TC Sidewalks offers a photo essay of some of our cities’ buskers. Are there any local street musicians you are always happy to see? Any you flee from? I’m particularly fond of the saxophonist in downtown Mpls who will play four or five notes of a recognizable melody, say, “Danny Boy,” and then lose the melody, and then lose the rhythm, and then pretend to improvise for a while, and then get back to something recognizable, very briefly. It seems like he has been saxomophoning on Nicollet Mall for a decade, so it’s rather amazing he’s never managed to learn one complete melody.
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" How about a roadmap?" reading a map while driving is no better than texting.
cubbie
Mar 21 2010 - 11:31 am →
They could have made a compilation video like that with just my wife's driving but it would have exceeded YouTube's duration limit.
And yes, Maz, it was a woman parallel parking and talking on the phone at the same time.
I've seen people parallel parking while they're talking on the telephone. It's crazy. You can't stop for the 45 seconds it takes to back into a par...
"My phone is also my music player and my GPS unit. I could see needing it for things other than talking/texting."That's a huge problem in many area...
We want a Wal-Mart or a Super Target. Have Kohls move adjacent to them.I don't want a stadium because that will put way too much traffic onto Hwy 1...
Perhaps both aliecat and The Rat shold take their concerns directly to the Park & Rec Board, and ask them about the motivation for smoke-free p...
justpbob
Mar 20 2010 - 3:21 pm →
You're not setting a bad example, and the Park and Rec board doesn't give a Tinker's Damn about the example you set for kids. It's adults that are ...
I'm not really interested in setting a good example for kids I don't know, Bob. That's not really my job. Christ, it's not like smoking...
aliecat
Mar 19 2010 - 10:22 pm →
Who'd be scared to call that Cupcake? He looks like a cupcake with a head.
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