The Anatomic Bomb :
Lili St. Cyr came into the world as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis. Her parents mo...
A Hotel of Rare Charm :
The Hampshire Arms Hotel spent the better part of the last century standing on the corner of 4t...
When Lake Harriet Wasn’t Good Enough :
Here's a 1907 map of planned park improvements around Lake Harriet including boat landing, ...
In college I worked a part time job on the corner of Cedar and Riverside Avenues above an Ethiopian Restaurant called Odaa. Saturday mornings while I worked upstairs, the restaurant made berbere, a spicy condiment of spices and chilis that accompanies Ethiopian food. It was an old building and ventilation was poor. At first [...]
