photo by Tom McConnell It probably would have been quicker to just ask Heather Jansz what she hasn’t been doing lately.The woman who first brought really, really hot and spicy cuisine to Minnesota has her fingers in so many pies, chutneys and sambols that it’s hard to keep track without a website. You might remember … Read more
I received an e-mail that this Ron guy insisted I publish along with a picture of his scarcely-aged trophy (above). This has not been spell-checked and is re-produced unmolested (bad choice of word?) I am writing this on behalf of my wife and son to your snarky blogger named Bert. My name is Ron Spellman … Read more
WINE & DINENew French Cafe Reunion Ah, yes. Remember the New French Café? Many a lovely latte was enjoyed there. Many a meal. Many a show. Many drinks for all. Those were the good old days. And tonight, you can re-live them a bit and reminisce with a New French Cafe reunion at Nick and … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) Game #75, Road Game #37: Minnesota 88, Phoenix 117 Game #76, Home Game #39: Memphis 113, Minnesota 101 Season Record: 19-57 1. Jefferson Finally Cracks The Timberwolves offered themselves and their fans a choice of embarrassing performances over the weekend: Which do you prefer, an … Read more
MUSICNellie McKayNellie McKay is certainly like no other — and yet she draws from so many. Ella Fitzgerald one moment. Ethel Merman the next. Soon she abandons the piano keys and is off pantomiming some strange Broadway musical. A glimpse of the past. A peek at the future. She’s got grit alright, but the pretty-little-blond … Read more
Inside our marriage, my wife has arranged a division of labor. She’s a (marital) union teamster when it comes to tasks that I can and cannot do. Specifically, there are jobs around the house that are “Daddy Jobs” and others that are “Mommy Jobs.” As the man of the Smith Family House, these are the … Read more
When you have enough money, you call your son Clinton or Caufield or something stilted enough to create an affect. You also (or so the guys at the Porsche dealership tell me) buy your kid a car he or she should never try to pilot. Of course, this results in great websites. The pictured vehicle … Read more
AP Photo, by Paul Battaglia I walk away happy as a clam from any baseball game that features a successfully executed suicide squeeze. It’s a great, gutsy, and increasingly rare play, and last night, with the Kansas City Royals in town (I actually heard some radio guy refer to them as the "red hot Royals"), … Read more
She may look like a lost cast member from Charmed, the former WB’s show for Gothic teenyboppers that featured beautiful, modern-day witches living in San Francisco, fighting evil lords, and dyeing their long, silky hair. But Jessica Nielsen is, in fact, the wine captain at Cue and a first-level accredited sommelier (which is rare these … Read more
FILM Box Elder Things are changing in the film industry. It’s true. We’ve gone from indie to super-indie, or something of the sort. Todd Sklar is of this new regional indie-auteur variety — the new school of film, or should I say video? With a new HD camera in hand, and a Cine Brevis 35-mm … Read more