Keiko Fujimori Graffiti, originally uploaded by edkohler. Being the daughter of a jailed genocidal dictator can create some baggage when running for president of Peru. That said, Keiko is leading in the polls with a few days to go, so a dictator daughter downside may not be a deal breaker.
Tony Sutton has referred to Governor Mark Dayton as erratic. I suppose that perspective makes sense, coming from someone as consistent as Sutton. Tony Sutton fairly consistently lost jobs while running the Baja Sol restaurant chain, including his own. Tony Sutton had consistently responded to stories reporting that the MN GOP still hasn’t paid many [...]
Pisco Sour Recipe, originally uploaded by edkohler. View from the Sheraton Lima along with a Pisco Sour recipe from the back of one of our free drink tickets. Altitude-wise, it’s easier to breathe here than Cusco. Smog-wise, it’s tougher to breathe here than Cusco. There is a ciclovia on the road into downtown from the [...]
Wheelhouse Restaurants, originally uploaded by edkohler. Factors that correlate with restaurants Carly and I tend to enjoy: – Chalkboard menus (ex. Sea Salt) – Local seasonal ingredients (ex. The Craftsman) – Natural light (ex. Today’s view of the Andes from The Treehouse in Aquas Calientes, Peru) – Thought provoking napkins (ex. The Angry Trout in [...]
Machu Picchu Bathroom Lessons Learned, originally uploaded by edkohler. Over the eight hours I spent at Machu Picchu today, I learned a few things about going to the bathroom: – The only bathrooms are outside the ruins, so you may be a LONG way from the nearest bathroom at times. Like, more than a mile [...]
Yellow Pages Spam in Cusco, Peru, originally uploaded by edkohler. Actually, I believe this was a case of paginas amarillas spam. Maybe they can feed them to alpacas? Unsolicited print yellow pages spam is not unique to the USA.
Ramp Season in Minnesota, originally uploaded by edkohler. I get a kick out of the efforts restaurants in Minnesota will go to put something fresh and local on the menu. For example, and this time of the year, ramps are found in a bunch of the menu items at The Craftsman on East Lake St. [...]
On Saturday night during the debate on whether the MN House should pass the gay discrimination bill, I went back and forth with Mitch Berg on Twitter on that topic. If you want to catch up, read this from the bottom up (click for larger image): Mitch Berg provides a good example of what’s wrong [...]
John Farrell left an interesting comment on my post over at MinnPost about Target and shoplifting: On May 10, 2011, John Farrell says: Ed, Target isn’t better at catching shoplifters. The reason they have so many marks on the police report is that Target calls police and prosecutes every single shoplifting incident, at enormous public [...]
Building upon the launch of ShouldIVisitMapleGrove.com, I’ve set up an ad buy for Maple Grove related search terms (ad is on the right): I think people considering moving to, spending money in, or living in Maple Grove deserve to understand who is representing them: that bigot MN State Senator, Warren Limmer. I don’t know if [...]
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