The Minnetrista Mushroom House
Minnetrista Mushroom House If only I had the money, time and expertise to buy up and fix up the Amazing Minnetrista Mushroom house. This place is just such an fine example of what polystyrene foam, fiberglass and free thinking can do. It may have been sitting empty for over ten years now. There have been some signs of restoration and somebody has a little Scamp trailer parked... Read More
Dump of the Day
Imagine you dumped all your garbage in a swamp behind your house for about sixty years…How big a swamp would you need? This little swamp is located way out on the western edge of Hennepin County. I’d tell you where, but then you’d know where I get all of my cool old antique bottles, Read More
Minnesota added 10,200 jobs in April!
Minnesota added 10,200 jobs in April and Figures released by state officials today show the Minnesota jobless rate at 7.2 percent down from a 7.3 in March. The nationwide unemployment rate is stil 9.9 percent. This is actually the biggest discrepancy between Minnesota and the rest of the country’s average on record. The state gained jobs in six of the 11 sectors the Department... Read More
Latoya Egwuekwe’s Geography of Recession Animation
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 30 million people currently unemployed — that’s including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. “The Decline: The... Read More
The Nokomis Theater
The Nokomis Theater at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis 38th and Chicago has looked like trouble to me for as long as I can remember. I guess that’s why the city purchased the old Nokomis Theater using city development money and decided to lease it to ArtSpace, one of the country’s foremost real estate developers for the arts. The Nokomis Theater was originally built in 1915... Read More
Salvage Grocery Safari
I’m a big fan of adventure grocery shopping and I’m not talking about Trader Joe’s or Aldi here. I just can’t stand the idea of paying more than a dollar for a box of soda crackers. I read a book a couple years ago that claimed prices on consumer goods have as much to do with “emotional set points” as they do with supply and demand. America has been running on really... Read More
