Carbucks! #2

Here's another episode of Carbucks! The Web Series. It's a short but sweet morality tale.

Enjoy!

Carbucks! #1

Nothing beats the smell of frustrated coffee consumers in the morning, and so I have taken to watching the state's worst Starbucks drive-thru in my spare time.

Here's a taste of the action. Enjoy!

Signs of the Times #166

PLEASE

DON'T BLOCK

WALKWAY

[Boulevard. Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul.]

WE [heart]

OUR 

MAILMEN

[Window. Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul.]

MAKE A POM POM

TO DECORATE OUR

COFFEEHOUSE and GET

A FREE COUPON FOR

ICE CREAM!

[Door. Snelling Avenue, Saint Paul.]

FREE SCRAP

METAL [hand sign]

[Cardboard. West Midway, Saint Paul.]

WET

PAINT!

[Porch. Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul.]

DUCT

TAPE

BANDIT

[Bench. Selby Avenue, Saint Paul.]

 Tape!

[Beg button. University Avenue, Saint Paul.]

ATC

FOR

OUR

Ch DR N

[Alley. Frogtown, Saint Paul.]

Join me for a Virtual Book Talk on "Closing Time" Next Wednesday

My co-author Andy Sturdevant and I will be doing a virtual book talk next Wednesday, discussing our book Closing Time, a history of Twin Cities bars. We'll be streaming it live on Facebook, and you are welcome to join and watch and even leave comments about how horrible we are. I think we'll be discussing our hopes and fears for bars in the age of COVID.

[Event is here.]

Join us live on Minnesota Historical Society's Facebook page for an evening with one or both of the authors of "Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities".https://www.facebook.com/minnesotahistoricalsociety/live 

The book is an entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities’ most famous and infamous drinking establishments—history viewed from the barstool.
http://www.mnhs.org/event/8478

If you have questions you'd like to ask, please leave them in the comments!

Signs of the Times: COVID Edition #1

 HAVE THESE?

IF SO, PLEASE 

WEAR THEM

[Express Bike Shop, Saint Paul.]

HATE is ALSO a VIRUS

TOASTED stands with U, just 6ft apart

COVID-19

IS SOME

REAL SH•T!

Cover ur fricken mouth

LOVE U BUT, BUY YR STUFF & LEAVE

NO SOCK or DIRTY $$

STAND BACK 6FT, PLAYA

U COUGHT, U DIE

Drink responsibly, YOLO!

BE NICE or GET OUT

[Toasted Wine and Spirits, Saint Paul.]

COVID 19 CAUSING YOUR FAMILY

FINANCIAL HARDSHIP? IF SO ASK YOUR

CASHIER AND HE OR SHE MAY BE ABLE TO

HELP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO 

THIS EFFORT TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS

SUFFERING HARDSHIP, YOU CAN DONATE

TO YOUR CASHIER

[Cooper's Foods, Saint Paul.]

Minimum Guidelines at cash Counter

(to cope with Covid-19)

1. Keep distance a little more than usual.

2. Less talk than you like to.

Thank you for your help.

[Kim's Asian Market, Saint Paul.]

 One Party at

A Time for Your

Safety and ours.

-thank-

[SugaRush Donuts, Saint Paul.]

Hand Sanitizer

on the table

Please help yourself

when you open the door.

Thanks.

[Cha Yes Bubble Tea, Saint Paul.]

 2 POR FAMILIA

Max 20 People in Store

Face Masks Encouraged

Please keep 6' Distance

Respect Door Atteendant

[El Burrito Mercado, Saint Paul.]

In light of COVID-19

for everyone's safety:

please remain behind the pickup

table and keep a distance of at

least 6 feet from others

We will be with you shortly

Thank You!!

[Regina's Fine Candies, Saint Paul.]