The residential areas of the Twin Cities, the parts built up in the 20th century, feature a distinctive and characteristic pattern of shared alleyways. I'm coming to understand the critical role this pattern plays in … ‣ more…
The Internet is a sometime thing at our new place. The cable guy comes Friday morning to get us hooked up for 50 Mbps down / 5 up. Comcast: imagine my joy. We had initially planned … ‣ more…
The moving van will be arriving today about 1:00 pm, some 18 hours earlier than the originally estimated time. I am looking forward to having places to sit and to put things. The hundreds of boxes? … ‣ more…
We have a new contender for regular breakfast place in the neighborhood: the Grandview Grill (note: mute speakers if you don't like sites that play music when clicked). It doesn't serve up Wi-Fi but the … ‣ more…
Our new online-ordered Leesa mattress arrived yesterday on the UPS truck. When we flew out last month to close on the new house, we had brought an inflatable mattress in checked luggage; that’s what we were … ‣ more…
To me, my wife is Katharyn, and has been for the 22 years I have known her. To her family she is Katie — and has been for a longer time than that. Here in her home place … ‣ more…
We arrived at Arezzo Ristorante yesterday at 6:30, right on time to meet Katharyn’s brother to celebrate his birthday. We literally got out of the car after driving from Geneva, Illinois and sat down to … ‣ more…
Two-thirds of the way to St. Paul, in our laden car Maxie (the Ford C-MAX), we are between two lives. Here is one symbol of the state of betwixtness in which we journey: Our house in … ‣ more…
I’m moving with my wife from exurban Boston to St. Paul, Minnesota. She is from the Twin Cities; I’m from East. Except for 6 years in California I have lived only in the East. (That … ‣ more…
