November 2011
42 posts
“Nearly 60 percent of Cleveland’s poor, once concentrated in its urban core, now...”
– Given a choice, I think I’d rather be poor in a location that has nearby services, grocery stores, and public transit over poor in a location that’s more car dependent.
More Pizza News: Grimaldi's Tossed Out →
thecorcorangroup:
First Di Fara’s is shuttered by the DOH…and now this…
One of the city’s most famous pizzerias is being tossed out of its building — and adding injury to insult, the rival establishment that’s moving in is inheriting its unique oven.
Brooklyn’s Grimaldi’s Pizzeria will move its world-famous tourist hot spot on Old Fulton Street in DUMBO to a larger site next door as...
“In Hibbing, where the median home value is $82,550, homeowners will see a tax...”
– Rep. Carly Melin on the homestead property tax credit elimination and Hibbing home values.
Watchaakruse:
The Next Big Apple?
This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about the process of building a better apple, focussing on the creation of a new variety “trying to take its place as the next hot apple” called SweeTango. He goes to Minnesota, where the apple was bred, and finds that the SweeTango is “a piece of intellectual property.”
[The New Yorker]
Why do the Vikings' needs come before others'? |... →
adamisacson:
I just watched my cat exit the litterbox, then clean his ass by dragging his lower half all the way across our carpet by his front paws.
Thought you should know, in case you’re thinking of getting a cat. Or believe in “intelligent design.”
The 651ery: Joia Soda from Drink Distinct →
the651ery:
Joia is a locally produced, all natural soda from the geniuses at Drink Distinct that has got me hooked. It is so good, in fact, that it has me writing about a product from the other side of the river.
It comes in four flavors:
· Pineapple, Coconut and Nutmeg
· Lime, Hibiscus and…
This is good stuff. Agreed on the Blackberry. I had a Blackberry Joia at Cuppa Java and a...
“The tribes have 18 casinos in Minnesota. They have had exclusive rights for...”
– Michelle Person supports reneging on treaties if it’s for a good cause, like subsidizing the Minnesota Vikings’s stadium construction costs.
“I was not amazed but disgusted when John Boehner and his crew tried to justify...”
– From a self-identified “voice from the 1%” post, summing up everything that is so absurd about conservative fiscal policy of the past 30 years. (via jimray)
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via emotional-algebra)
Watchdanwick:
The wedding was more moving than I expected. As @bravoandy said, Conan didn’t go for laughs, but went for emotion instead.
#TeamCoCo 4 Life!
“These new flight paths may help reduce in-air collisions, but THEY’RE AWFULLY...”
– South Minneapolis residents (paraphrased)
As one of those South Minneapolis residents who bought a home in an area that’s near the airport, but outside flight paths until recently, it seems like another way to keep noise out of my area would be for MSP to live up to their promises to only fly...
