Twin Cities Top 10 Paint & Sip

Grab your paints, your pals, and your favorite Pinot. Painting and drinking has taken on a whole new meaning with studios located all over the metro. And while the concept has exploded with popularity...

Weekly Events: 7/31 – 8/6

Some local haps for the week: Music - 8/3 Gary Clark Jr., Palace Theater, STP 8pm-11pm 8/4 Nick Jordan "Dividends" EP Release Show, First Ave MPLS 8/5 Bump n' Grind: Throwback R&B Dance Party, First Ave MPLS...

Best places to donate and give away the goods

I recently moved into a small apartment on the other side of the river in St. Paul. I was eager to more thoroughly explore the twin city with its exceptional restaurants and shops, though...

REAL ID is coming to Minnesota: What you need to know

It has been a bit of a long road for Minnesota to get going on the straight and narrow with federal regulations for REAL ID. Minnesota was the last state to comply with the...

How Bibelot is making a difference in the Twin Cities

Bibelot, the best place to buy gifts in the Twin Cities, has more to offer than just interesting finds for the holidays. I had a chance recently to sit down and talk about Bibelot...

Minneapolis posts EPA’s deleted climate change data

Minneapolis joins Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, San Francisco and other cities across the country in posting a screengrab of deleted Environmental Protection Agency's climate data to the official city website. The data, which was deleted from the...

Metro Transit is raising prices for bus, train rides

It's a good thing to ride the bus and/or train in the Twin Cities: It gives you time to read, ponder, catch up on work. It's better for the environment. It eliminates road rage...
Tongue in Cheek, Twin Cities Agenda

A very modern honor for St. Paul’s Tongue in Cheek

We as a society like to give out rewards and designations to our favorites: Best restaurant, best dish, best chef, best service, best... These are pretty common. And Tongue in Cheek (989 Payne Ave, St Paul),...

Recipe of the Week: Curried Eggs

Curried Eggs                                                                yield: 24 pieces Ingredients: 12 eggs, hard boiled, peeled, chilled 1T Dijon mustard ½ cup mayonnaise 3T sour cream 2T curry powder 2t mustard powder 2t cayenne pepper 1ea lemon, juiced TT salt Directions: Pretty standard deviled egg method here, just with some fun...

Passing on the left: New safe-passing law for bicyclists

Minnesota has an incredibly large and robust bicycling community. Cyclists contribute over a billion dollars to the state economy, and roughly 5,000 jobs to citizens. Local businesses support bike commuters as well: 55,000 Minnesotans...