Minnesota ranked #1 best state for women
If you are a woman living in Minnesota, join me in celebrating. In fact, this is something all Minnesotans should celebrate: While Minnesota has made Top Ten lists many times over - The Best...
Zsa Zsa brings home the prize for World’s Ugliest Dog
Move over mummified monkey and #MPRraccoon: Meet Minnesota’s newest sweetheart, Zsa Zsa. She simply takes your breath away, doesn’t she? Zsa Zsa, a 9-year-old rescued English Bulldog who calls Anoka her home, has returned...
Amazon establishes (physical) presence in Minneapolis
Oh, Amazon. Is there any part of life that Amazon hasn't taken over? Long gone are the days of Jeff Bezos walking books from his garage to the mailbox; Amazon has become virtually synonymous...
Catcalling in the Twin Cities
Warehouse District, Minneapolis, Friday night. Taxis pull up to the curb, stopping alongside drunken bar hoppers, bachelor and bachelorette partiers, locals and late night revelers laughing and talking in groups, engaging in the long Minnesota goodbye,...
Best Coworking Spaces in the Twin Cities
The Twin Cities is known for its pool of creative talent. And these days, specifically in my own field of digital marketing and other creative industries, as long as you have a laptop, you...
About Us: Ta-coumba T. Aiken
"I do my work as a human being. It just so happens that I'm good at art."
Ta-coumba Tyrone Aiken: painter, drawer, muralist, public artist. Guinness World Record-holder. Unofficial Mayor of Lowertown, St. Paul.
When I...
Join the celebration as the iconic Minneapolis Grain Belt sign lights up after decades...
The Grain Belt beer sign has long been an iconic Minnesota landmark overlooking the Mississippi River. The sign is ever reminding us of the beer’s rich 124-year history ingrained in Minnesota’s culture and economy...
Jealous of vacation photos you see on social media? Look again, new study says
In an age where our self-worth is often quantified by the number of followers, likes, shares, etc. we get on our social media platforms, the need to represent ourselves in a certain way has...
We’re crazy excited about the MMAA expansion
The Minnesota Museum of American Art (MMAA, or known more intimately as The M) is St. Paul's one and only true art museum. Their collection is home to nearly 5,000 pieces of art created by American...
Is it okay to have Airbnb sex?
The popularity of Airbnb is soaring. So much, in fact, that new regulations are being enacted in cities across the country including St. Paul and other cities right here in Minnesota (more on that...
