by Matt
April 12th, 2009 @ 4:40 PM

That Tony Hawk guy still knows how to have a good time. He said something about an Easter Egg hunt, but his idea of something is on a huge scale, and the Easter Eggs were signed boards. Their kinda exact locations were posted to Twitter on Sunday, including two around the Cities. So, in other words, scenes like this were happening all over the country (and Australia, and…?) on Sunday morning. (more…)
Tags: Easter, Egg hunt, facebook, minneapolis, Skateboards, Tony Hawk, twitter, X Games
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by greg
February 25th, 2009 @ 1:47 PM
If the forecasters are correct, we’re headed toward another Snowmageddon, with 4-8 inches of snow likely.
All the more reason to become a fan of the Minneapolis Snow Emergency Facebook Fan Page.
Add me as a friend, and I’ll let you know when a Snow Emergency is declared. When that happens, if you park in the street, you’ve got to follow the parking rules. If you don’t, I might have to have you towed away (actually, your car. I leave you where you’re at.)
I’ll share the info you need to avoid an expensive ticket and tow.
There’s a pretty great video here, too.
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Tags: facebook, Minneapolis Minnesota, Parking, snow, Snow Emergency, Snow removal
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by Erica M
July 15th, 2008 @ 11:55 AM
Lazy Lightning and commentors discuss replacing vs renovating the currently-condemned Meadow Lake Bridge which carried bikers across the Minnesota River between Bloomington and Burnsville.
Cam Gordon (Mpls 2nd Ward city council member) has the deets on this year’s National Night Out.
TC Biz Journal‘s 2008 Women In Business Honorees.
TC Biz Journal reports what downtown MNspeakers have known for weeks and that is that a SoupMan (of Seinfeld fame) is now open in the Minneapolis Skyway.
The great people of the Tale of Two Cities LiveJournal community discuss Minnesota’s representation in that CNNmoney list of Best Small Cities to Live. “[Y]ou’ll see most of what got Plymouth into the #1 spot isn’t even located in Plymouth.” MNspeakers discuss as well.
Mary Lahammer on Jesse’s non-announcement on Larry King Live. He did, in fact, talk to someone in the local media. Sort of.
MinnPost runs a University of Minnesota eNews report on a study confirming what people who use Facebook and Myspace already know, which is that kids learn technology skills and share/collaborate on creative efforts through social media. New news: the digital divide is perhaps not as big as we think it is. “The students participating in the University of Minnesota study were from families whose incomes were at or below the county median income (at or below $25,000) and were taking part in an after-school program, Admission Possible, aimed at improving college access for low-income youth.”
MnIndy: “Local immigration attorneys and advocates say Postville raid reflected ‘a complete lack of due process'”
NRP is sending a delegation to the 2008 Bank of the West Neighborhood Summit in Omaha. (Bank of the West is an actual bank.) “The Summit will be an opportunity to learn from residents of Des Moines, Omaha, Wichita and Kansas City what they are doing around key issues, share ideas, network, tour Omaha, and have fun!” 31 Minneapolitans attended last year. Apply to attend by August 1.
saintpaulitan visits the friendly neighborhood geodesic dome house.
vita.mn‘s guide to all the drag shows in Minneapolis and St Paul. That’s not very many, but then, how many drag shows do you need? Feel free to edit the list.
TC Biz Journal says, in the wake of the dented nose cone issue, MSP is some new runway status lights at some yet to be determined time between now and 2011. The $400 million tab is to be picked up by the FAA.
Tags: airport, bank of the west, bike, biking, bloomington, burnsville, digital divide, drag show, facebook, geodesic dome house, immigration, jesse ventura, meadow lake bridge, midwest, MSP, myspace, national night out, neighborhood summit, NRP, postville, raid, ranking, skyway, social media, soupman, university of minnesota, women
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