Schmidt’s Brewery The old Schmidt’s brewery has a rich history and every five years or so a new developer comes along with plans for the place. This time it might all work out as the Fort Road Federation is the developer and they have a track record for getting the job done if it can […]
Maybe it is because of the flood but I have been thinking about water. Water in plastic bottles is so popular even in Minnesota. It is hard to imagnine but even though we have plenty of good clean drinking water, and live in the land of 10,000 lakes water is actually shipped in from other […]
It could be the best water on the planet, we don't really know because no one has sampled it all and reported back. The water is from a deep well, about 11,000 feet below the surface and taps into the immense and ancient Hinkley aquifer believed to have been created when the glaciers melted . […]
by G. Sax A meal out of the house. Two-for-one dinner at a favorite St. Paul haunt courtesy of the St. Paul Saints (economy tip: always check the back of your ticket stubs). I'm a tourist in my own town, so I thought I'd take the camera out and pretend to be T. Boardman. I […]
by G. Sax On "The Late Show with David Letterman," Dave asked Governor Jesse Ventura, "So which is the better city of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis or St. Paul?". To which Ventura responded, "Minneapolis. Those streets in St. Paul must have been designed by drunken Irishmen." Under a barrage of criticism from various Irish entities […]
by G. Sax Swede Hollow. What a name for a park, right? We get a lot of credit for our Scandinavian culture around here. We have lots of Norwegians, Swedes, and Mikko Koivu, a Finn from the Minnesota Wild who one of my dogs is named after. Swede Hollow has a rich and oft-forgotten history […]