Retail No-Man’s Land Count me amongst the Twin Citians that had no idea that the next leg of the Twin Cities’ light rail system — the Central Corridor along University Ave. — was so far along. Traveling in the area this morning, I had expected to see a couple blocks under construction, with the attendant traffic snafus....Read More
Changing Sales Terminology — or, from “Customer” to “Follower” Once upon a time, there were “customers,” “subscribers,” and “patients.” That morphed into “clients,” “guests,” “associates,” and “members.” Today? People are “fans,” “followers” (Twitter), “patrons,” “sponsors” and . . . . you name it.Read More
Physicists may be vainly searching for a perpetual motion machine — a contraption that somehow generates more energy than it consumes. But I believe I have found the domestic equivalent: a “pitching backstop” that lets adolescent boys fling — and catch — baseballs till their heart’s content — AND occupies an energetic Golden Retriever waiting...Read More
Yogi Berra-ism’s Berra’s line — about a popular seafood restaurant near the Yankees’ Spring training camp in Florida — never fails to get a laugh. But there’s more than a little truth to it. Today is the third day in a row I made a detour to the neighborhood Starbucks in search of a mid-morning “booster shot” —...Read More
If you’re able, collections for Minneapolis tornado victims are being accepted at Central Ave. and Broadway on the city’s north side. Apparently, the items most in need are . . . . underwear, and kids’ shoes (sizes 4T – 5T). Without access to their (severely damaged) homes, people have been in the same clothes since...Read More
“Middle East is East, Middle West is West” What’s Middle East politics got to do with Middle West real estate? Very little. Which is why, if you’re interested in my views on the former, click here (my letter to the editor is the second one down). Please submit any comments — agree, disagree, don’t care — to the Strib,...Read More
