Good Enough to Eat Photograph No, I didn’t actually get one. Instead, I merely — shall we say — gazed at appreciatively while standing in line for a baguette this morning . . . See also, “Jewelry Store? Try, Bakery“; “Top Twin Cities Bakeries.”Read More
Most Popular Girl and Boy Names (Or is That Boy and Girl Names?) My 2014 real estate (non)predictions* are still to come, but here’s one with absolutely nothing scientific behind it: the most popular girl and boy names next year will be “Avery” and “Gideon.” That’s based on the most anecdotal of samples — namely,...Read More
Putting a Premium on Potential — and Discounting the Present Any would-be stock market geniuses first have to wrestle with this seeming conundrum. Newly-public Twitter has negligible revenue (never mind earnings), but is valued at an astronomical $32 billion. The rationale? The revenue and earnings will come later. Meanwhile, Apple Computer’s $40 billion(!) in net...Read More
Just Under the Wire My younger son officially got his last “kids” haircut today, at the discounted kids rate. Just. Great Clips’ child rate applies to kids 10 and under. My son turned 11 today — but he wasn’t born until 11:45 p.m. When I shared that with Great Clips — at 5 p.m. this...Read More
2014 Predictions vs. 2012 What was the person who said, “not one person saw this coming,” referring to? A. The Dow Jones Average would pass 16,000 in 2013. B. Gas prices at the pump would plummet below $3/gallon due to a glut of domestically produced crude oil. C. “Argo” would win the 2013 Academy award for best...Read More
