Lifestyle

Local authors share their favorite riverfront walk

By Holly Day, Bridgeland News

Astrid Wick rests her weary legs atop the concrete blocks that have graced the St. Anthony Main riverfront for years. Photo by Sherman Wick

Even after mapping over 150 miles of hiking trails in Minneapolis and St. Paul proper, one of my very favorite hikes is practically in my own back yard.MORE »

Moving on when your spouse's body is living, but her mind is gone

by André Salvadore | 6/18/09
Dear André,

I'm a man in my 70s, and my wife has been suffering from dementia for over a decade. For the past several years, she's been nearly incoherent...not herself in any meaningful sense of the word. She lives in a nursing facility, and I visit her often.
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Arts Orbit Radar: 7/2/09

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Sharyn Morrow (Creative Commons)

This week's picks

Thursday, July 2
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Weekend What's What: 7/2-7/5: Red, white, and bodacious

By staff, l'etoile magazine
Happy B-Day America! As a bazillion of our fellow countrymen prepare to grill hot dogs, drink beer and watch fireworks, you'll be taking it up a notch thanks to all the hip events this weekend.MORE »

Klingons coming to Bloomington—again

By Eleanor Arnason, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Emilylt, published under Creative Commons license

“It’s the kind of con where you come out of your hotel room in the morning, and there’s a guy in the hall half-dressed in a Klingon costume, wearing bunny slippers and talking on a walkie-talkie," expMORE »

A Minnesota housing market that doesn't collapse

By Lee Egerstrom, Minnesota 2020
While economists and homeowners nationwide look for signs indicating a bottom has been reached in the housing market, senior citizens in Minnesota keep plugging along with a unique niche in the marketMORE »

Boyfriend season

by Matthew A. Everett | 6/29/09 • I’ve had a couple of close calls in recent weeks. One morning at work, my cell phone rings. Not that many people have the number. One of them is a good friend I just spent several months with recently - online, on the phone, in person - developing a new script for production. It was him. Unexpected, but a day brightener, and you never know what it might mean for the writing, so I answer.MORE »

Bike, hike, swim, theater

By Anna Sundberg, MinnesotaPlaylist

The stars over Door County. Photo by WisDoc (Creative Commons).

Summer is the best time to appreciate what our region of the country has to offer—from taking a North Shore scenic drive in Grand Marais or biking the Root River State Bike Trail in Lanesboro to a lonMORE »
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