What says me
The sanguine soapbox of Bjorn Borstelmann
Minneapolis’ mashed potato pizza outdoes Idaho
Hot potato, this is one heck of a pizza:
Nestled near Miami Ad School in downtown Minneapolis is a pizza place of perfection, for there you will find what my great second-state of Idaho should have done long ago – mashed potato pizza. Pizza LucĂ©’s website says their Baked Potato pizza is:
“Pizza crust smothered in buttery-garlic [...]
Hooray for snow!
Last night it snowed half a foot or so, and this afternoon I finally got to go play in it… It sorta makes me wish I was hanging around here this winter for snowboarding at the world’s best kept secret, Grand Targhee! Er… I mean, the world’s worst ski resort, in the worst state in [...]
Road trip redux
In rewind, from Akwissasne to home, Kelley and I decided to bypass those crazy Canadians, although we did revisit those wacky Minnesotans for a short crash landing at Minniami Ad School. Eventually, after stopping at Mount Rushmore and rekindling our patriotic ferver (WOOO!) we found ourselves back in our hideous birthright, which you should never [...]
Gloucester
Going through the mess that this summer made on my desktop, several photos floated through from our various travels…
Gloucester, Massachusetts is a strikingly beautiful seaside… deeply affected by humanity’s incredible ability to shit where it eats. When I was a kid I would spend hours playing in the tide pools here, poking star fish and [...]
The natives are restless
We recently squashed a Norse Warrior uprising at the local Nordic skiing fundraiser… it was found that they were easily pacified with cookies and apple juice.
The Teton Nordic Club is a nonprofit organization that provides after-school nordic skiing programs for kids…
This year, if the board of directors gets their $#*% together, we’re mixing it up [...]
Blue Sky Bakery, Brooklyn NY
While we were in NYC, we ventured forth to an old family friend’s bakery on 5th Ave and Bergen St., near Atlantic Station in Brooklyn… Blue Sky Bakery – Google Maps
Holy North Dakotan cow, do they make incredible muffins! We had a chocolate banana muffin, a blackberry nectarine muffin, and a whopping glass of milk. [...]
NYC
Kelley and I crashed our cousin’s apartment in Brooklyn and did the big tourist thing last weekend. It was much fun; Times Square, Broadway, the Empire State building, Central Park, Museum of Modern Art, Wall Street… we just about dun did it all. I was also given the chance to peek into the advertising agencies [...]