Twin Cities This Weekend: Marches, Roller Derby & Why I Need to Get Better at Listening

Your weekend roundup plus some thoughts on seeing the whole picture.

ON DEFENSIVENESS AND BEACH BALLS

What your comments taught me about seeing a fuller picture

Twin Cities This Weekend, Frey's Veto

Discover the stories shaping the Twin Cities: property taxes, AI data centers, bold community voices, and events you don’t want to miss this weekend.

Relief, Regeneration, and This Weekend in the Twin Cities

Discover the stories shaping the Twin Cities: Rent Crisis, Dropkick Murphys, and $25K for a cause, plus events you don’t want to miss this weekend.

Minneapolis Has a $15.7 Million Rent Problem — and It's Getting Worse

Twin Cities This Weekend: $235M Data Center, Events & Community Power

Discover the stories shaping the Twin Cities: property taxes, AI data centers, bold community voices, and events you don’t want to miss this weekend.

100+ Minneapolis Restaurants, One Day to Give Back

National Day of Giving for Minnesota Restaurants is here—find your neighborhood’s best spots and make an impact.

Minneapolis This Weekend +The Hive Rising

Valentine’s plans, local markets, and the women reshaping Minnesota in real time.

This Is What Community Looks Like

Bearing witness, supporting local, and finding small ways to stay human when everything feels like too much.

If they meant to make us an example, they did.

Not business as usual. Minnesota Proud, places to help, and how to get along.

Untethered + Finding Our Way Through Winter

A reflective note on loosening what no longer serves us, and a few ideas to make January feel a little more ... do-able.

THINGS TO DO IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER

(Besides taking a long nap in a winter hat... though we support that too)

Words Create Worlds

A short reflection I felt called to share as we head into a new year.

Best Pizza Joint, Fast Walkers & the 2026 Housing Market

One standout restaurant, a Twin Cities personality trait we can’t deny, and a clear-eyed look at what’s ahead for housing.

Mothership Pizza Paradise: One of 2025’s Best New Restaurants

I can't be the only one wondering, can I?

The Fed, Housing, and the 2026 Question: Why the Market Feels Stuck and Where Opportunity Is Emerging

Why rate cuts aren’t a housing cure and where the Twin Cities market is quietly shifting

Minnesotans are Built for Fast Walking

Strava data shows Minneapolis–St. Paul walkers average 19:34 per mile — third fastest in the country.

Holiday Markets, Minnesota Tells & How the Purple House Found Me

What’s happening in the Twin Cities this week: holiday markets, local stories, and a behind-the-scenes real estate moment.

How the Purple House Found Me: A Story of Synchronicity, Strategy, and Becoming the Woman Who Could Hold It

What really happened behind the scenes of the most unexpected listing of my career.

10 Ways You Know You’re Definitely Minnesotan

Because we may be humble... but winter has receipts.

Your curated guide to Twin Cities stories — winter magic, city shakeups, and the legends who call Minnesota home.

Nordic Village Returns: Minneapolis’ Most Magical Winter Escape

A cozy, candle-lit winter escape above the Minneapolis skyline

Uptown’s MoZaic Complex Is Heading to Sheriff’s Sale

What happened, why it matters, and the surprising numbers behind it.