Are you nowhere? Or now here? Photo by Maria Baranova. Ah, January. Whoever decided to schedule the change to a new year here really knew what they were doing. When you’re overloaded with holiday foods, tired due to Vitamin D deficiency, and waiting for the snow to melt so you

The 2nd Annual Twin Cities Theater Blogger Awards are coming! Photo courtesy of Park Square Theater. And I cannot wait to see how they turn out. We have had such an incredible year of theater here in the Twin Cities and let me tell you: trying to narrow down the

Resolutions are a tricky thing… A photo posted by Becki Iverson (@beckiiverson) on Nov 20, 2016 at 5:31pm PST Cooking more is definitely on the 2017 agenda.  Sometimes they can be really helpful. For example, last year I made a resolution to be more consistent about working on the blog.

For my first ever guest post, I’d like to introduce you to my wise friend Genesia. At Beyonce…who doesn’t love Beyonce? This amazing lady just turned 30, and let me tell you – she has some things to share. I’ve been trying to get her to do a guest post

I’m going to keep this one brief…. Raise your hand if you’re appalled at the situation in Syria. Everyone’s hands are up? Good. This situation, particularly the dire, dire plight of refugees and Syrian citizens, has gone on for far too long. All reports out of Aleppo are beyond horrifying,

Anyone else a pagemaster?  As Marcus Tulius Cicero said… “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” If you weren’t already aware, reading is one of my absolute favorite pasttimes. Growing up in a small, rural, pre-internet town meant that there wasn’t a whole lot

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

Game of Thrones fans, this one’s for you! Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. Do you like castles? Incest? Bloody family feuds? Do you follow Game of Thrones as if it’s your actual family? If so, I have the play for you. The Lion in Winter, currently showing at the Guthrie Theater

Explore the world with brand new eyes. Photo by Joan Marcus. Fellow avid readers may remember A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the overnight success novel by Mark Haddon that swept the literary community in 2003. It’s made waves ever since, and currently is showing at the

Christmas needs a little comedy. Since Christmas is a time of rituals and habits, it can be difficult to make a holiday show seem fresh. I mean come on, we all love The Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story, but every single year? Sometimes you need to mix it up