Monthly Archives: May 2010

May 31, 2010
4:18 pm
by: Peter

Classy St. Olaf Alumna

This lady was on the tour of the new sci­ence cen­ter guided by Dave Van Wylen.  Never caught her name or her class but then she’s a classy lady in her own right.

Posted in Regular Folks

May 29, 2010
4:16 pm
by: Peter

Dave Van Wylen — Professor

Dave is a biol­ogy pro­fes­sor at St. Olaf Col­lege in North­field, MN.  Dave’s cur­rent research “is directed at under­stand­ing [the] role of adeno­sine in myocar­dial pro­tec­tion.”  Accord­ing to Wikipedia, adeno­sine can be quite ben­e­fi­cial to cer­tain tachy­car­dia vic­tims but since … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Teachers

May 26, 2010
4:10 pm
by: Peter

Melinna Sixtos

At the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, a troop of dancers came through who were just stun­ning — they the feath­ers and the dancing.…I don’t know if they were in the vein of the Mayan or maybe the Aztec (my bad, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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May 25, 2010
4:04 pm
by: Peter

Mark Ireland — Attoreny/Judge

It’s an old story, politi­cians kiss­ing babies — but Mark came by this baby hon­estly, she’s his daugh­ter. I’ve know Mark for sev­eral years now since we worked on a cam­paign together.  When I first met him, he was with … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Legal Folk, Politicians

May 25, 2010
3:55 pm
by: Peter

Queen for the Day

This young lady was hav­ing so much fun march­ing in the Cinco de Mayo parade.  She was going back and forth across the street greet­ing peo­ple.  I think she was one of the queens of the event.

Posted in Regular Folks

May 24, 2010
3:49 pm
by: Peter

John Choi — Ramsey County Attorney

I’ve known John since we were baby lawyers and cam­paign new­bies. He has been for the past sev­eral years the City Attor­ney for the City of St. Paul.  Dur­ing his tenure, the Repub­li­can National Con­ven­tion took over the city and … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Politicians

May 23, 2010
3:47 pm
by: Peter

Fear God

From the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. I sup­pose fear is one of the great moti­va­tors for us humans.…

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May 22, 2010
3:43 pm
by: Peter

Mike Salovich — Musician

Back in my col­lege days, I walked into the Lion’s Pause (the old Pause in the now demol­ished Yit­ter­boe Hall) and Mike Salovich was play­ing gui­tar.  He wasn’t just play­ing, he was play­ing all this Leo Kot­tke–like stuff.  I said … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Musicians

May 21, 2010
3:35 pm
by: Peter

Mathew Zimmerman — Sound Engineer

Matthew Zim­mer­man is an artist, one of Minnesota’s best sound engi­neers.  He owns a small but impres­sive stu­dio (and lots of great gear) in North­east Min­neapo­lis called Wild Sound. Matthew has worked with a vari­ety of artists and is known, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Artists

May 21, 2010
3:28 pm
by: Peter

I Just Got My Picture Taken

I’m back to the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. I thought the ven­dors’ view might be inter­est­ing so I got behind this great Greek food sta­tion (yeah, I know, it’s Cinco de Mayo, but the food looked great — though I … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks