Y'know, I'm still a little pissed about the smoking ban in bars. I pretty much took the Eddie Izzard view on the matter: "Yes, no smoking in bars, and soon there'll be no drinking and no talking." I've heard all sorts of "but it's nicer to breathe (continue reading / 21 comments)

I'm going to see Dolly Parton perform at Northrop Auditorium tonight, as part of her Backwoods Barbie tour, and decided to take my mom for an early Mother's Day present. I'm thinking we ought to have southern cooking tonight, but for the life of (continue reading / 10 comments)

MinnPost is reporting on something very interesting that is happening within in the Minnesota chapter of the Republican Party. When the party convenes this fall in St. Paul, six of the delegates will be pledged to Ron Paul. While this may not (continue reading / 8 comments)

I decree it to be Spring! Yo Spring, Happy Saturday.  ( <--- seesmic video. ) Sure, I don't have any actual power to decree a season, but that's never stopped me in the past. So, despite the recent weather's attempt to bring us (continue reading / 6 comments)

DISCLAIMER: Be careful. If you have sensitive eyes, you may not want to read this post. I drop some F bombs in here. But seriously, it's warranted. Basically, I don't think I can read MinnPost any more. You see, last weekend I was doing some (continue reading / 4 comments)

I do not pretend to understand the gasoline economy when it comes to Minnesota and the world. I'm just listening and trying to sort it all out. I've heard that by inflation's standard, gasoline is relatively cheap. I've heard that oil companies (continue reading / 4 comments)

Have you heard about this, students walk out to protest teacher lay-offs? Well, the same thing almost happened yesterday in St.Paul. My wife is a teacher in Saint Paul, at what's known as a 'high needs school', and has been for the last two (continue reading / 3 comments)

New feature #1: Metblogs now features some snazzy Seesmic integration. !!! Seesmic is an online video sharing service. You can record video directly through Seesmic or link to videos you have posted elsewhere and share them with (continue reading / 3 comments)

One of my biggest regrets when I moved back to the Twin Cities from Boston was the fact that I hadn't made more of an effort to make the cheap, four hour bus ride to New York City to see a taping of the Daily Show. Now I (and you!) have a second (continue reading / 3 comments)

Mother's Day is the only day of the year that Broders' Pasta Bar is open all day. Broders' is hands down one of my favorite places in town. They're doing brunch from 10am-2:30pm and the regular pasta bar is open all day, from 9am-10:30pm. There's (continue reading / 3 comments)

When we moved into the new casa last fall we realized there'd be things that needed fixing right away. For example; all of the kitchen appliances were circa 1980 and either didn't work or only half worked. In comes our favorite appliance store (continue reading / 3 comments)

The Twin Cities has been known for its theatre scene, rivaling larger cities for mere number of venues, and beating most of them for theatres per capita. The Minne-Apple, Broadway of the Midwest, the True Great White Way (get it? White Snow? (continue reading / 3 comments)

Bike/Walk Related: R.T. Rybak wins the Great Commuter Challenge on his bike, beating out the Ramsey County Commissioner who walked/took public transit and Roadguy who drove a car. I did not bike to work today for Bike Walk to Work Day, but I give (continue reading / 2 comments)

I was going to get this in before Friday, but then what happens on Tuesday night I get a scratchy throat and spend the next few days in a downward spiral into a changing seasons cold/flu bug. At Altered Esthetics last night, they had a (continue reading / 2 comments)

Minneapolis will soon see the opening of, Agri, another "sustainable" restaurant at 4300 Bryant Ave. My boyfriend alerted me to the restaurant's opening after trolling through craigslist and finding this job ad. Apparently, Fabrizio Ciccone is the (continue reading / 2 comments)