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 [...]
Locally Sourced: No Coast Craft-O-Rama
On one lucky December weekend as snowflakes dance in the heart of the city wind swirls, throngs of hearty Minnesotans, wrapped in fat, knitted scarves and recycled material messenger bags stream through the doors of [...]
Through These Eyes: Letter from Indianapolis
I have no idea what the hell an 8-count is. I mean, I know it’s a dance thing, but I don’t understand how the counts match with the movement. And what’s the difference between an [...]
Travel: Chapel Hill – Hogs’ Ears to Haute Cuisine
Don’t mind me, I’m just here for the food. When I dream of dining destinations, a handful stand out for their stellar cuisines—Paris, Hong Kong, Florence. And Chapel Hill. Who knew? Well, the esteemed James [...]
Twin Cities Staycation: There’s No Place Like Home
Arts, Entertainment, and More in the Twin Cities I hate it when that happens! Summer’s over, and the vacation you promised yourself in the Lake District (England, Italy, or, hey, Brainerd) failed to materialize, what [...]
Locally Sourced: Duluth
Lake Avenue Café Lake Avenue Café has been located in the heart of Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota, for close to 20 years, but in 2008 a breath of fresh air shook the place up [...]
