Archive: November 2005

• Things to do in Minneapolis when you’re cold in flickr, minneapolis, tip · Nov 30, 15:43

  The Twin Cities are still full of good times, especially when the mercury plunges. A couple of weekends ago, I enjoyed the chill with my friends Fish, Katie and Becky (pictured, in front of the new wing at the Walker).
  The highlights:

  Vietnamese sandwiches at the Jasmine Deli on Nicollet. Their sandwiches are fabulous, especially [...]

• Kansas / The best state quarter so far in reviews, visual · Nov 7, 22:50

  It just happens to be from my home state. Nice work, Kansans.

• Music / Konono #1 lights it up in music, reviews, san francisco · Nov 7, 22:48

  Last night, Konono #1 played the Palace of Fine Arts. Before the show, I was a little worried that their scruffy, off-kilter sound may get washed-out by the fancy sound-system of the PoFA, and that they may end up sounding like lame-ass Ashkenaz-style “world music.”
  But from the first moment, they totally ruled, and their signature [...]

• Art / LACMA garage RIP in flickr, inside art, street art, visual · Nov 4, 03:36

  Soon, the garage outside the LA County Museum of Art is getting torn down to make way for some big new building. Unfortunately, it’s got some really excellent murals by Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen that I checked out when I was there a couple of summers ago.
  The LA Weekly says:
  Now’s the time to check [...]

• Art / Muhammad Ali likes soul food in flickr, inside art, san francisco, visual · Nov 4, 02:55

  One of my favorite neighborhood art spots is called Creativity Explored, “a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.” Or so it says on its website.
  At first, I felt conflicted about Creativity Explored. Much of the art is geniunely impressive, and a few of the artists are quite [...]

• Good time on a California jury in law & order, san francisco · Nov 3, 21:22

  For the last three days, I served on a jury in a civil trial in San Francisco Superior Court. It was a personal injury case stemming from an auto accident on the Bay Bridge in 2002. The plaintiff sought cash for physical and mental suffering, inconvenience, loss of enjoyment of life, and about six other [...]