Minneapolis

Inspiration, Yogatinis, and Photo Booth

October 16, 2009

Killer things that happened this week? My awesome friends nominated me for some kickass bloggy awards (Most Inspiring?!  Blogger to Follow?  Yeah, I might have teared up a little bit.  THANK YOU). I dyed my hair “back to its natural color” only to realize that I’m NO LONGER A NATURAL BLONDE. This is an even tougher [...]

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Wine & Bloggers – A Perfect Pairing

October 13, 2009

SacreBleu! Sacrebleu is an old French profanity, meant as a cry of surprise … is also used many times in American cartoons that depict French characters. (via) Anyone who stalks my blog knows me even just a little knows that two of my absolute most favorite things ever are wine and blogging (and often at [...]

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Cave Vin, Kings of Leon, and Roommate Date Night

October 1, 2009

Monday night was Roommate Date night. For her July birthday, I’d gotten Angie tickets to this week’s Kings of Leon show (yay!) at the Target Center (meh), which just so happens to have fallen smack dab in the middle of Restaurant Week here in the Twin Cities. That being the case, we opted for a romantic [...]

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A Lucky Streak and Live Music

September 2, 2009

*** origingally written, June 24, 2009, but sat in my drafts folder for some unknown reason *** ~ * ~ *  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ When I was something like 10 years old, I was KIX 106‘s 10th caller and won a gift certificate (back then they were still slips of paper) [...]

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The Intersection of Then and Now

August 12, 2009

It’s a strange, but awesome feeling.  Being in my new favorite restaurant, this place that pretty much wholly encompasses everything about my life now – urban, artsy area, wannabe swanky but oh-so-neighborhoody, delicious – with my oldest friend.  The guy that has known me since I was 16-year old me.  Since I was pink-streaked hair, [...]

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