Has anyone ever served party pizzas at an actual party?
Reading Time: 8 minutes. So there I was, standing in the frozen food aisle at the Rainbow Foods store in Uptown Minneapolis, staring at a towering stack of Totino’s Party…
Copycat Noodles & Co’s Penne Rosa with Parmesan Crusted Chicken
Reading Time: 4 minutes. A lot of the chain restaurants have gone wayyyyy downhill over the years (ahem, Chipotle) but Noodles & Co is still pretty solid. My favorite 2…
80s and 90s TV commercial jingles that are still stuck in my head, haunting and torturing me decades later
Reading Time: 2 minutes. I watched a ton of TV as a kid. I mean, an obscene amount. Back then, we didn’t have phones and tablets to fry our brains—nope,…
Our brains are just darling, aren’t they?
Reading Time: 2 minutes. Feeling drained or maybe even panicked like me over politics today? Brain can’t stop taking it all in even though there’s so much else to do?…
Only Reading the Headlines: Hide Your Pets Edition
Reading Time: 7 minutes. I’m kicking off my new blog series, ‘Only Reading the Headlines,’ with a special debate edition. Yes, I watched the whole thing, start to finish—one bathroom…
The Emptiness Machine
Reading Time: 2 minutes. So, Linkin Park dropped a new single recently called The Emptiness Machine and apparently decided to fill Chester’s shoes with a new singer–Emily Armstrong–who’s all about…
Hot Take: The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is Way Better than the Minnesota State Fair
Reading Time: 4 minutes. I’m not sure if this is a pissing contest but I’m making it one! Ah, Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes, passive-aggressive politeness, and two grand events…
Reunion (2024)
Reading Time: 2 minutes. 2 out of 5 stars. The other night, I was desperate for a comedy, so I decided to give this one a shot. It’s set at…