Sara Kerr

Musings

Category: Minneapolis / St. Paul Marketing

Marketing activities in the Saintly City (aka St. Paul) and its big sister, Minneapolis.

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Do you drink Château Pétrus? I don’t either, but I wish I did. At $300 a bottle for a poor vintage (and $3200 for the 1948), it’s out of my price range. But I can say that I sold it. After a semester studying wine and food in France, my first professional job was selling…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Mashup Monday:  A random-mix of places I love. No rhyme, no reason Northern Brewer  For the beer geek in all of us. As a “small shop,” they are kind of big (St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee), but they used to be small not so long ago. Everything you need for making your own home brew…

  • One of the best things about moving back to Minnesota after four years down south is my (almost) weekly lunch date with my father. Sometimes it’s just us. Sometimes my kids, my spouse, or one of my siblings joins us. Writing about Cafe Ena last night reminded me a lunch date there. Thus, today’s Daily…

  • Today’s daily dozen for Shop Small Saturday features Southwest Minneapolis thanks to the suggestion from @SW_Mpls. ONE:  Sewtropolis – A DIY sewing studio and fabric shop that features hard-to-get anywhere else fabrics, patterns, and notions (that’s sew-speak for buttons and zippers). On “Black Friday” they’re offering a fabulous kids’ sewing class. 5 West Diamond Lake…

  • Do Museum Shops Count? Frankly, I’m not sure. The Walker definitely isn’t small… The TWO shops in the Walker Art Museum suggested today’s Daily Dozen theme. How about some Maple Leaf sticky notes or a MadPax kids backpack that even I’d like to wear? The Museum of Russian Art is one of those places someone…