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Lover of Snow, Winter Vacations, Good Beer & Great Music, Minnesota Weather, French Wine & Sidewalks. Yogi for life.

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  • Photos, Photos, Photos! St. Kate’s is on Flickr

    An update to my post from yesterday. St. Catherine University is on Flickr.com, we just couldn’t find it last night. Here is the link to see some Katies in Action. One of my favorite sets of photos is here,– when St. Catherine University President Andrea J. Lee, IHM, sent the opening convocation to the Minnesota…

  • What if my Students Marketed St. Kate’s…

    Today I challenged my INDI 2090 Promotional Communications students to apply the principles of their textbook, The New Rules of Marketing and PR to our school, St. Catherine University. We began with the Mission of the University because all marketing must support an organization’s goal. We chose a section of the Catholic Identity: From its…

  • Sidewalk Poetry in St. Paul…Another Reason to Love my City

    Everyday I walk through my city. I talk to my neighbors, I visit local businesses, I play at parks, and get some exercise. These are things I could do anywhere (ideally with sidewalks…). My ramblings are unique because I read poetry along the way–under my feet, no less. The city of St. Paul, MN in…

  • Yelp! If you are Small Business Using Interactive/Social Media

    My new favorite restaurant is a tiny deli tucked into the corner of an old apartment complex. Acme Deli has maybe 4 tables and a 1000 different sandwich combinations. The food is great. I stopped in recently because everyone I knew was talking about it. Everyone. Even the kids at the bus stop. So I…

  • The Internet as a Teaching Tool…Why I use Mashable.com

    This week, I assigned my Promotional Communications students about 25 URLs to read or watch. I did this because I couldn’t find a textbook in June that adequately presented interactive media let alone grasped its importance. As a teacher, it’s a lot harder to teach from a series of articles than to follow a publisher’s…

  • Friends School Plant Sale Finds me on Facebook

    Like most people, when I see something I like on Facebook, I press the “like” button. I must have run across the Friends School of Minnesota Plant Sale group on a friend’s profile, followed the link, and liked it, too. This morning I received a message from Pat Thompson, a plant sale organizer, wanting to…

  • Vintage Chris Craft

    Saturday, I took my father to see the Warner Collection auction–over 100 vintage wood boats from 1909 to 1968. They were achingly beautiful and longer than a Cadillac from the same era. I’m not in the market for a restored ‘lake ship’ or even one the many project boats that were sold on Saturday. I…

  • First Ave goes….modern?

    It was hard enough to see an old haunt…remodeled (nice new bar upstairs), but then they painted over the stars. I have to admit, I much prefer it without the smoke of  my youth. I used to love going to concerts. Used to…can’t miss the past tense of that verb. I’m a whole new demographic…

  • Mark Olson performs in The Current studios | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio

    Mark Olson performs in The Current studios | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio. Another old favorite making new.

  • Rosemark’s Bakery (via AnnaMary’s Blog)

    And it smells wonderful when you walk by…on the side of Snelling that hasn’t seen any renovations in a long time. Not too long ago I was having breakfast with some friends at one of my favorite local diners. As we were walking out we smelled this faint, yet fresh aroma of baked goods. We…