Why is There a Changing Room Inside the Front Door?? What does a cozy restaurant in a smallish space do to keep its patrons from being blasted by cold gusts every time someone opens the front door? In the case of Linden Hills eatery “Tilia,” you create a “vestibule inside the vestibule,” complete with a...Read More
Moist Eyes: Setting the Record Straight My wife thinks I was tearing up because of how heart-wrenching the movie was. That, it was. However, after almost 3 continuous hours in my seat, my eyes were moist for a completely different reason: I really, really had to go the bathroom. P.S.: My favorite jab at thrice-married...Read More
Thinking Outside the Box Inside the Circle [Editor’s Note: I like to (re)run this post, originally titled “Winter Walk Shortcut,” on or around the coldest day each winter. That would certainly appear to be sometime this week, when the high temperature for several consecutive days is forecast to be below zero.] I definitely prefer walking...Read More
[As in, “Open Bar”] That was the word I got from a relative — OK, my Mom — who attended a ritzy Los Angeles bar mitzvah last weekend. Apparently, the proceedings were more focused on the after-party (and drinking) than on the religious rituals traditionally associated with a 13 year-old Jewish boy “coming of age.”...Read More
Double-Standard? And How! If the U.S. government handled the housing crisis the same way it treated Wall Street after the 2008 financial crash (emphasis on “treat”), here’s what would have happened: 1. It would long ago have purchased — at inflated cost(!) — the homes of every underwater homeowner in the country; 2. It would then...Read More
One more day or two of rain and temps in the high 30’s/low 40’s, and that’s exactly the rather odd prospect confronting the Twin Cities. The mild temp’s (and sparse snow cover) are a bummer for cross-cross skiers, but good news for lots of other folks (I’m squarely in the latter camp).Read More
