Sara Kerr

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

Category: Cool Things in St. Paul

  • Introducing St. Paul (and Minneapolis) to Someone New

    When I moved to Chapel Hill, NC years ago, my neighbor and enduring friend gave us a list of all the fun activities for a family in the area. This year we’re sharing our Minneapolis-St.Paul knowledge with a family from Chapel Hill! Here’s a list of just some of the fun things my family likes…

  • My Swimming Pool Talks to Me

    Figuratively at least. The City of St. Paul opened a stunning new pool two weeks ago to delighted kids and long check in lines. The new Como Park Pool squeezes in more fun per square yard than any pool I’ve ever visited. But this is a marketing blog, not a lazy river, zip line, water…

  • Quack! Swimming in St. Paul’s Food Truck Pond (I love Potter’s Duck Rolls)

    My darling husband and I have a weekly lunch date, almost always in St. Paul. We gravitate towards spicy Asian offerings on University, but we were downtown this morning, so we hit the food trucks. That was of course after we finally found an ATM. Apparently no one walks downtown on the sidewalks because the…

  • The Minnesota TweetUp for Earth Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota

    I spent this great, rainy Saturday at the Science Museum of Minnesota because I tweet. Really, I think that’s the real reason I was invited. Me, a bunch of science folks and other interesting people like economics writer, Erik Hare and musician and nerd (not necessarily in that order), Jeremy Messersmith. I watched 1.5 cubic…

  • 3 Great Uses of Twitter: “Bonny Bear,” #NotBuyingIt, and Breaking News

    ONE:  To find out what people are really talking about — the back story to the news ‘Bonny Bear’ wins two Grammys, confounds populace  The Grammy’s bore me, so I recorded the 3 1/2 hour show and whizzed through all the stuff I didn’t care to see. I was delighted to hear Bon Iver win…

  • Crashed Ice in Photos

    Yesterday I attended the practice runs for the Redbull Crashed Ice races, then I tried to explain the event my good friend from Burkina Faso. Only photos can explain this event. Enjoy my slide show below, shot with my trusty iPhone 4. Lastly, a conversation I overheard yesterday and Tweeted: “Really, ice IS underutilized. Not.…

  • Crashed Ice and Crazy Skaters in St. Paul

    At least, that’s my opinion. I don’t go down any hill fast, let alone an iced hill on skates. There’s a great sense of something happening in the Saintly City. Of course, that’s what the Winter Carnival does, too, but this seems a bit more…fun, or at least it offers a fresh twist on winter…

  • My Home Depot Heckling

    Friday afternoon — Black Friday — I met my brother at the Home Depot in St. Louis Park. My son had spent the night with his cousin and it was time to fetch him. St. Louis Park happens to be equidistant from our homes. Earlier that morning, my daughter, my other son, and I went…

  • Shop Small Saturday is Today!

    Today is Shop Small Saturday. After 11 posts dedicated to this day, I’m rounding out my series with handmade goods. You could spend all of next weekend driving around Minneapolis and St. Paul to hit all the amazing art and craft events. My favorite shopping experience every December is the Crafter’s Local 612 No Coast…

  • Day Eleven of the Daily Dozen: Small Business Saturday: November 26th, 2011: Stuff for Guys

    For this post, I queried the guys in my life to find out where they shop. The biggest surprise? My husband. Mr.-Never-Buys-Anything slipped out of the house this morning for the 7 am Black Friday opening of Joe’s Sporting Goods to buy himself some insulated snow pants. He bought his first set of skis there…