This is your brain on heartbreak = This is your heart on brainbreak

Valentine's Day has passed. Many celebrated. Many were happy not to. Many of us are in happy and healthy relationships, and many of us are single, looking. But we talk about love, always, in...

A Twin Cities guide to surviving your hangover

1.  Getting out of bed Your head is pounding. A result of dehydration, no doubt: Your body borrows water from the brain to compensate after something like too much alcohol. You're dizzy, and your mouth is...
Tinder wants women to make the first move

Tinder wants women to make the first move

Or, rather, Tinder wants to stay competitive with its upstart rival Bumble, which is based completely on a women-make-the-first-move premise. (Bumble, if you aren't familiar, was also launched by Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in...

Recipe: Red wine/mustard-braised beef short rib 👍👍👍

It's the winter season. It's stick to your ribs season. It's comfort food and delicious savory smells season. But that doesn't mean you have to settle for anything less than the best: Braised short rib with...
The Valentine's Day facts, traditions, and superstitions you never knew (and may want to try for yourself)

The Valentine’s Day facts, traditions, and superstitions you never knew (and may want to...

Valentine’s Day conjures up all sorts of feelings that span the emotional spectrum, ranging from love and gratitude, to annoyance, to heartbreak. Whether you’re one who lives for the chocolates and flowers or one...
The new way to stay: Energy positive, and above the Arctic Circle

A New Way to Stay: Energy Positive, Above the Arctic Circle

While the threat of Climate Change is ever-growing, there are some who are looking with optimism to the future. Svart, for example, is the world's first energy-positive hotel located above the Arctic...

How you can actually enjoy the rest of winter with the ‘Hygge’ life

Whelp. It’s still winter. All of the excitement of the Super Bowl, the celebrity spotting, the crazy events and concerts, is over. And so we’re left with the snow and cold. We’re just barely...

The Twin Cities’ Top 10 Karaoke Bars

Calling all good (or terrible) karaoke enthusiasts in and around the Twin Cities metro: This is for you. Despite the persistent, frigid cold of Minnesota (we all get it) there's no reason our avid in-doorsmen and...

Weekly Events: 2/12 – 2/18

Some local happenings for the week: Art - 2/13 The Story of Women in Art, Film Showing!, Hygga Lowertown, 7pm-8:30pm 2/15-2/17 West Side Story, Orchestra Hall MPLS 2/17 Meet the Maker Pop Up: Eli & Ink, West...
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If anyone asks you what it’s like to live in the Twin Cities, show...

An HDR time lapse video, created by Chad Halvorson (for more of his work, follow the link), attempts to capture the spirit of the Twin Cities in motion. As Halvorson says, "I spent the beginning of...