Archive for February, 2009

LIFE: A Journey Through Time

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Frans Lanting’s nature photography is the subject of the current exhibit at the Bell Museum of Natural History. Lanting’s photos have a deeply scientific interpretation and incredible beauty.
If you happened to catch the exhibit Touch the Sky from Jim Brandenburg a couple years ago, you’ll definitely enjoy this exhibit as well.

Frans Lanting will be giving [...]

Knit Out 2009

Monday, February 16th, 2009

My friend, Kelsey, and her family were in Minneapolis (technically Bloomington) over the weekend for the Mall of America’s Knit Out and Crochet 2008 event. I joined them Sunday morning to check out the festivities, get some free stuff, and be inspired by other crafters.

(Clicking on that last image will show you everything I took [...]

Art Sled Rally

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

The 2nd annual Art Sled Rally took place yesterday in Powderhorn Park. I attended with the intention of rooting on Team Premium, but all of the sleds were so awesome that I had to root for everyone!

Team Premium did have one of the best crashes of the day, however:

This was one of the better weekends [...]

Salon Saloon: Ice Breakers

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Salon Saloon is a new program brought to you by Andy Sturdevant, Shanai Matteson, and Colin Kloecker. I attended Tuesday night’s first event, “Ice Breaker.” Guests talked about German mountain films, bicycling during the winter (notably in the Twin Cities, of course), and sculpting ice. Chilly topics, but a fun event! I’m looking forward to [...]

Crazy Cat Lady

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Last weekend I made my second trip to the annual Saintly City Cat Club’s Winter Carnival cat show. My sister, Karyn, and I went to the show in 2002 (I think), when we lived in downtown Saint Paul. This year I went with my friend (and fellow cat lover), Bertine.

It is a strange event. There [...]