Catching up on a few things while my Kevin Garnett appreciation piece lingers on another few weeks… * The KG magnet is working well in Boston. Of the Celtics signings to fill out their roster since the big trade, Scot Pollard is no great shakes but Eddie House is a nice little microwave to have … Read more
Looking for a late afternoon glass of wine that costs less your morning latté? Try Gigi’s Cafe. Be forewarned: this is not a place to visit when you’re in a businesslike mood. It doesn’t have air conditioning, wireless Internet, or table service. And the staff tend to shuffle in circles, stirring up homemade salads, brewing … Read more
I can’t pass up anything related to The Divine Comedy. Read The New Yorker’s “Cloud Nine” to discover a new translation.
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FOOD Food and Fun at the Fair Don’t let a little rain (or job responsibilities) get in the way of your general well-being and nourishment. (Take a mental health day if you need to.) Join us at the Minnesota State Fair as Minnesota cooks and celebrity chefs create award-winning fare in Carousel Park. Though I … Read more
I’ve got Little Jimmy Scott crooning from the stereo and that’s never a particularly good sign, at least so far as mood barometers go. At this point I’m not fool enough to say that’s it, but I nonetheless can’t deny that I’m mighty tempted to say that’s it, even as I’ve been mighty tempted to … Read more
If you drink a lot of pop or bottled water, then recent news reports have given you one more thing to feel guilty about. You have probably read about how producing all those plastic bottles requires millions of gallons of oil every year and that most of those plastic bottles wind up as landfill. And … Read more
hey, you got some grass? Saturday’s Fair Index (with apologies to Harpers) Number of Lark-bound old ladies that got stuck in the fergaliscious crowd in front of KDWB: 2 Chances that someone sucking down a shake by the dairy barn would step in dung: 1 in 4 Ratio of fanny-packs to tube tops at noon: … Read more
Everyone’s criteria for a valuable on-line news site is different. Mine requires that professional writers are able to produce BETTER copy than they were able or allowed to do within the heavily-mediated institutional voice of daily newspapers. Otherwise, what’s the point? This attitude assumes that dullness and blandness afflicts daily journalism as much as piratical … Read more