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Awesome.
Southern Airways Original Travel Poster Minneapolis St Paul (1970s) by David Pollack Vintage Posters
We’ve never looked better.
Also, go check out that site because there are some AMAZING posters.
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Someone vandalized Spoonbridge and Cherry with “Kony.”
Just a friendly reminder that humanity is the worst.
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Dear City Pages,
Pretty sure you can hop right off that judgey, unfunny high horse about Marilyn Hagerty when you voted THE FUCKING PIZZA RANCH IN LAKEVILLE as one of your “Best Of” restaurant picks.
Guess who else reviewed a Pizza Ranch? Yup. (And she did it better.)
I didn’t really weigh in on the whole Marilyn Hagerty thing because I haven’t really weighed in on much of anything here of late. I guess my feelings on the matter are something like “Fuck you, I was there, I get why her stuff is funny.” It’s not because my hometown is Yokel City, USA. Obviously I have conflicted feelings about the old locale, which I wrote about not too long ago. The funny part of the Olive Garden review is not so much the review itself (it’s great, classic Marilyn), but the context. Grand Forks has longed for an Olive Garden for decades, ever since their forever rival, Fargo, got one. I knew people that drove an hour to the Fargo Olive Garden to eat on prom night, and then drove back for Grand March. This despite the fact that at the time, there was a delicious, local, authentic Italian restaurant called Lola’s (now defunct, although replaced with an even more delicious local eatery called The Toasted Frog).
What I’m saying is, don’t blame Marilyn for giving the people what they want. Recently I was back in ol’ GF and actually took my grandmother, only slightly older than Marilyn at 87, to the now world-famous Olive Garden for lunch. I didn’t skimp on the raspberry lemonade, I’ll just note, and when my grandma bit into a breadstick, she couldn’t stop raving. Old ladies and breadsticks. It’s fine. Hating on Marilyn Hagerty is pretty much hating on your own grandmother. Hate the culture that makes chains a big deal at the expense of awesome local eats (which, I should mention, Grand Forks does have. A few really great hidden gems. With amazing wine I can’t even find at Surdyk’s). Or at least, City Pages, if you’re going to hate on Marilyn for reviewing the Olive Garden, don’t turn around and give Pizza Ranch an award. I think they call that hypocrisy.
Locals (and expats) love Marilyn because she’s been a Grand Forks legend for years. She writes five columns a week and even has a lift station named after her. Again, she’s basically the town grandma. Once, in the mid-90s, she mentioned my now late grandfather in a column of hers and elementary school me was thrilled because he’d Made It. I guess now that really is true.
In conclusion, City Pages, you’re the worst. (We knew that, though.)
“Put yourself out there and give yourself permission to suck. That’s not to say you should try to suck, but you have to give yourself permission to allow for the possibility of sucking. Without sucking, you’re never going to find your boundaries, and you’ll never push through those boundaries. That’s all it is. Constantly bumping into walls you do not think you can climb and then climbing until you get over them. There’s no mystery to it, no magic. It’s about dedication and constantly trying to improve.” — Michael Ian Black’s advice for those attempting comedy & other creative pursuits, as told to The Rumpus (via sarahspy)
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i laughed so hard at “my cross is chocolate”. so hard.
drawsomething rules.
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Friday, March 23…
It’s “Mad Men” mania in our studio!
Anderson challenges Jon Hamm and John Slattery to a “Mad Men” throwback trivia game.
Setting my DVR now :)