Please see our Amazon registry here. Because we live in California and only have so much room in our suitcases, we would appreciate any gifts purchased outside of our registry to be sent to this address:

160 Comstock Circle, A603

Stanford, CA 94305

Nature:

• Coralville Lake and Devonian Fossil Gorge
• Lake Macbride State Park
• Hickory Hill Park
• Iowa Raptor Center

Museums:

• University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
• University of Iowa Museum of Art (3rd floor Memorial Union)
• The Iowa Children’s Museum (in Coral Ridge Mall)

Cafés:

• Java House (several locations, Aaron used to work there)
• The High Ground Café (nice ethically minded coffeehouse)
• Prairie Lights Café (the café in the upstairs of Prairie Lights, try their Houndstooth!)
• Stumptown Coffee (haven’t been here, heard it’s good!)

Restaurants:

• Trumpet Blossom Café (vegan)
• The Bluebird Dinner (nice brunch options!)
• Short’s Burger and Shine (great burgers, great beers!)
• Masala (Indian buffet with great vegetarian options)
• Pagliai’s Pizza (they wear cute hats)
• Hamburg Inn No. 2 (famous diner, campaigning presidents go there, try their pie shakes!)
• Leaf Kitchen (nice tea party and brunch options!)
• Seoul Grill (Korean food in the Old Capital Mall)
• Mekong (for pan-Asian cuisine)
• El Bandito’s (Mexican food around Iowa City's ped mall)
• India Café (Masala’s rival, also has a great lunch buffet)
• Panchero’s (better than Chipotle because they mix the burrito fillings up!)
• Falbo Bro’s Pizza (best after hitting the downtown bars)
• Bruegger’s Bagels (great bagels)
• La Regia Taqueria (great Mexican food a little further outside of Iowa City)
• Whitey’s (awesome family owned ice cream store with lots of flavors)

Bars:

• The Mill (has live music, pinball machines, and a good menu as well as great prices on beers)
• George’s (known as the artist’s bar, has live jazz in the summer)
• Foxed (known as the writer’s bar)
• Clinton Street Social Club (nice cocktails)
• Sanctuary (extensive beer selection, fewer students)
• Mickey’s Irish Pub (cheap downstairs bar)
• Deadwood (student bar)

Grocery:

• John’s Grocery (awesome beer and wine selection with some fine cheeses and ice creams as well)
• New Pioneer Food Co-Op (awesome co op with lots of organic and local food and good wine selection)
• Bread Garden Market (the only grocery store in downtown IC, they have good bread and a nice lunch buffet!)
• Hy Vee (multiple locations, 5-10 min drive away from downtown Iowa City)

Shopping:

• Coral Ridge Mall (includes an ice skating rink, movie theatre, and giant carousel!)
• Iowa City Ped Mall (awesome place for shopping and listening to buskers)
• Iowa City Farmer’s Market (Saturday mornings in the parking ramp, keep an eye out for doughnuts!!)
• Prairie Lights Books (world famous bookstore with live readings and a coffeehouse upstairs)
• Artifacts Antiques (delightful antique store with nicknacks of all categories)
• White Rabbit (hipster boutique extraordinaire, all merchandise is made or donated by local artists)
• Revival (half thrift store half hip-store, check out their new soap/candle/decor shop next door)