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Recent Posts Tagged With 'longfellow'

• Shots Fired in Longfellow?

  Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 17:46 in crime, longfellow, minneapolis

  The Bridge has published minutes from last night’s Longfellow Community Council meeting, where it was mentioned that the closed Howe school on 38th St E is attracting some evil doers: Longfellow...

• Anti Monkey Butt Powder

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 09:00 in longfellow

  I’m not sure why the monkey on Anti Monkey Butt Powder is giving a thumbs up. He looks like he could have used some Anti Monkey Butt Powder and has the grimace of someone who forgot to liberally...

• StarTribune on Riverview Wine Bar

  Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 15:26 in longfellow, minneapolis, Wine

  StarTribune wine blogger, Bill Ward, spills the beans on the coolness of the Riverview Wine Bar (and Spill the Wine on Washington Ave downtown) in his column today. Pair of wine bars deftly nail a fin...

• Jack Pine Closing Doors in Longfellow

  Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 15:40 in longfellow, minneapolis

  Our local left-wing radicals at Jack Pine are closing their doors. Apparently, it’s tough to be a radical and make rent: Jack Pine Community Center shutting down Twin Cities radicals and activi...

• Blue Moon Coffee’s WiFi Controversy: The Note

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 10:52 in coffee shops, longfellow, minneapolis

  If I’ve learned one thing from InTouch magazine it’s that, “If you’re going to talk about Britney being fat, you need to accompany the story with a fat picture of Britney.̶...

• What’s in that Video Lease Building?

  Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 07:53 in longfellow, minneapolis

  I’m pretty sure Video Lease is the only place in Longfellow where you can buy porn videos. That is, if you don’t count the 10,000 Internet connections. However, if your taste in porn invol...

• Here Comes the Neighborhood - Frattallone’s ACE Hardware in Longfellow

  Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 07:50 in longfellow, minneapolis

  I don’t think gentrification is the right word for this, but it’s close. How would you describe the opening of new businesses that could be a sign of an upswing in the local micro-economy...

• Lake-8 DFL Caucus Results

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 22:51 in election 2008, longfellow, minneapolis

  Lake-8, for those of you not familiar with the term, is a made up name for section of Longfellow between Lake & 38th St E. For more on this check out Jackalope Ranch. Lake-8 roughly represents th...