Food & Dining
Slice: The Oceanaire Seafood Room
The bar inside the new incarnation of The Oceanaire Seafood Room is packed. The room swirls with neon blue reflecting off mirrored chandeliers. The room as described by the General Manager, Jake Uttich is going [...]
Sugar & Spice: Pink Chic
Pink-Chic: adj: 1. Stylish and attention grabbing while making an entrance; ex. “Her entrance pink- chic, guests lusted after her style, her glance…” And what an entrance it was. This fall, new restaurant Rosa Mexicano made [...]
Slice: Corner Table
There’s a near-mythical sweet spot that only some restaurants exist in. That perfect combination of exquisite food and seamless service that creates a wholly satiating experience. So seldom is the balance perfect that I can [...]
Making Sweet Love: St. Croix Chocolate Company
There should be some ancient historical bond that connects chocolate with lovers. But the old world was only introduced to chocolate through the voyages of Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortez, who was granted his first [...]
Valentine Dining
Nothing makes the long, cold winter nights pass more quickly than when the heart-felt home fires are fully stoked. Valentine’s Day is a perfect evening to spend tucked into a quiet corner, stealing admiring gazes, [...]
Sports
Minnesota Machine – Play Like a Girl
By Nell Gelhaus Of the four kids in my family, I was probably the most athletic, even growing up with three brothers. In rural Wisconsin, there wasn’t a lot to do in the summers or [...]
2012 Winter What-To-Do
Crashed Ice. Ice cross downhill. Insanity on ice. Ice cross downhill has been referred to as a hybrid high-speed sport that is a combination of speed skating, boardercross, and downhill skiing. If you’ve been near [...]
Commentary: Does it Make a Difference, the Color of the Ball?
There were 12 minutes to go in the pregame shoot-around. The first game of the WNBA Finals at the Target Center was off the hook with energy. The audience spilled into the Target Center like [...]
Minnesota Golden Gophers Women’s Basketball Galleries
For Minnesota Golden Gophers Women’s Basketball photos, go to http://www.lavendermagazine.com/gophers.
Minnesota Lynx Photo Galleries
For WNBA photo galleries by Sophia Hantzes, go to http://www.lavendermagazine.com/lynx/.
Travel & Recreation
Travel: Québec City, Québec
Manger pour vivre ou vivre pour manger? Bon appétit! Would you rather live to eat, or eat to live? Yeah, me too. That’s why we pinnacles of the evolved palate love French food, while Neanderthals [...]
Travel: Columbia, the Gem of the Prairie
The deputy warden pinned me with his gaze as the barred gate thumped shut with a despairing clang. I’m incarcerated in the Missouri State Penitentiary—maximum security division—and, unlike its former lifers, I’m having the time [...]
2012 Winter What-To-Do
Crashed Ice. Ice cross downhill. Insanity on ice. Ice cross downhill has been referred to as a hybrid high-speed sport that is a combination of speed skating, boardercross, and downhill skiing. If you’ve been near [...]
Truffle Hunt with Bret Bannon: Stay at Julia Child’s Home in France
Program We are excited to be considering offering a Winter Truffle Hunt in 2012. Details are currently being finalized. The following are tentative details. For dates and availability, please e-mail bretbannon@bretstable.com (This e-mail address is being [...]
Travel: City of Brotherly Love
I’m standing spellbound in one of our great national parks, listening to a ranger. No, not Yellowstone; not Glacier, but just as heart-stopping. Instead of the wind in my hair, it’s taxi fumes. Wildlife is [...]
Clubs & Music
On the Record: Howler, High Dive, Poliça, and Guided By Voices
Howler Give Up America Jordan Gatesmith was a teenager when he founded Howler in 2010, but the band’s sound on their debut album showcases a confidence that goes far beyond their years. The Minneapolis-based five-piece [...]
One Voice Showcases BraveSouls & Dreamers
One Voice Mixed Chorus, Minnesota’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) and straight allies chorus, opens its 2011-2012 season with BraveSouls & Dreamers, a new One Voice Commission by Robert Seeley and Robert Espindola. This inspirational [...]
On the Record: Best of 2011
While the presence of the likes of Nickleback, Chris Brown, Katy Perry and the cast of Glee made for plenty of painful listening in 2011, there were plenty of highlights to keep a music lover [...]
Off the Record: James Rocco, Rocker
Most people in the local arts community know James Rocco as a producing artistic director at the Ordway Center, where he has had a hand in many of the recent original productions at the St. [...]
Local Music Issue: The New Standards
Erin Schwab Lori Dokken Brute Heart Ellis Rogue Valley Stan Hill of the TCGMC Dessa Jeremy Messersmith The New Standards Sick of Sarah Born of an alliance of local rock and jazz legends, the New [...]
Style & Entertaining
Slice: Trends for 2012
While most people have been hanging up new calendars and sweeping up the end of the pine needles, I’ve been hounding our favorite chefs and mixologists to find out just what they have on tap [...]
Socially Savvy: Lisa McDonald and George Soule – Holiday Entertaining on a Grand Scale
It’s a bold proclamation to claim the first Saturday in December for your annual holiday party, but George Soule and Lisa McDonald have done just that for the past 22 years. This is more than [...]
Evocative PARTY
Hair & Makeup by Sam Ploetz and Sara VanderPloeg with East 42nd Street Salon, e42salon.com. Photography by Mike Hnida. Models: Aleah, Andrea, Angel, Joe, Bryce, and Richard with ModelMayhem.com. Women’s clothing and accessories provided by [...]
Holiday How-To: Catering
Catering Know-How When it comes to holiday parties, you don’t have to do it all yourself With all the excesses of the holiday season, the only thing we are guaranteed is a shortage of time [...]
Glimpses: Going to the Dogs at Canterbury Park, Fashion Students Showcase at Girlfriends Expo & Getaway
Going to the Dogs at Canterbury Park More than 1,200 dogs will be shown at the Minneapolis Kennel Club Dog Show at Shakopee’s Canterbury Park, November 19-20. Participating dogs come from every American Kennel Club’s [...]
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