What says me

The sanguine soapbox of Bjorn Borstelmann
March 22, 2009

Wyoming’s Wildlife

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Travel

March 18, 2009

Minneapolis’ mashed potato pizza outdoes Idaho

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Food

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 [...]


December 23, 2008

Snow days

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Carpe diem

November 5, 2008

Hooray for snow!

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Carpe diem

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 [...]


November 4, 2008

I am proud to be American

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Carpe diem

Good night and good luck.


November 1, 2008

Road trip redux

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Travel

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 [...]


November 1, 2008

Gloucester

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Travel

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 [...]


October 11, 2008

The natives are restless

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Work

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 [...]


August 4, 2008

Blue Sky Bakery, Brooklyn NY

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Food, Travel

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. [...]


August 4, 2008

NYC

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Travel

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 [...]