Lifestyle
WEDNESDAY PICK | A park pops up at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
You shouldn't need an excuse to pay at least one seasonal visit to the Minneapolis Insitute of Arts—did you remember that it's free?—but for those who need an additional push, the MIA has transformed its central atrium into a "pop-up park": a lush little oasis of flora and fauna (the fauna being you). It's all fake, of course: this is art, not life. But in the grey days of February, sometimes an imitation of life is better than the real thing.
Designate a thinker if you're a drinker
Sometime in my past I was guilty of being at a party or two and having a little too much to drink. I know I probably said and did some crazy things, but my fellow revelers forgave me because they were being pretty crazy too.MORE »
Pirates invade St. Paul in swashbuckling style
The audience watched the screen as a reel of waves crashed over the sides of a sinking 18th century ship. Lightning flashed and thunder crackled.
As the film ended, the screen rose to reveal a solid-bronze bell entombed in a chamber of salt water.MORE »
MONDAY PICK | Get iced at the Caribou Highlands Lodge
I'm always a sucker for a good ice bar, so I feel compelled to inform you that there are not one but two currently operating at Caribou Highlands Lodge in Lutsen—where those hard-core skiiers who don't want to warm up even when they're not on the slope can meet the lodge-lovers who will venture into subzero temps only when there's a drink involved. There's the intimate Moguls Ice Bar, and then there's the magnificent BLU Ice Bar, a full bar made out of 60,000 pounds of ice. There's even a theme—Lake Superior lighthouses—and an "aurora borealis wall." Kitsch it while you can: there's no guarantee the ice bars will be open past March 31.
Twin Cities' group walks welcome you and your dogs
It is a truth universally acknowledged that walking, like gum and locally brewed craft beer, is best when it comes in packs. And even though the weather’s still far from tropical (or temperate, for that matter), two diverse groups of Twin Cities dog parents are taking that axiom to heart and pounding the pavement in plenty of good company.MORE »
SUNDAY PICK | Minneapolis Psychic Fair: Only $10 to find out whether the world's going to end
"Something interesting for everyone!" That seems, if anything, a modest claim in the subject of the press release for the Minneapolis Psychic Fair—insofar as it's hard to imagine anyone who doesn't have a stake in knowing whether or not the world is actually going to end on December 21. We're informed that psychic Maria Shaw "just returned from Mexico where she met with a Mayan gentlemen who gave her lots of information about the Mayan calendar and what's really going to happen." Shaw will be passing those secrets on, and will be available (for an additional fee) to provide to you—yes, you—the same quality spiritual guidance she's provided to Tony Danza, Jenny McCarthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Anna Nicole Smith.
Un día en la vida San Miguel de Allende
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO—The municipality of San Miguel has a population of almost 140,000 people. It feels like a small town to me, with winding cobblestone streets, cars that stop to let pedestrians cross, corner stores, and tiny taco stands.MORE »
Waiting for 7 babies
My little herd now numbers an even dozen: four mature cows, three first-time heifers (expecting their first calves), a steer that'll be ready to harvest in July or August, and four 10-month old calves (one heifer and three steers).
If all goes as planned (yes, I'm grinning), we should greet seven new calves in late-March-late April.MORE »
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