Loft Massage and Body Wellness will soon become "At Ease"  which will feature massage, natural nailcare, and an area for retail of some cool ... http://www.capitoliowa.com/blog/?p=6