Author: Eden Benbow

  • Tomato, Tomahto

    If your cardboard and paper-lace valentines box wasn’t exactly overflowing on the big day, don’t despair. There are plenty of potential sweethearts posting regularly to the Minneapolis Craigslist “Missed Connections” page. Functioning as an online “I Saw You,” this forum gives shy-types a chance to yearn in public, or sort of in public, whether mentioning…

  • A Rakish Holiday: Cherries Rolling in the Snow

    GONE TO HEAVEN Northeast Minneapolis, December 24, 2001— Victim stated that unknown suspect entered their front yard and removed an animated Christmas ornament of an angel. Victim stated that this angel’s wings moved back and forth. Victim has no witness or suspect information. ABANDONED VANDAL Longfellow, Minneapolis, December 24, 2003— Squad dispatched on a damage-to-property…