creative commons win 1

My photos on Flickr are all licensed under Creative Commons for use in noncommercial publications, with attribution. It’s always kind of exciting when your photo is used anywhere on the internet, but it’s generally for fairly boring reasons. Today, though, there were a couple of winners: Here’s my photo of a matryosha doll with teeth in a post about a ...

not looking at my final five tickets.

There were so many ways in which this weekend ruled. Friday night, we joined Sarah and John and others at Big 10 to celebrate Sarah’s last day of work. She doesn’t have another job lined up; she just hated it that much. I’ve never seen someone so happy to be unemployed. Also, I miss those guys a lot! We haven’t ...

tattoo stalemate 4

This isĀ  my brain since I decided on my next tattoo: I should get it in color! I want it on my arm! But none of the other tattoos on my arms are in color! But I want it on my arm! And I want it in color! But! But none of the other… But I want it in color! ...

restaurant week

Matt and I decided to go back to Saffron for restaurant week. Last time we were there, I declared it the best meal I’d ever had in Minneapolis, but I wondered if possibly that was affected somewhat by the pre-dinner shower champagne. It’s a good idea to verify those things, after all. I wasn’t wrong. Saffron is amazing. I’m lucky ...