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Saturday, September 27, 2008
12.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Celebrate Saint Paul with the release of the 2009 Saint Paul Almanac!
Featuring food, dance, music, and poets. Family friendly.
Black Dog Café & Wine Bar
4th & Broadway
Lowertown, Saint Paul
Directions & Map
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Bars and Restaurants: W. A. Frost
Whether you are a native Saint Paulite or a transplant, chances are you have a favorite bartender. Saint Paul is arguably short on some things, but people: when it comes to bars, you can take your pick. From the highest order, with oak and marble features, to scratch-off parlors in old working-class neighborhoods, there is a crowd and atmosphere to suit your taste. And I am not talking about the suburban-chain Cheers bars that sometimes creep past the city line. When I want a bar, I'm thinking the Turf Club (the old '40s dance joint on University and Snelling) or the family-friendly Ranham Bowling Center with its decades-old lanes, 3.2 taps, and charming tarnish. MORE
Recipes: The Fruit Of Summer
My nails have been black for over a week now. This is the price I pay for picking mulberries, whose juice has a staining power the military might want to look into. Under the guilty tree, a (doomed) white car has been parked for the past nine days, and I know from experience that its hood will never be pure white again: pale pink blooms will adorn its surface, souvenirs of its time beneath that tree. Perhaps it's not surprising that the native mulberry, Morus rubra, is disappearing from Saint Paul. If you ask a random sampling of people what they think of when they think mulberry, you'll get a single reply: "Messy." Messy trees that stain automobiles have no place here in 2008, apparently. And that is sad and telling. MORE
People: Halwa's Story
My name is Halwa Abdulkadir Hussein. I was born in Somalia in the town of Hargeysa in 1989. I grew up in Somalia. I am Muslim. I have four brothers and a mom. My father died in 1994, and at that time I was young, so I moved to Kenya. I came to the United States of America on June 6, 2006. I saw many challenges in the United States, such as the weather. The weather was very cold. I saw many snowstorms that came from the sky. I hadn't seen snow before, so it was a surprise to me. MORE
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Now accepting Submissions for the 2010 Almanac!
The Saint Paul Almanac wants your recommendations for locally owned tea and coffee houses, music venues and taverns, restaurants and cafés. Please include addresses, a brief description of your choice's virtues, and an indication of its price range—modest ($), moderate ($$), or expensive ($$$).
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