Hmong in Hminnesota
So it took me some time and some creative driving in my rented Ford Focus, but I was finally able to find a Hmong food joint in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the largest population of Hmong people live in...
View ArticleThe Best Bar in the World is in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is a weird, weird place. Its a big (small) mid-western town that consists of Scandinavian descendants living alongside Somali/Vietnamese/Hmong immigrants. So if you see an Asian or Black...
View ArticleChanging Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam
Running now through May 24, 2009 at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota campus is an exhibit titled Changing Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam. It’s the first...
View ArticleWhite People Love Bikes
I didn’t learn much at the conference I attended that could be used for any BcB material… until now. I love my bike(s). So I decided to attend a bicycle transportation session that the planning nerds...
View ArticleApril is Asian Pacific Awareness Month at Macalester College
According to my moms, there was an 8% chance yours truly could have been born and raised in the great state of Minnesota… Bloomington, MN to be specific. So any chance I can to rep the Midwest, I will...
View ArticleThe BcB Design Team Honors the Greatest Logo of All-Time
Non-profits usually don’t have the capacity to even do what their workplan says, so you can usually throw out communications and design aesthetics when it comes down to it. But hot damn if I didn’t see...
View ArticleThe Best Bars in America (according to the word of AzN)
Cause I’ve always wanted to make this list and folks always be asking me for recommendations when they’re “forced” to visit any of these cities. Why even bother going to some of these cities? Because...
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