How do you feel about ads being served up to you according to your web surfing history? On one hand, it only goes to prove Big Brother is watching (as if we didn’t know that). On the other hand, the ads you see are more likely to suit your interests, which might not be a … Read more
FILM Standard Operations Procedures How much of a story can be told by looking at a photograph? What is considered fact and proof? Is seeing truly believing? The documentary film Standard Operations Procedures breaks apart these questions by delving into the lives of soldiers stationed at Abu Ghraib prison, in Iraq. Academy Award winning director … Read more
What you drink from matters. No question. Good coffee will be ruined by a Styrofoam, waxed, or plastic vessel (and here, I include all those plastiform travel mugs distributed by SA). Water leaches toxins from petroleum-based bottles. Anything out of an aluminum can tastes like. . . .aluminum can. Chunky little Chinese bowl cups somehow … Read more
When I’m not at home taking care of my son, I work as a laborer at a Twin Cities garden center. Compared to a professional/corporate office job, things work a little differently in the manual labor world: at any given moment during my shift, I can announce to the entire crew that I have an … Read more
Joan Ida, former pastry chef at Goodfellows, and more recently executive chef at Tria in North Oaks, is back in the area after a year of opening Western restaurants in Hong Kong — and about to open a new restaurant in Forest Lake. "It was a great experience," reports Ida. "I got to travel and … Read more
Most of us associate Aveda with beauty and fabulous smells — and rightly so — but they don’t stop at shampoo and facial cleansers. One of the most effective hair, body, and skin care treatments doesn’t come in a lovely 16-oz Aveda bottle. It’s water, and you drink it. Of course, Aveda knows this, so … Read more
Despite strong opposition, St. Olaf College sold its WCAL 89.3 FM radio station and Rochester’s KMSE 88.7 to MPR for a reported $10.5 million four years ago. Unfortunately — or fortunately, depending on who’s doing the talking — St. Olaf College was holding about $3 million in endowment funds for the station at the time … Read more
HOST A SUMMER SHOWTurn Your Backyard into a Theatre for a Night! Open Eye Figure Theatre is now booking their 2008 Driveway Tour (June 7 – August 10), and they’re looking for 50 hosts who can offer their yards and gather their neighbors for a half-hour family-friendly puppet show. It’s simple; all you have to … Read more
AP Photo by Nikki Boertman Game #79, Road Game #39: Minnesota 102, Orlando 101 Game #80, Road Game #40, Minnesota 114, Memphis 105 Season Record: 21-59 1. Wanting It More It does not significantly diminish the two wins posted this weekend by the Timberwolves by pointing out that neither Orlando nor Memphis bothered to be … Read more
I am not exactly sure what I am trying to say with my headline. While I won’t pick nits with her politics, I fear that if she, my fellow sister, were to gain the white house (I may be the only that holds a candle–for my own reasons) she will raise the CAFE standards even … Read more