- Becki-Iverson
- February 5, 2020
Look ma, I made it! Photo courtesy of Thrillist I cannot describe how thrilled I was when Thrillist decided to include my pitch about a smalls lice of my African honeymoon in this year’s 20 top destinations list! It’s the most in-depth piece I’ve written for travel sections by far,
- Becki-Iverson
- December 20, 2019
Don’t be a Scrooge. Photo courtesy of Thrillist The season of giving is upon us! While that most often means an exhausting list of shopping, wrapping, and gift giving and receiving, I also like to think that it’s a time to think even more than usual about giving back
- Becki-Iverson
- November 27, 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged… Photo by Dan Norman That holiday season stagings need a refresh. Don’t get me wrong; I will always harbor love for How the Grinch Stole Christmas or A Christmas Carol. That said, do we need to see them *every* year? Done exactly the
- Becki-Iverson
- November 15, 2019
Feeling a little shut in this winter? Photo courtesy of Thrillist Consider a change of scenery and check out some of the best U.S.-based winter destinations you can enjoy to get away from home but still have that snowy winter experience. I rounded up 7 awesome options across America
- Becki-Iverson
- November 7, 2019
The air was thick with nostalgia as the audience settled into their seats. Photo by Dan Norman After all, you’d have to live under a rock not to remember the infamous 1989 film featuring a veritable who’s who of a pillar pre-#metoo feminine Hollywood. I mean how can you
- Becki-Iverson
- October 2, 2019
What’s better than a cheap ass dive with filling food and stiff drinks? Photo courtesy of Thrillist My answer: basically nothing. I have always held an unholy love in my heart for dive bars, and I cannot stress how much fun it was to compile a list of the
- Becki-Iverson
- July 25, 2019
Greetings from the future, lovely readers… Photo courtesy of One Heart Africa I bet some of you are starting to wonder what the heck has happened to me! In one word: Africa. I spent all of June 2019 on the trip of a lifetime through several countries in West Africa.
- Becki-Iverson
- March 14, 2019
Who else has the muddy March blues? Photo Credit: Tom Wallace, 2019 I don’t know a single Minnesotan who hasn’t felt positively demoralized by our last six weeks of hellish winter weather. Yes, it’s now 40 degrees and endlessly rainy, but what comfort is that when it feels like
- Becki-Iverson
- December 21, 2018
Representation has been an increasingly important theme in arts around the world lately. Uche Iroegbu Whether it’s melanizing the lily white world of superhero universes (here’s looking at you Black Panther) or shaking up the stale genre of rom coms (Crazy Rich Asians ruled the game this summer), groups that
- Becki-Iverson
- December 7, 2018
Whenever someone not from Minnesota comes to visit, I hear the pity in their voice when they talk about living here through the winter. Photo courtesy of Thrillist Inevitably something along the lines of “bUt HOW dO yoU sUrvIvE iT?!?” comes out of their mouths, and all I can do