I come from a family that's crazy about Christmas, on Thanksgiving my aunt had 3 Christmas trees...in her kitchen. We're at that stage of life where we have some Christmas things tucked away that we bring out each year, but it's not a whole lot. Last year we bought a Stormtrooper to guard our tree and it's one of my favorites. I was so excited to get him out of his storage ...
The Bakken Museum – Minneapolis, Minnesota
When you first arrive at the Bakken Museum you might just think you're at the wrong place. It's a gorgeous 1920s mansion, one of those buildings you look at and immediately think "it's gotta be haunted, right?" Am I the only one that assumes all swanky old homes are haunted? Anyway, it's definitely not a boring museum. It's actually a really great modern and interactive ...
Why does my preschooler need to learn how to code? and the toys that make it fun.
STEM has been a buzz word on every top toy list for the last couple years, and this year the science, technology, engineering and math toys have definitely gone in the direction of coding this year. This brings up two good questions for parents of preschoolers when shopping in these categories. Why should I teach my preschooler to code? Are these toys really teaching them ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We spent last weekend in Chicago kicking off the holiday season with teh Chicago Toy & Game Fair, The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Parade, lots of eating, and lots of shopping, we won't talk about the fact that the trip ended a bit earlier than planned with a need to get to the dentist for emergency oral surgery, damn bacon waffles. Today ...
The Bulldog, Lowertown St. Paul MN
We found The Bulldog after a bit of research on our last night in St. Paul and decided to go there for dinner. It is located in an area called Lowertown which sounds really cool and makes us think of Dragon Age! I guess you could call it a brew pub, they do have one of their own house beers as well as a huge selection of local craft beers. It is definitely more of a pub with ...
Herbie’s on the Park, St. Paul MN
Like I said before we plan our trips around our meals but sometimes things don’t quite work out the way we plan and we get a pleasant surprise. After driving to Minneapolis from St. Paul where we were going to try Revival, finding out it was a 3 hour wait, calling Night Hawks, finding out it was an hour wait, we ended up back in St. Paul a few blocks from our hotel and had ...
Big River Pizza, St. Paul MN
We are such foodies that when we go on vacation our whole trip usually revolves around where we are going to eat. Yes we map out and plan every meal so we can enjoy the best foods an area has to offer. It is not very often that we just wing it for meals but this time we are definitely glad that we did. We happened to see Big River Pizza as we were driving by on the way back to ...
The Rabbit Hole, Minneapolis MN
Falling down the rabbit hole is definitely a good description for what it feels like to walk through the doors of The Rabbit Hole restaurant. It is a bit dark but still friendly and there is a wonderful aroma from the Gyopo Korean cuisine. The servers station has an archway made of books above it and there is definitely an Alice in Wonderland feel to some of the aspects in this ...
Surly Brewing Co. Beer Hall and Restaurant, Minneapolis MN
As we follow our GPS deeper into what looks like a very industrial area with warehouses and somewhat dilapidated roads and old buildings, we cross a set of railroad tracks and there it is. A beautifully built and very modern looking place with a giant rhino of rebar and concrete to greet you. This modern architectural beauty shines like a black star amongst the rest of the ...
Bell Museum of Natural History – Minneapolis, Minnesota
We're visiting the twin cities this week, we're staying at the Hyatt Place in Downtown Saint Paul, and it's amazing, we booked the room for a steal on Expedia. and our very first stop was the Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Minnesota. First of all, this museum is right in the middle of the University of Michigan campus, actually it's a part of the campus, as in, ...
Mac and Cheese Wontons
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AD #Tailgreatness #CollectiveBias We're the best at coming up with food combinations that are completely ridiculous. I believe that wonton and egg roll wrappers are an open invitation to stuff with whatever epic food you can think of. Scramble some eggs and stuff ...