I am going to admit this up front. I don’t go to baseball games. I didn’t even know what a Dome Dog was. But upon finding out what a “Dinger Dog” was yesterday on Facebook via Adam Gislason’s Facebook status I had a true “WTF?” moment. I am just going to let the Facebook...
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What is emoji you ask? Emoji is the Japanese term for picture characters or emoticons used in wireless messages or webpages. I know that in the United States we have emoticons also, but believe me, they are no where near the level of kick-ass as emoji. How do I know this? Well, most of...
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I received an email from my dad today. It caught my attention over everything else in my Inbox because it was titled this, “Benedict lake Loon maternity unit.” A bunch of different things crossed my mind as to what this email could be about. My dad is a retired physician and in his time...
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When I was in high school in Grand Forks, North Dakota I used to babysit for a family that lived in a house that was close to ours. The couple were Pierre and Linda Lamoureux. He was a former UND Sioux goalie and she had almost made it on to the US Olympic team...
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It’s the time of year when Valentines is close and love is in the air. People are talking about romance and many Twin Cities publications are making lists of sexy things to do, even lists of the Sexiest Twin Citians. The problem is, here in Minnesota, we are not particularly very sexy up in...
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Today might be one of the most tedious days ever in Minneapolis. We have had a lot of snow this year. What I mean by that is that we have had a ton of snow. Then to top it off we are getting even more snow. Today. So much that Minneapolis declared it a...
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I’m one of the Twin Cities best bloggers that is. What is Twin Cities Spark? It is a website that puts the spotlight on local Minneapolis and St. Paul bloggers. The focus is people who are local to the Twin Cites and whose primary focus is in the surrounding area. I have to say...
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Yesterday I received an email from my dad. It was one sentence long, as most of the emails from my dad are. This is what it said:
I have just published this article on my blog.
After thinking “Whaaaa? My dad has a blog?” I clicked on the link. Imagine my surprise at seeing such interesting...
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Today Apple launched it’s long awaited tablet. Fans everywhere, including me, are super excited about this new piece of technology and can’t wait to get our hands on it. There’s just one thing. Apple called it the iPad. And it sounds like a femine hygiene product. And people have been making fun of it...
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One of my favorite events of the year is Glitter Ball. It’s not just because I get to glam up in awesome retro fashion (see picture of me above from last year). It’s not just because some of the best bands from the Twin Cities and a great headliner come together and play classic...
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