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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

  • #MNIrishFair Pub Fare Battle 8-11-11

      Sláinte to Cork’s Irish Pub of St. Paul. They won the Pub Fare Battle at last night’s opening Battle of the Pubs Cookoff at the Irish Fare of Minnesota. Last night on Twitter, I promised to say why they won: Their food was gooood! Braised greens, corned beef, and sausage. They had CHEFS! FIVE…

  • My Twitterview and Love of St. Paul

    Monday, I was Twitterviewed by Joel Carlson – a cool social media strategist here in the Twin Towns. I don’t interview well, but I think Twitter is a better medium then phone for me. I still haven’t figured out how talk with my hands in either media. My point, though, is how much I talked…

  • The One Mile Project: Espresso Royale and Road Construction Perks

    As I mentioned last week, I walk to work under gracious old trees. Depending on my route, I can stop at one of any 10 coffee shops. Given that the dew point hit 82 last week, hot coffee hasn’t been too appealing. However, one of my neighborhood coffee shops, Espresso Royale has the ultimate hot…

  • The One Mile Project: Saintly City Trees — Where’s your favorite?

    From home to work is usually a lovely walk. Flat city sidewalks shaded by old elms, maples, oaks, cottonwoods, basswoods, and the occasional Ginkgo. The trees are so lovely in the Saintly City, we even have a Landmark Tree program. Anyone can nominate their favorite tree. Click here to see last year’s trees, photographed by…

  • The University Avenue Project: On’s Thai Kitchen + Secrets of Navigation

    The food was sooooo good I forget to take pictures. And it was beautiful. Thai food always has a visual aesthetic, but even our mixed up salads were gorgeous — imagine little squid tentacles bathed in lime juice and chili with lots of cilantro. 17 people on Yelp agree with me, granting On’s a 4…

  • The University Avenue Project: How many places can YOU visit?

    It must be the heat, but no one felt like cooking and everyone wanted a cold, spicy Thai salad. We ventured outside of the round-square, aka The One Mile Project and headed to University Avenue. If you live in Minnesota you really know that there are truly only two seasons, winter and road construction. It’s…

  • The One Mile Project: Palumbo’s Pizzeria

    Friday night we walked to Palumbo’s Pizzeria at 454 Snelling Avenue South, Saint Paul, MN 55105 They don’t have a website per se, but you can like them on Facebook. Awesome pizza. I love Punch, Grandpa Tony’s, Carbone’s, the Italian Pie Shoppe, Cosetta’s, the Red Savoy and just about every independent pizza restaurant in the Saintly…

  • The One Mile Project — Dining in a One Mile Circle in St. Paul

    I have to credit my husband with this idea. We were (once again) talking how much we loved St. Paul and he suggested we pick an area and try something new from there each week. Given that I already spend a lot of time at St. Kate’s, we opted for the area around Macalester College…

  • I Need a Hashtag for the @stkate Leadership Institute – Please Advise!

    I’m a member of emarketing team for the St. Catherine University Leadership Institute. My colleagues — brilliant women from all over Minneaplis-St. Paul are developing a social media plan to raise awareness of the Leadership Institute and bring in more students. We’re sharing the love with social media instead of keeping one of the best…

  • Great Corporate Sponsorships Make Sense: 3M and the Minnesota Children’s Museum Warehouse

    Everywhere I turn, places are named. My local hockey arena, thanks Xcel. My baseball stadium, thanks Target. Corporate support can add a lot to a community. Does it make me feel warm and fuzzy about the corporation? Not really. Does it better position the corporation in my mind’s eye? Not usually. Do I understand what…