Monthly Archives: July 2012

She’s Gone Country

My friend Angie and I sat on the porch in the middle of a lazy summer day flipping through CD inserts. Angie gushed, “Look at this one!” There sat a photogenic Garth Brooks with his arm around a white stallion. … Continue reading

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The Hautest Place Around

For the past two years, it seems every time I read a “Best of Minneapolis” round-up in local newspapers or magazines, the restaurant Haute Dish is receiving another batch of accolades. In 2010, a Minnesota Monthly writer wasn’t afraid to … Continue reading

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America the Beautiful

“When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea.  He means that … Continue reading

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