Guest Blog

This week I returned to the New to Me project with enthusiasm. Week in review:

Sunday: Learned how to make cornbread in an iron skillet on the grill - yum

Monday: Finally got around to doing something I've been meaning to try for years: the Walker's Summer Music and Movies. All the urban hipsters collected in Loring Park to listen to live music and whisper through old black & white films.

Tuesday: Angie and Marisa obliged me in trying a new restaurant before attending "The Government Inspector" so we selected Harry's Food and Cocktails. Let's just say that sometimes it is best to stick with old favorites.

Wednesday: For dinner before the (horrible) Twins v. White Sox game, Angie and I selected Matt's Bar after reading a recent detailed description in an email from my mom:

"Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, food critic for Minnesota Monthly and also a Carleton grad, had written about all the best hamburgers in Minnesota. She wrote about Matt's Bar, "Matt's has been making these well-charred, unspeakably delicious Jucy Lucys, the best in the state--the best, no doubt, in the world--since, legend has it, 1954." Matt's is at 3500 Cedar Ave. so we drove over there from 2600 Park Ave. and ate Jucy Lucys and French fries in a very crowded small bar. Looking around, we seemed to fit in with the rest of the group. They don't use plates but wrap the hamburgers in paper. The fries were in a plastic basket. We drank natural lemonade in a bottle. According to the menu they do serve grilled cheese so you could go there with friends who like hamburgers. The middle of the hamburgers is filled with cheese which melts and with the first bite leaks out so is rather messy. We satisfied our hunger and had another nice outing."

I did enjoy my grilled cheese while watching the others devour Jucy Lucy's. Maybe my mom will start blogging too?

Thursday: Neither the Walker nor Solutions Twin Cities is New to Me, but Solutions for the Other 90% was a great new event. The presentation by Jeffrey and Alissa for our own group, Architecture for Humanity MN, even inspired me.

Friday: Took the day off and headed to Okoboji for our annual retreat at Sarah's cabin. Had a decent dinner at a new Boji restaurant: Kazarelli's. Their card states their Dock GPS (N 43 22.562 W 095 10.729) but no website. Fun to try a new place and a new beer: New Belgium's Summer Wheat - very nice and I thought I didn't like wheat beers! Now to relax some more...