Monthly Archives: July 2011

July 13, 2011
11:39 pm
by: Peter

Paul & Chris

Paul and Chris aren’t from Min­nesota, but I have to include them.  I met them trav­el­ing on a barge through the Bur­gundy region of France.  Paul and Chris live in Syd­ney, Aus­tralia.  They are such won­der­ful folks, I wish they … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Regular Folks

July 11, 2011
2:01 am
by: Peter

Brandon Howe — Financial Consultant

Bran­don is a Finan­cial Con­sul­tant at RBC Wealth Man­age­ment in Min­neapo­lis.  An affa­ble guy.  I enjoyed hav­ing a drink with him at the same happy hour where I met Allie Pryd and Deb­o­rah Cordner.

Posted in Business Persons

July 8, 2011
5:54 pm
by: Peter

Cadilllac Kolstad — Musician

Andrew “Cadil­lac” Kol­stad is the scion of a musi­cal fam­ily.  His father, Papa John Kol­stad was one of the movers and shak­ers of the old Min­neapo­lis folk scene back in the days of Koerner, Ray & Glover.  (I’ll have to … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Musicians

July 6, 2011
11:34 pm
by: Peter

Bob Frey — Songwriter, Teacher

Bob Frey teaches at the Per­pich Cen­ter for Arts Edu­ca­tion in Golden Val­ley, MN.  It is is a com­pre­hen­sive, tuition-free pub­lic high school offer­ing a rig­or­ous aca­d­e­mic pro­gram, with inten­sive course­work focused in the arts.  Kids from around the state come … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Musicians, Teachers

July 5, 2011
7:12 am
by: Peter

Barbara Porwit

Bar­bara Por­wit is an artist.  Her web­site, Body Images, is aptly named because much of her art cel­e­brates the shapes and curves of the body.  She has a series that I always found par­tic­u­larly engag­ing.  It is a study of … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Artists

July 4, 2011
2:59 pm
by: Peter

New Face of Minnesota Website

It was inevitable that I would have to move from the iWeb plat­form I was using before.  I liked how iWeb inte­grated well with Aper­ture and cre­ated a pretty nifty look­ing web­site with­out too much trou­ble, but it wasn’t a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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