One advantage of living in St. Paul is the parking situation: since there are never any people here, you can basically park wherever you want. Even in Lowertown — the one part of downtown St. Paul that shows regular signs of human activity after 5 p.m. — you can usually find an open meter space. [...]
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April 29, 2009
Hot Rod Day at the Capitol
One of the fringe benefits of working at the Legislature is having a front-row seat to all the activity that goes on in and around the Capitol Building. Usually it’s some kind of protest, but there are a couple of unique events that happen every year that always make me stop and look. Yesterday, the [...]
December 7, 2008
Summit Brewery Tour
In hard times like these, it’s wise to get your kicks for free whenever possible. Yesterday, Patty and I (along with an eager group of friends) took Summit Brewing Company’s almost-too-good-to-be-true complimentary tour of its St. Paul brewery — and I have to say that it’s about as good a time as you can have for [...]
October 20, 2008
St. Paul’s Crazy Street Signs (Updated)
The above is one of many “traffic calming” artistic street signs currently located on George Street on St. Paul’s West Side. Patty noticed them on her way to work one day. According to this report by WCCO, the signs don’t really accomplish their intended purpose of slowing traffic, but they definitely add some eccentric charm [...]
June 16, 2008
Dodge Nature Center
The amount of cool places that I continually discover within just a few miles my house never ceases to amaze me. Tonight Patty and I took a walk through some trails at the Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul. It’s an environmental education center for school-aged children, but it also offers free hiking trails [...]
