Pool Report for Obama Visit to the Copper Dome: Another couple were baseball fans and asked him if [he] was for the Twins or the White Sox. “If you think I’m going to throw my White Sox under the bus because I’m here in Minnesota, that’s not going to happen,” he said.
Man found stabbed in Longfellow home dies: Shortly before 1 a.m. officers from the Third Precinct responded to a 911 call from a home in the 3200 block of 31st Avenue South. The caller, an adult male, told the 911 operator that he had been stabbed and that he needed help.
Beginning on August 1st, and continuing through Election Day, November 4th, you can support your party by simply enjoying a great new cookie at Franklin Street Bakery.
With the Republican National Convention coming to town, signaling the official push for the political season to be in full swing, buy a cookie, and register your vote. …With a good taste!
Each Democratic and Republican cookie sold every day will register a vote for that respective party. A tally will be kept behind the counter daily, and an updated weekly total will be posted on the FSB web site.
So, in this voting method, you are welcome to vote often. And, since these cookies are especially delicious, every vote not only counts, but also tastes good! See you at Franklin Street Bakery – how American is that?
Just don’t tell the Republicans that the bakery is on Franklin Avenue. Not like they’d ever go down to that neighborhood anyway though!
Flickr Photo: Exploring the “seas” of Duluth: The Pride of Baltimore and a few other tall ships sail into Duluth. Also more here and here. (via)
Punt Rocker: Vikings punter Kluwe is a Guitar Hero, including video. (via Deadspin and Jim Rove)
Someone should buy our neighbors house. It’s a really nice place with a great yard. It sits on a lot and a half, has a 2.5 car garage, 4 bedroom/2 bath home built in 1907 in Longfellow. If a reader of this site buys it, I’ll help you move!
NY Times - On Language - Me, Myself and I: Why do we capitalize the word “I”? There’s no grammatical reason for doing so, and oddly enough, the majuscule “I” appears only in English.
Friday night, the Roe Family Singers (myspace) played a free show at Sea Salt, so we stopped over for some food, beers, and good music. I wish we would have been able to hear more of them, but the tables in front were full, so we had to sit on the side. But what I heard I enjoyed, and look forward to seeing them again.
Video: Don’t Look Down: The Hold Steady playing “Constructive Summer” and “Sequestered In Memphis” on a New York City rooftop.
This was Art Fair weekend in Minneapolis, with large shows in Powderhorn, Uptown, and Loring Park.
As a proud South Minneapolis resident, I’m all about the Powderhorn Art Fair, and choosing to stay as far away from Uptown as possible. Tricia and I have made it a yearly event, as it was one of our first “dates”, and also the weekend I proposed to her. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see a lot of local and regional artists, but without the crowds of the other fairs. And this year it seemed that they had much better food options, with quite a few of the Midtown Global Market places having stands in the park.
Sasha Frere-Jones: Bon Iver: Bon Iver’s show at the Bowery Ballroom brought me up short. I’d never seen him, and I simply had no idea that all this heavenly music came out of such an affable, unpretentious person, and such a tall one. Though Vernon recorded the album alone, he is touring with a live band, and an opening act called Bowerbirds, who I would be celebrating more loudly if Vernon hadn’t wiped my brain clean.
Video: Atmosphere on Letterman, performing “You”, with POS doing backup vocals. Slug is wearing an Obama 08 shirt.
Video: Bon Iver & Bowerbirds “Lovin’s for Fools”, a song by Sarah Siskind, at the Bowery Ballroom, New York, on July 29, 2008
Minneapolis Destination Guide - Blogs, Maps. Magazines, and Movies @ National Geographic Traveler: This design mecca on the prairie offers exciting attractions, indoors and out. (via)
With several new star architect-designed buildings—museums, a theater, and a library—Minneapolis has become a design mecca on the prairie. “People here love the arts and are passionate about them,” says Ralph Burnet, art collector and owner of the Chambers Minneapolis hotel. But the more cosmopolitan of the Twin Cities is also a great place to enjoy the outdoors, laced with 13 miles (21 kilometers) of trails and a chain of lakes. On September 1-4, 2008, the Twin Cities will host the Republican National Convention. Check out the latest tourist-friendly happenings with these online newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other resources.
Read more about Minneapolis in the City Life section of the July/August 2008 issue of Traveler.
612 Authentic takes us on a tour of the new I-35W bridge. I’m really impressed with the extra details that they included with the bridge, some things I hadn’t known of - like a new bike tunnel, storm water system with ponds on each end, and smart bridge technology (sensors that tell how much the bridge is moving). All that and the bridge looks cool.
Another excellent video from 612 Authentic and MinnPost
Recent Comments