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Girls' weekend, part two

By Patrice Johnson, Cultural Construct

I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of sleet hitting the roof outside of my window, and snuggled deeper into the pillow I brought from home. In the morning we packed up the little white dog and headed to Grand Marais for some hiking over miles of icy paths that were covered with fresh snow. As we finished our two-hour hike the snow began again. It was wet and heavy and came down in clumps.

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Cultural Construct

Girls' weekend, part one

By Patrice Johnson, Cultural Construct

Hurling down 35W from the Twin Cities toward Duluth, through Duluth, past Duluth and on to Lutsen, my girlfriend K and I talked food. We talked about where we'd stop for a late lunch. We talked about what we'd be eating Saturday night at the Lutsen Resort Spring Wine Weekend. We talked about the groceries and wine packed in the trunk. It is good to have a bestie who not only understands your favorite obsession, but shares it.

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Cultural Construct

On the last day of spring break…

By Mindy Rhiger, Proper Noun Blog

I’m typing next to my living room windows. It is sunny outside, and there is a steady stream of bike and pedestrian traffic providing me with a soundtrack of conversational snippets as people pass. It has been spring for weeks, but on a day like today, it feels like spring.

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Proper Noun Blog

MayDay 2013 workshops begin

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

April 2013; and of the 30 Days of Biking, I have 11 dates already assigned with a biking destination. For me HOBT is a good draw, the most wonderful sights, a collection of the&n

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The Public Recluse

The last snowman

By Teresa Boardman, Teresa Boardman on TCDP

It is Friday and Fridays are for fun and nothing says fun like a snowman but only if it is a talking snowman.

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Teresa Boardman on TCDP

Twin Cities car sharing grows, driven by concern for finances, environment

By Anna Burnstein, TC Daily Planet

All photos by HOURCAR.

Early in 2012, following the breakdown of their car, North Loop residents Joe Laha and his girlfriend Bridget Kromhout made the decision to give car sharing a try. Laha has used his bike to commute to work in downtown Minneapolis for years, and Kromhout has relied on public transit for her daily commute.

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Parties that celebrate Minnesota progress

By Lee Egerstrom, Minnesota 2020

Minnesota summer festivals usually bring to mind brats, covered dishes and malted beverages. But New York Mills offers a much heftier main course. It’s hosting the 21st annual Great American Think-Off, June 8, which asks a timely political question.

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Spring and summer arts festivals in the Twin Cities: What not to miss

By Amina Harper, The Art House

Northern Spark 2012. Photo by Jay Gabler.

When my mother told me that I didn’t understand a true Minnesota winter because it had been many years before my birth that a winter had been this long, it made me feel like I was on an episode of Game of Thrones—because seriously, who talks like that?

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