Monthly Archives: June 2010

June 20, 2010
5:35 pm
by: Peter

Dad

In honor of Father’s Day, here’s my Dad! He lives in Cal­i­for­nia now, but has always felt a close con­nec­tion with Min­nesota.  He was born in Iowa, grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, went to col­lege at Con­cor­dia in Moor­head, Min­nesota … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Medical Folks

June 16, 2010
5:33 pm
by: Peter

The Graduate David Sit

It’s grad­u­a­tion time and my nephew David Sit was one of the grad­u­ates from Edina High School.  He is off to Mass­a­chu­setts now were he will start at Boston Uni­ver­sity in the Fall.  All the best to you David and … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

June 12, 2010
5:30 pm
by: Peter

Wrist Band Dude

Grand Old Day again.  This guy was a vol­un­teer sell­ing wrist bands at Grand Old Day.  He may look like Mr. Seri­ous here, but it’s all an act.  The moment I made this photo he was mak­ing crazy faces and … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

June 11, 2010
5:28 pm
by: Peter

School Chums

School is almost out.  I ran into these lit­tle girls at St. Anthony Ele­men­tary in St. Paul just after class was out for the day when I was doing another shoot for a can­di­date.  Their par­ents had agreed to let … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

June 6, 2010
5:26 pm
by: Peter

Three Buddies

More from Grand Old Day…  These three guys were at the Billy’s Stage where we were wait­ing for Adam Levy’s band (Adam who plays a Sav­age Amp made by Jeff Krumm’s) Hook­ers and Blow go on.  The guy on the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

June 6, 2010
5:17 pm
by: Peter

Jeff Krumm — Savage Amps

Ran into my buddy Jeff Krumm and his daugh­ter at Grand Old Day.  Jeff is the owner, designer, and builder of Sav­age Amps.  His amps are some of the sweet­est most musi­cal gui­tar amps made out there, played by the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Artists, Business Persons

June 6, 2010
5:05 pm
by: Peter

Dave Shultz — Attorney

Dave Schultz is an old friend.  A part­ner at the Maslon law firm and run­ning for Ram­sey County Attor­ney.  He is run­ning against, among oth­ers, another old friend of mine, John Choi who has been pre­vi­ously fea­tured in Faces of … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Legal Folk, Politicians

June 6, 2010
5:04 pm
by: Peter

Lemonade Vendors — Grand Old Day

The first Sun­day of every June is Grand Old Day.  It is put on by the Grand Avenue Busi­ness Asso­ci­a­tion to pro­mote Grand Avenue in St. Paul — which is one of my favorite streets in the world.  It used … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

June 3, 2010
4:53 pm
by: Peter

Raghavan Iyer, Chef

Chef Ragha­van Iyer is an artist with knives and spices.  He was born in Mum­bai, India and earned degrees in Chemestry from the Bom­bay Uni­ver­sity and Hotel and Restau­rant Man­age­ment from Michi­gan State Uni­ver­sity.  He is the author of sev­eral well … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Chefs

June 2, 2010
4:32 pm
by: Peter

Bill Weeding — Laywer, Musician

Bill Weed­ing — gui­tarist extra­or­di­nary, lawyer of great tal­ent, man of great charm and wit. Bill left home in his teens and sup­ported him­self as a rock and roll musi­cian in the Twin Cities for many years.  At some point he … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Legal Folk, Musicians