Gophers vs. Purdue at Target Field Can you tell the difference between a 97 mile an hour fastball and a 91 mile an hour fastball? Neither can I. But I know the difference between $85 box seats and $5 seats. Which is why, after my listing presentation (10 a.m.), and putting the finishing touches on...Read More
Charity Benefit Brainstorm I was at a charity benefit last night where I got the following brainstorm: If you wanted to cultivate a reputation for philanthropy and good works, you could commit a sizable chunk of your time and money to those things. Or . . . you could just change your last name to...Read More
North St. Paul vs. Apple Valley at St. Louis Park Rec Center Soccer moms get all the attention (at least from politicians), but all I seemed to see yesterday at the St. Louis Park Rec Center, watching a bit of the North St. Paul vs. Apple Valley high school hockey game, were hockey dads (I...Read More
“Places Rated” Sweepstakes In acting, there are the Oscars, the Emmies, the Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild awards — not to mention countless film festivals (Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, etc.) each awarding its own equivalent of statuettes and blue ribbons. So, too, there is now a cottage industry of publications that rank the “best” places....Read More
Wait Till You See the Triple-Car Garage What do you put in a “double-car garage?” Why, a double-car, of course — just maybe not the one pictured above. (Non-Realtors can be forgiven for not knowing that the preferred industry term is “two-car garage,” not “double-car garage.”)Read More
I don’t know what Barack Obama, Senate Republicans, or Sarah Palin are saying about the situation in Libya. But I know what Emily Litella, Gilda Radner’s character on Saturday Night Live, would be saying: “What’s all the fuss about a Libyan vacuum? I didn’t even know Libyans made a vacuum — I thought the Chinese made...Read More
