Normally, I would eschew the touting of political events and fundraisers here on Horticulture/Secret of the Day. But considering this further, I figured Why not make an exception for a particularly cool-sounding political fundraiser? I mean, I hate to be the spoiler here for any uninitiated, but my political leanings are rather obvious to start, … Read more
Bush to stem cell researchers: “Up yours!” Well, it was a bit strange today to see Bush drag out the veto stamp for the first time in his presidency to kill the funding for stem cell research. “It crosses a moral boundary that our society needs to respect, so I vetoed it,” he said to … Read more
Last night I ate at Mission American Kitchen with a bunch of friends/business people. We were an odd lot. One end of the table was heavy with work conversation and Blackberry buzzing, the other end, my end, was thick with laughter, The Macallan, and housemade potato chips. Our server handled it perfectly. He worked his … Read more
Holy Moses, this Liriano kid looks like he might be for real. I’m going to be out of commission for a stretch, and I intend to spend some time during this hiatus trying to uncover another team in recent (or ancient memory) that had two such dominant lefties in its rotation. Ordinarily a handful of … Read more
It’s been a skimpy week in terms of blogging, what with our production cycle being at its very peek during this–oh-the-terror–“production week.” For that I apologize. I’ve been busy hunting for phantom commas, along with all the other unglamorous schtuff that’s necessary when putting together a magazine. But I have vowed to pull myself away … Read more
Note that ye former Minnesota Monthly food writer, Ann Bauer, is giving a reading of her book, A Wild Ride up the Cupboards, at The Bookcase of Wayzata tonight.
For the last several weeks I’d been staring at decidedly long odds and almost liking what I saw. The math didn’t look very good, but it was starting to look like there was at least a possibility that it actually might eventually add up. The Twins had played an unreal stretch of baseball. The pitching … Read more
By the time I got to the River Park, Jurosz was gone. An hour or so earlier I’d encountered a couple of tweaked out ranch hands at the Taco John’s in town, with Jurosz’s beat-to-shit little trailer attached to the hitch of a pick-up truck. There was no mistaking the trailer, with its corroded aluminum … Read more
Sullivan’s Travels, 1941. Directed and written by the inimitable Preston Sturges. Starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake (who’s on the take), the great curmudgeon William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Greig, Eric Blore, Porter Hall, Charles R. Moore, and Jimmy Conlin. Playing in Loring Park with Sengalese band Daara J; part of the Walker’s Summer Music and … Read more
This weekend has been the winter of summer. Whether it’s 60 below or 100 above, it’s all about coping. Because the majority of people in my house are under the age of 16, coping comes only with my help: I’m bored, it’s too hot to go out, there’s nothing on tv, I’m too sticky to … Read more