Rachel Dykoski

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About me

Rachel Dykoski is a socio-eco-political activist, mom, wife, and free-range writer in Minneapolis

I'm a: Mom. Opinionated pinko-liberal-new agey-nerd who married the same. Passionate disability advocate because I live it. Concerned peacenik because I'm a mom. Concerned environmentalist because I live in the environment. Don't you?

Favorite Places: 
The Electric Fetus, Boiler Room Coffee, Peninsula Malaysian Cuisine, Mississippi River Dog Park, City of Lakes' lakes
Twitter: 
cyberRAH612
Column: 
Rachel Says

Croissant comfort at a caffeinated classic: Muddy Waters

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

 

Muddy Waters logo

Do you have a favorite haunt? You know, that special 'watering-hole' or 'greasy-spoon' where your car finds itself parked, without abject direction or even precognition? No? I don't either. Until now.

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It's colonoscopy time!

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

Here's a quirky thing: it's almost my birthday and that means it's this gal's annual doctor appointment season!

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Exercise goals and the healthy vanity of it all

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

Well hello there, TC peeps. Long time no talk, I know! Seems years since we've connected, shared. What? It has been two years? Well lemme' tell you some'n: Exercise is good m'kay?

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MLK DAY: What it is and what you can do locally

By Rachel Dykoski, TC Daily Planet

Puppets of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 2006 May Day Parade in south Minneapolis. Photo by Michael Hicks (Creative Commons).

From bowling for charity with Dr.
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Boiler Room Coffee

By Rachel Dykoski, Neighborhood Notes

From Boiler Room website

The latté breve. I miss it. Ever since my dx of cardiac defects I've given it up. It and it's $5 price tag was easy to leave. Easier than having to leave a place to hang, surf the web and nosh.

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Clickable Solidarity: watching Egypt's revolution while wearing pajamas

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

As an effete, sheltered, well-fed American I joined Egypt's revolution from the comfort of my dining room. Between my daughter's violin practice, the maintenance of dogs and cats and family meal preparations, I have been unable to turn away from my MacBook's screen; it's now, my cyber barricade.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Stop Shop & Nosh Local

By Rachel Dykoski, Free Speech Zone

Happy Holidays, y'all! Great finds to be "got" are available in Uptown. That's not at your corporate-franchises that line the Hennepin Avenue, Lake Street corridor. Well, not to our liking.

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I love Peninsula on Eat Street

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

We are blessed to live within walking distance of Eat Street. Last night was the 9th night of my ACTHAR odyssey.

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World class cities, world class streets

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

Walking in at the end of the World Class Streets for a World Class City, Event I (there were three) sponsored by Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) and the Urban Land Institute, I felt like I'd missed the most "massively awesome" progressive transit summit of our time.

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Getting your spring cleaning on, from A to Z

By Rachel Dykoski, TC Daily Planet

Okay, so Minneapolis picks up monitors (like these, in my neighborhood) for free, so they (and their several pounds of lead, mercury, etc.) don't wind up in landfills. Meanwhile, something like 75% of Twin Cities residents making under $25k a year don't have computers. That's why we're trying to bring the Free Geek concept to Minnesota... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdunnette/ / CC BY 2.0

"What do I know about spring cleaning? Only that it should be thorough, you know? Complete." Here's where my dear husband, Chad's voice got tighter, higher and cracked from strain. 

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