Watch Out for the Refund Line It certainly looks like this Golden Valley strip mall is offering drive-thru income tax prep. In fact, the drive-thru lane is for customers of the adjacent dry cleaners. I still like the idea, though: figuring out their annual tax liability is supposed to cost Americans hundreds of billions a...Read More
Poor — and Well-Timed — Sales Either someone at the local Whole Foods has a sick sense of humor (it’s in the 30’s and snowing — again — in the Twin Cities at the moment). Or more likely, someone in corporate — literally 1,000 miles away in Austin, Texas — decided to put suntan lotion...Read More
People Magazine: ‘World’s Most Beautiful Woman’ I never really belonged to either the “I Love Gwyneth Paltrow” camp or the “I Hate Gwyneth Paltrow” camp (yes, they really exist, complete with multiple Web sites). Instead, I’d always placed myself in the “I Don’t Especially Think (or Care) About Gwyneth Paltrow” camp. However, her recent selection by People...Read More
From Receding Glacier to . . . Pile of Dirty Snow With local temp’s finally breaking into the 70’s, winter is beating a quick retreat from the Twin Cities. What’s left — at least temporarily — is akin to the world’s largest bathtub ring: residual mountains of snow and crud in the corner of any...Read More
Hits, Misses . . . and Sleepers If you haven’t seen the splashy cover in the grocery checkout line, the May issue of Minnesota Monthly features the eye candy-ish title, “Eat, Drink, Shop & Play: 12 Best Neighborhoods to Explore Now!” With the caveat that the list is divided into eight Winners and four Up-and-Comer’s, how...Read More
Frayed Cuffs (& Nerves) You can’t get away with it in July. But, at least this year, unseasonably cold Spring weather is allowing me — and not a few unnamed male colleagues — to continue wearing what I call “snow pants”: dress slacks with seriously frayed cuffs, thanks to the wear-and-tear of a (very long)...Read More
