Sara Kerr

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

Category: Why I Love St Paul

  • Unami Yumminess

    Unami Yumminess

    Thankfully the only wars raging in Minnesota include Japanese beetles vs. everyone’s garden and who serves the best Juicy Lucy. I suppose I could name a few other feuds (best twin city, best new food at the fair, best food on the Green Line, etc.), but I’m here to talk about the best cheeseburger in…

  • My New Job: Director of Content and Communications at the Minnesota Children’s Museum

    From teaching graduate school to promoting play — They have a lot in common.

  • The Fine Art of Sheep Herding

    I have a Collie. In his mind, all the kids in my backyard must stay together. When one wanders off he barks to herd them back together. He’s a herding dog by nature. While my kids are used to Laddie, the neighbor kids don’t always appreciate being treated like wandering sheep. Every year the kids beg to take…

  • 10 Reasons Why Winter is a Good Thing

    Butterflies descend from my ceiling, my drapery wires, on the woodwork, and from my indoor Norfolk Pine tree? Why? It’s too cold for a Minnesotan like me to go outside. If it were 70 and sunny everyday, my office would still be half painted, the butterflies would still be in their boxes, and my creative…

  • Before the Frost

  • 5 Days, 5 Airports, and a lot of Walking

    Once upon a time I used to fly to Amsterdam just to listen to a band. (No, I wasn’t rich, I just had great flight benefits with Northwest Airlines). Now I travel occasionally to academic conferences and for the rare vacation. I’ve been home for about 18 hours after traveling in a circle from Minneapolis-St.…

  • Social Evolution! Do YOU Notice Favorite Events Becoming More Social?

    What’s your favorite local event? The Uptown Art Fair? The Current Birthday Party? Rock the Garden? The Renaissance Festival? Mine is the Irish Fair, held every August at on Harriet Island. I go every year. I love the music, the dancing, the dogs, and now the new author’s table in the cultural pavilion. The people…

  • Putt-Putt! Golf is a Family Sport in St. Paul

    If you like to golf, there are almost too many options in St. Paul. In fact, last year MinnPost reported that the city is trying to figure out what to do with all the city courses because they’re no longer profitable (learn more about urban golf course decline here). Are kids too busy? Does it…

  • Be Nimble with Social Media–Make the Snowstorm Work for You!

    The view from St. Paul–specifically St. Catherine University looks a lot like this today. Although I wish the sidewalks around the neighborhood were as clean as the ones in Teresa Boardman‘s photo below–I trudged through a lot of deep snow to get to campus. Minnesotans seem to be natural innovators who can spend an hour…

  • 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…