Hepsy Hearts Harriet Island
Name: Hepsibah Ohage Age: 123 Neighborhood: Saint Paul’s West Side Swimming Hole: Harriet Island Quote: “ I have to get down to the island pretty early, but the elephants swim whenever they want because they always have trunks with them.” Harriet Island’s beach, pools, bathing pavilions and showers were once popular destinations [...]
Through the Heart of Saint Paul
It’s only a little sad that Wabasha Street just doesn’t look anything like this anymore. Can you believe it was once the bustling center of our capital city, complete with shopping, nightlife, cheap beer and a various amusements? If your looking for a reference point, The Hotel Clarendon sat on the Northeast [...]
Fasika
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 [...]
Saint Paul’s Rock and Roll Over Rainbow
And on the sixth day of the sixth month, twelve years into the twenty-first century this giant rainbow shows up over Hague Avenue in Saint Paul. Children start running up and down the sidewalks leaping and screaming at the top of their lovely, little lungs Rock Rock Roll Over Rainbow Rock Rock Fathers of all [...]
