The novelty blog BoingBoing recently featured the westernmost bookstore in the US: Talk City Bookstore in Hanapepe, on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. It got me to wondering where the other US bookstore extremities are. … ‣ more…
I never saw a white or a black squirrel back East. In the Massachusetts wilds I would hear, if not always see, fisher cats and coyotes; evidence abounded of deer, beaver, opossums, woodchucks, wild turkeys, … ‣ more…
It’s past time to make a dent in my backlog of coffee shop reviews. Here are two in South Minneapolis and one on West 7th Ave., St. Paul. Without at first intending it, I see … ‣ more…
In 1997 Stone Brewing Company produced Arrogant Bastard Ale, an improbably influential, nay iconic, brew: though not itself an IPA, Arrogant Bastard helped develop and cement the American taste for hoppy beers. It has maintained … ‣ more…
Here is a timely report from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar, visited about 2 weeks after its soft opening, and an extremely early look at Grand Central, observed mere hours after its debut. [Note added … ‣ more…
On a first look at CenturyLink gigabit fiber service in St. Paul, I was seeing speeds over Wi-Fi of typically 30 – 60 Mbps. Wresting more speed from the connection turned out to be simple. Initial hardware … ‣ more…
After decades of living in small towns, suburbs, and exurbs, I now call the city of St. Paul home. One advantage of urban living is the availability of more and faster choices for Internet connectivity. … ‣ more…
While researching Minnesota inventions, I learned that some time around 1966 (when I went off to college) all the computing power in the world was about equal to that of one slightly dated iPhone 4. … ‣ more…
What beers and wines go best with everyday foods? An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune from a year and a half back got me thinking about regional foods and the apposite pairings. The Strib … ‣ more…
I just noticed that today marks the anniversary of this blog's first post: 5 days after we closed on our St. Paul house, and 16 days before we arrived in the Twin Cities, in our … ‣ more…
