May 2009
5 posts
One from the archives: Buster Bluth singing Mr.... →
As usual, the Deets asks a good question: How much... →
Blago as street art in Chicago →
What Makes a $150 Farm Dinner Cost $150? →
It seems the latest trend in fine dining is the farm dinner where a very well regarded local chef cooks a multi-course meal using the freshest ingredients from a local farm, i.e., beef, lamb, in-season vegetables, herbs, etc. This is a pretty cool idea, but these events are generally way too expensive. The Heavy Table attempts to understand the cost, but the expense disclosure provided still...
April 2009
50 posts
Not to be out done by the Twins, the Chicago Fire... →
“You won’t see any fat boys playing hockey,” Guillen said. “You...”
– The always quotable Ozzie Guillen in today’s Chicago Tribune.
Gapers Block reviews Chicago writer Joe Meno's new... →
On select Tuesdays, the Twins are offering upper... →
Beer not included
The Reader's Dark Lord Days recap →
Sounds like we arrived when the line was about 3 hours. The writer mentions he only waited 45 minutes after arriving at 2:15pm.
From Bat Boy to Red Sox Fan, a Tip of the Cap to... →
Part 4 of 4 of the Informant →
Part 3 of the Informant →
The obnoxious Luna Carpet jingle invades Wrigley... →
Part 2 of the Strib's informant expose →
My various Wii injuries are finally validated →
Part 1 of 4 of the Star Tribune's excellent series... →
As an interesting side note, this series is part of the Strib experiment where high profile articles are initially only published in the actual Sunday paper. Only after a few days are the articles then posted online, which is why parts 2-4 are not yet online.
In response to an attempted child abduction in... →
Certainly the craziest (and dumbest) idea for a news story I’ve ever read.
The Huffington Post interviews noted free market... →
“White Sox player, Octavio Dotel asked the president for a hug instead of a...”
– Sun-Times
It's Richard Simmons day at Galactic Pizza in Mpls →
Duluth native Kara Goucher finishes nine seconds... →
The Sun Times points out an interesting baseball... →
The cards featured at Cardboard Gods are unfortunately a little before my prime collecting years.
WatchThe Star Spangled Banner was pretty loud but not as loud as Havlat’s OT goal.
The Sun Times reminds us that it's time for a... →
WatchMy favorite recurring weekend update character
Jesse Jackson Sr. argues that students are gouged... →
I’m not his biggest fan, but it’s hard to argue with this particular argument
Al Franken is one step closer to the Senate after... →
Norm Coleman promised to appeal the results of the Election Contest to the MN Supreme Court. Let’s all hope the MN Supreme Court is the final authority in this craziness.
The infamous Tracy Morgan clip from WGN will make... →
CTA buys 58 hybrid buses with stimulus funds →
Good news for employees of New Flyer, which has two manufacturing facilities in central MN.
“Many aldermen privately concede they still don’t understand it.”
– While this accurately sums up much of how the city of Chicago operates, in this instance, the Chicago Reader describes how the infamous parking meter lease deal got done.
Shefzilla wonders what iconic food the new Target... →
Commenters put forth a resounding chorus of jucy lucy while shefzilla himself suggested lutefisk on a stick
Soldier Field asked to consider World Cup bid for... →
Chicago’s 100 Essential Restaurants →
A Trader Joe’s might be coming to a new... →
The comments to the article include the typical world is ending complaints about corporatism you’d expect from a local, albeit excellent, food blog. But, the crazy thing about capitalism is grocery shoppers that prefer the Wedge can still shop at the Wedge. And to take it a step further, if the majority of grocery shoppers still prefer the Wedge, then perhaps Trader Joe’s will fail in that...
Hot Doug Drop: Delivering Encased Meats to the... →
It’s crazy to me that Hot Doug himself isn’t a fan of this service. He’s getting another 25 - 50 orders every weekday that he didn’t have before.
Playoff hockey will be in Chicago this year.
The New York Times checks out a Minneapolis man's... →
Where was the Times when we were composting in our 650 sq foot apartment (not to mention our grand grass experiment of ‘07)?
A telltale sign that Spring has Sprung in Mpls →
Cafe con leche recipe from The Heavy Table →
A Spanish variation on cold press coffee.