Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The movement for the erection of a library building in St. Paul began in 1912 with an offer from Mr. James J. Hill to give a sum of $700,000 for the building and endowment of a reference library, and make it a part of the library building, if the city would proceed with the erection … Read more
Welcome to the President, the most exciting new dining room in piano bar in the Twin Cities area. Our main dining room offers cuisine prepared for your pleasure… Be it a luncheon or dinner- whatever your fancy for food you’ll enjoy the fight in taste pleasing food and beverages. Our cocktail lounge will accommodate you … Read more
A story that stretches across the year I was born, wondering recklessly between historical fiction and psychedelic fantasy, populated with Rolling Stones, Syd Barrett, the Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Allen Ginsberg, an ancient soul and members of a somewhat supernatural sect of do-gooders. Utopia Avenue is the daydream of an unlikely rock band trying keep … Read more
Many of our good friends ask, why is there a shortage of Fannie farmer old time candies? Why do Fanny Farmer shops remain open only a few hours daily? Briefly here are the reasons: The needs of our fighting men for sugar, chocolate, and cream make fewer of these fine foods, important in the making … Read more
Folks have been telling me to read this for years! Not that I’d try and sell you a book or anything, but have you picked this one up? One of the best works of American history I’ve ever encountered! Wilkerson not only explores the mess of our past, she weaves personal stories into a narrative … Read more
An exhilarating rating sense of spaciousness is yours these days if you walk along Washington Avenue South ambling west from the Milwaukee Depot. Gone are the pawn shops and their transient merchandise, the bars that exhaled sourly as you passed on the sidewalk. The lunchrooms with the greasy windows, the liquor stores with their fast … Read more
Looking for an adventure? Take yourself into this other worldly setting, and read your way through a classic battle between good and evil. “The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu” delivers a winning combination of history, heist and heart! The story satisfies on a level I rarely find outside of science fiction and westerns. Our heroes are … Read more
If you are interested in seeing how natural landscapes may be improved and made into ideal pleasure grounds, let us spend a forenoon or afternoon or evening at Como Park. The distance by trolley is three miles, taking the – Como-Harriet line, or any other car marked “Como” at the corner of Fifth and Wabasha … Read more
Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak trees. -Longfellow You are always welcome in Minneapolis. It is a city famed as much for its hospitality as for its renowned beauty and its commercial greatness. This booklet gives you only the merest suggestion in pictures and paragraphs of its enchantment for … Read more