Enjoying a Kansas City Winter . . . in Minneapolis What does it feel like when normally frigid February temps are instead in the 60’s? Not just once, but a couple days in a row!?! It’s like a collective mid-winter “staycation” for the metro area’s 3 million inhabitants. New Normal? Growing up, whenever my Kansas...Read More
Welcome Winter Reprieve I don’t expect to repeat this post next month or even next week, but here goes: if you want a respite from cool, overcast weather in Southern California . . . come to balmy Minneapolis. Just hurry. 😉 See also, “Winter Humor: Minnesota vs. Miami (& Elsewhere)“; and “True Minnesotan, Defined.”Read More
Al Fresco Dining & Drinking . . . in the 40’s° People in the U.S. Southwest — when the mercury hits 110° (or some such) in the Summer — will protest, “But, it’s a dry heat.” Similarly, when the sun is out and temp’s in the Twin Cities finally lurch above 40° (local high yesterday: 43°),...Read More