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Monthly Archives: March 2010

The gallery goers

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

DAD-DAUGHTER OUTINGS have become our Saturday morning ritual, which in wintertime means museums (Jo says it with emphasis on the MU). We have lots of excellent options close to home, though the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is our standby. Minneapolis’s little Met, it houses the most expansive and eclectic collections this side of Chicago (early [...]

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After the melt

Monday, March 15, 2010

SPRING VIBES INTENSIFY EVERYTHING. I joined the gleeful hordes on city trails this weekend, but merely washing windows was an ecstatic act. I was practically pogoing in the car downtown today to a new/old “Doolittle” cassette, windows down, volume up. The frisson of freedom that follows cold-weather confinement; it’s a big reason I live here. [...]

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Funky Time in Rip City

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

YOU CAN’T KNOW WHAT YOU’LL GET when you drop in on old friends. Which is either a reason for caution or part of the fun or both. After too many Oregon trips with no Bro Time, I finally hit Portland to see two of my best amigos exclusively. At my request, it was a weekend [...]

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