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Perhaps a Boulevard

Kinda Different Posted on 2017-12-28 by kdawson2018-01-07

What do you call the grassy strip between side­walk and road­way — that area per­haps owned by the munic­i­pal­i­ty but whose care falls to the home­own­er? If you said “boule­vard” you may be from Min­neso­ta, or from … ‣ more…

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Duck Duck Which?

Kinda Different Posted on 2017-12-24 by kdawson2020-09-01

You knew this, right? In Min­neso­ta chil­dren play a game called Duck Duck Gray Duck, where­as in the rest of the US they play Duck Duck Goose. I’m just learn­ing about this game; where I … ‣ more…

Posted in Culture, Language | 5 Replies

Four Coffee Establishments

Kinda Different Posted on 2017-12-18 by kdawson2019-07-04

In this install­ment we vis­it a pair of St. Paul cof­fee hous­es and a pair in Min­neapo­lis. One of the lat­ter offers baked goods from a lit­er­al­ly world-class prac­ti­tion­er. (Links to pre­vi­ous reviews in this … ‣ more…

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Trio of Coffees

Kinda Different Posted on 2017-12-14 by kdawson2018-09-02

Work­ing down my grow­ing back­log of cof­fee shop reviews, here are two in Min­neapo­lis and one in St. Paul. (Links to pre­vi­ous reviews in this series are at the bot­tom of this post.) And before we get … ‣ more…

Posted in Coffee, Food | 5 Replies

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