- Becki-Iverson
- December 12, 2016
Fare thee well, Piccolo. I mean for real….no more of this? Be still my bleeding heart. It was with an extremely heavy heart that I woke up on Saturday morning and learned that Piccolo is closing. Vin du liqueur = vin of my dreams. God bless Piccolo for introducing me
- Becki-Iverson
- November 22, 2016
I know a lot of us are feeling motivated these days to do something to make a change in the world for the better. I’m not much a fan of gift guides for giving stuff; this is America after all and I can guarantee that 90% of us have at
- Becki-Iverson
- November 15, 2016
Partner with Finnegans and Brave New Workshop to feed the homeless. As we enter a season of thanks and giving, I always like to take a pause and try to find ways to pay it forward. I’ve been extremely lucky in my life to always have a backup plan of
- Becki-Iverson
- September 7, 2016
Get your Good Karma in this weekend and volunteer to stop hunger. Do you like beer? Are you social justice minded? Would you like to help better your community? If the answer to any of the above is yes, and you have no plans this Saturday, now you do! Second
- Becki-Iverson
- August 23, 2016
Our second TCTB blogger night was a blast – please join us next time! Photo credit: Paul Nixdorf If you’re a theater fan living in central Minnesota, chances are you’ve heard of the Church Basement Ladies (CBL). This huge hit, which first premiered at Plymouth Playhouse in 2005, has been
- Becki-Iverson
- August 9, 2016
Experience Native American Cultures at the Ordway Center Your Good Karma for the day is calling. This will be short because everything I have to say is much better said in the expose here by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, but: if you’re looking for the coolest thing you can do today, it’s funding The
- Becki-Iverson
- February 7, 2016
Eating well has never felt so good. All the colors nature can provide. Over the years, a ton of people have asked me about joining my CSA. I’ve been a proud, card carrying member of Community Homestead’s CSA program for over four years now and I can’t imagine what I’d do
- Becki-Iverson
- January 18, 2016
Sometimes being the best isn’t enough. Which is really a shame, particularly in the case of Brasserie Zentral, one of the most unique restaurants in Minneapolis. Or at least it was. Brasserie closed last weekend thanks to poor turnout and an extraordinarily competitive dining market (both for customers and employees),
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
The principle of karma dictates that good deeds beget more good deeds (we’re paraphrasing centuries of philosophy here, but you get the idea). As wallets get thinner and demands on our time multiply, it’s easy to forget that doing good is more than just another thing to put on our
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Losing a child, or watching one struggle with illness, is without a doubt the hardest experience parents can go through. Thanks to Faith’s Lodge, a retreat nestled among 80 wooded acres in northwestern Wisconsin, they don’t have to do it alone. Since 2007, more than 800 families have made use