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Newcomers

Kinda Different Posted on 2022-05-13 by kdawson2022-05-13

Recently I caught an Angela Davis segment on MPR discussing what it is like to be a newcomer in the Twin Cities. The emphasis was on people relocating for work, particularly people in their 20s. … ‣ more…

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Leaning into Architecture and History

Kinda Different Posted on 2021-09-24 by kdawson2021-10-04

Andy Sturdevant wrote a regular column, The Stroll, for MinnPost until 2017. I still miss it. For those who feel the same, I can offer a brief taste of Andy’s writing on a Stroll-like architectural … ‣ more…

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Wild Grind Coffee

Kinda Different Posted on 2021-09-20 by kdawson2021-09-20

It has been a while. During the pandemic I have been blogging over at Suddenly at Home. This is Kinda Different’s first coffee-shop review since the beginning of coronavirus time — we just haven’t been … ‣ more…

Posted in Beer, Coffee | 2 Replies

Suddenly at Home

Kinda Different Posted on 2020-03-30 by kdawson2020-03-31

I have begun a new community blog for these quarantined times: Suddenly at Home aims to capture, through a multitude of voices of our Twin Cities neighbors, the day-to-day realities of the prolonged sheltering-at-home and … ‣ more…

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Tracking Down Minnesota’s “Doughnut Cities”

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-10-06 by kdawson2022-05-14

This does not happen in Massachusetts. There, cities and towns tile the counties and the state: they do not overlap. Minnesota is kinda different. In this state, eleven cities are completely enclosed within the limits … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Geography, History | 8 Replies

Aldus, Bembo, and the Semicolon

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-08-06 by kdawson2022-01-27

The semicolon was invented in 1494. I got to researching its creators; this investigation uncovered connections to the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and my own career. The semicolon’s inventors were three Italian Renaissance … ‣ more…

Posted in Career, History | 3 Replies

The River’s Source, Part 2

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-31 by kdawson2021-10-04

The source of the Mississippi River has resisted being pinned down over centuries of time and countless expeditions of discovery. In the previous post we dug into the decades-long political and geographic confusion that resulted … ‣ more…

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The River’s Source, Part 1

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-29 by kdawson2019-08-01

The source of the Mississippi River is the stuff of legends. Let’s excavate them a bit. Last time out we followed the Rev. William Boutwell as he accompanied an expedition that identified the source of … ‣ more…

Posted in History | 2 Replies

A Tale of Two Boutwells

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-20 by kdawson2022-01-25

The Reverend William Thurston Boutwell has been in the Twin City news lately, as his house near Stillwater MN was saved from demolition and is being renovated. The name “Boutwell” immediately caught my eye because … ‣ more…

Posted in Groton, History, Places | 13 Replies

Venerable Hole in the Wall

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-13 by kdawson2019-07-14

Recently my wife got me over to Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown, as she has been wanting to do since before we moved here. The place is a time capsule from its founding in 1950. Katharyn … ‣ more…

Posted in Breakfast, Restaurants | 7 Replies

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