blogs about the way it is
My sum total of experience with Al Franken consists of three encounters: —An interview I conducted with him at his home in Manhattan around 1999....
I can’t say I am moved by all the controversy this summer over how many will be allowed to protest at the Republican National Convention...
My friend Pete sent me an email this morning. He asked me what the following restaurants had in common after seeing them listed in another...
The Green Movement is now mainstream—it has been for a while now—which means that yesterday’s heroes are tomorrow’s villains and that shysters and hucksters are...
blog by Mpls.St. Paul Food + Dining Editors
When I was at the Chatuchak market in Bangkok, it was approximately a million degrees, and we were sandwiched in with approximately a million people...
Sorry. I blew it on Friday. I had to drive my first and only daughter to college, so I was a wee bit preoccupied and...
Before declaring that being rich in America requires more than 5 million dollars, John McCain took a jab at Arnold Schwarzenegger last Saturday night at...
It’s pretty unbelievable, but this whole Johnny Edwards affair is the fault of a Los Angeles-based writer’s “energy.” Well, that’s probably what Rielle Hunter is...
The record will show that it was about 10:30 yesterday morning when I first heard the phrase, "The dark basement of the soul." It came...
I'm admitting right here at the top that I don't have a lot more to go on . . . other than the obvious. One...
blog by Mpls.St.Paul Shopping + Style Editors
Hair should be fun, right? That's the mindset longtime stylist Mo Murphy and husband Chris Strouth have taken while planning and designing their new Northeast...
In case you've been in a cave throughout the last week, you know that last weekend Macy's hosted the biggest fashion and music event of...
blog by Mpls.St.Paul A+E Columnists
The Guthrie’s musical version of Little House on the Prairie just opened, but it’s already more of a cultural phenomenon than a play. Before previews...
Sorry Cyndi Lauper fans, this post—and Macy’s 2008 '80s-themed “Pop Candy Arcade” Glamorama—was all about MC Hammer. Well actually, the blockbuster concert/fashion show/fundraiser for the...
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