Today, I got to, not only cross off The Copper Hen Cakery and Kitchen from the #MNbucketlist, but I also got to spend my afternoon with some of my favorite Instagrammers. P.S. If you don’t follow them, I absolutely suggest you do. They are all huggers. The Copper Hen off Nicollet Avenue is a #simple […]
Even though I ended up in the ER this morning, I still mustered the strength to make it to first ave to see Big Head Todd and the Monsters… Although I did stay in the back nursing a ginger ale. Their sound is so blues-y and rich, they might be single handily making me feel […]
One part full service bike shop + one-part coffee shop + a whole lot of community involvement Venture North Bike, Walk, Coffee. I happened upon this place after hearing about them while I was attending the Harrison Winter Art Festival (I’ll post about it tomorrow). As soon as I set foot inside, it was obvious […]
My throwback for today is to this past weekend at the Harrison Neighborhood Associations’ Winter of Love festival (same weekend as the 50th anniversary of Malcom X’s death). It was hosted at the Harrison Park Community Center. True to festival’s title, there was so much love! All of the hosts and attendees made me feel […]
On the #mnbucketlist for last night was New Century Theater’s Calvin Berger, a production by Minneapolis Musical Theater It’s a New Age, contemporary, loose, musical adaption of the French play, Cyrano De Bergerac. Which is one of my absolute favorite comedies. The cast is really talented, incredibly engaging and hilarious. They have a final performance […]
Happy Birthday to the best Step Dad on the planet. Thank you for being a partner in crime, a great joke teller, an adventurer, for being there during the darkest, hardest times and for being a daughter kind of Dad. Amber and I love you! So much so that we were willing to stand in line […]
Tonights #mnbucketlist music inductee is All Them Witches with The Well and Hotel San Sebastian at First Ave and 7th Street Entry. I love All Them Witches, their vocals, presence, the amazing album art work… With a sound that’s blues and bayou meets 70s rock vocals with a strong guitar, its reminiscent of Black Snake […]
Since the last week of my life has been almost exclusively filled with visual art, performing arts and applied art, it’s only appropriate that I’d pick something along all of those lines. At the Guthrie, on the same floor as the very intimate, Dowling Studio, is the Yellow Room also know as the Amber Box. […]
Last night, I got to cross off Oliver! from the #mnbucketlist! I’m always up for anything at the Pantages Theater because the shows are always fun, intimate and relaxed. From the re imagined story line of a grim orphaned boy to the fantastic children actors / singers and the impressive industrial meets dirty costume design, […]
Here is my #throwbackthursday, and also partly my wishful thinking about warmer temperatures. If you were asked to pick a single landmark to represent the city of Minneapolis, you would be hard pressed to find one more iconic than the Spoon bridge and Cherry sculpture in the Walker Art Center. BUT did you know, that […]
Moving to the one of the more sultry things on the #mnbucketlist, The Salty Tart, and no, that’s not just my clever nickname! It’s also a divine little confectionary shop at the Midtown Global Market in the Midtown Exchange Building. I picked this because it just so happens to be a favorite stop for Andrew […]
Last nights bucket lister was seeing the Fury Things and Bob Mould at First Avenue. Fury Things is local alternative band that’s made up of three men and their beards. Really though, they were great! …and now onto the headliner, #Bob Mould. An alternative music pioneer whose been on the scene for almost four decades. […]
Welcome to systematized chaos. I give you, Hunt and Gather. Off Xerxes in Minneapolis. Its as if a creative junkyard, a modge podge of a hoarded garage items, were actually organized. The place is overflowing with eclectic’s and antiques and really what ever your heart desires. You can find just about anything. It’s the equivalent […]
Tonight was Christopher Titus at Pantages Theatre! His standup, the angry pursuit of happiness… Hilarious! Oh wow! Tears! So funny. He’s one of my absolute favorite comedians because it’s so much like night at the improv. It probably doesn’t help that he has a lot of the same family dynamic that I do so I […]
Since it’s gotten a lot of really cute press lately, I thought Pizzeria Lola would be a great next stop on the bucket list. It’s a little place off Xerxes in Minneapolis with a personality all its own. About the press, Lola has been on the Food Network, it’s a favorite of Guy Fieri, and […]
If you haven’t noticed the surge in frozen yogurt shops, you are A. Not on the ball or B. Not sugar frenzied. My favorite is the Yogurt Lab. They are all over the place but I like the one off Lake Street in Wayzata, across from CoV on Lake Minnetonka. With crazy flavors that are […]
Phantom Of The Opera at the Orpheum tonight. One word, amazing.
Up next on the bucket list is Jonah And The Whale a Musical at the Guthrie Theater, a 7th House Theater production. It was, wow. Touching, beautifully orchestrated and seamlessly executed. It’s a different, more intimate way to see this kind of #talent, and so very worth it. I can’t recommend it enough.
Happy Winter Solstice! Or longest day of the year! Or maybe you call it Yule and celebrate with a Midwinter Festival. It’s the day that marks the beginning of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. No one does a more beautiful solstice in Minnesota than the American Swedish Institute. Tour the Turnblad Mansion, feast at Fika, […]
Since this is also a big travel weekend, I thought I’d Bucket List Shoyu at the MSP airport. If you’ve walked through MSP lately, you’ve seen it, even if you didn’t know what it was. It’s a modern Japanese restaurant. I was there for breakfast, which seems weird but they had things that were more […]
