Official Beginning of Winter 2017-2018 in Twin Cities: Yesterday! (Dec. 5) “Welcome to Stanford! Last year, 95% of you were in the top 5% of your class. Today, 95% of you are in the bottom 95% of your class.” –Stanford Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon, to each year’s entering freshman class (including mine a long time...Read More
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
Winter Fall Wonderland(?!?) If you live in the Twin Cities, you hardly need to be told. If you don’t — and you’ve been watching the news — you already know: The winter of 2014 – 2015 just arrived with a bang (although the national news coverage made the storm look worse than it actually was,...Read More
What, No Duck Waders? Just in case you needed a(nother) reminder that you live in the snow-besotted Upper Midwest, take a look at the coupons for at least one local dry cleaner. In addition to the usual “Dress Shirts,” “Sweaters,” and “Blazers/Sport Coats,” add “Snowmobile Suits” and “Snow Pants.” How do you get snowmobile suits and snow pants...Read More
Nasty, No Good, Should Have Stayed-in-Bed Day I suppose it would have been funny if it had happened to someone else. Unfortunately, it happened to me. In the course of getting exterior measurements for a new listing on a very cold Minnesota January day — that would be yesterday — I was walking around the...Read More
