Bremer School Then and Now

Bremer

Fredrika Bremer was a Swedish novelist who traveled to Minnesota and wrote about women’s rights. In 1888 the Minneapolis School Board decided to name a school after her. There was a great deal of expansion and development north of Broadway Avenue during the 1880s. The Fredrika Bremer Elementary School was built to accommodate the growing population [...]

Salvage Grocery Safari

Solow Grocery

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 [...]