Bumper Stickers #1
Seen Friday morning driving on Nicolette Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. Diversity obviously exists despite the federal government's best attempt to stifle it. Ironically, I was on my way to morning…
Foodie #9
After the St. Clair Broiler closed in 2017, the space was leased by Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteak. Their Snelling/St. Clair location, adjacent to the Macalester College campus, seems ideal for…
Heathrow of the Midwest
I arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul this past Sunday on an afternoon flight from Amsterdam Schiphol and saw this: the queue for immigrations filling all available space. Though I wasn't going…
Geeky License Plate
A person after my own heart. Black license plates in Minnesota were only introduced in January, so gotta wonder how s/he got such an obvious plate. Go Geek!
Pazzaluna
Pazzaluna, the beloved Italian restaurant in downtown St. Paul, has reappeared after four years ... at least temporarily. After twenty-two years, Pazzaluna closed in May 2020 just months into the…
Death of a Tree
Our neighbor's tree has not had a good summer. The left-most branch cracked during a storm, dropping its canopy on their porch roof and slightly breaking a window, loud enough…
Neighborhood Turkeys
© 2024 Scott C Sosna Last fall wild turkey moved into our neighborhood with no indication that they ever intend to leave. They wander the neighborhood, I assume to forage…
Highland Park Water Tower
The Highland Water Tower in St Paul, MN was completed in 1928 and is on the National Register of Historic Places (1984, Reference #84001209). The tower was designed by architect…
Minnehaha Falls Is … Falling
Minneahaha Falls is a small waterfall in Minnehaha Regional Park in Minneapolis, MN. The spring has been fairly rainy, so my wife and I joined the crowds to see what…
Where Diets Go To Die
St. Paul has a wealth of food choices, many tasty and outright great, making it difficult to maintain some semblance of control on how much you consume. For someone with…