Sara Kerr
Musings
Category: One Mile Project
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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…
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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…
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My friend, Lishyloo is a master thrifter. If you miss the cutie-pie clothes you wore as a kid, check out her Etsy site, that I mentioned on Day Four’s Daily Dozen. On the other hand, I covet old cars. Maybe it was childhood trips crammed into my parents’ MGs and jags driving around the Iowa…
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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…
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Thoughts of mango-glazed coconut doughnuts roused me this morning. En route to the farmer’s market (family in tow), I chanced a detour to Mojo Monkey Donuts on West 7th in St. Paul. Our beignets were delicious. The line was amazing. The wait…long. The selection…nil by 10 am. Why? Great press? See the Star Tribune (and…
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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…
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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…
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My 8 year old loves Tandori chicken. His brother hates Indian food, the rest of us love it, or at least tolerate it. The “hater” was off eating pizza with friends, so the rest of us visited Restaurant.com and landed on India House (758 Grand Avenue, St Paul, MN 55105). Bland and greasy. I didn’t…
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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…
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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…
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