Antiques of Northfield offers an eclectic mix of everything from hobby toys and home pieces to clothing and jewelry. Standouts include glass animal figurines galore on the upper shelves of the store Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Special to the Pioneer Press: Craig Lassig)Water Street in Northfield offer lots of shops to pop in on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Special to the Pioneer Press: Craig Lassig)Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Special to the Pioneer Press: Craig Lassig)Tandem Bagels offers made-from-scratch bagels that can be enjoyed with house cream cheeses or with meats and cheeses in sandwich form. Baked goods and coffee are also part of the line up Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Special to the Pioneer Press: Craig Lassig)Antiques of Northfield offers an eclectic mix of everything from hobby toys and home pieces to clothing and jewelry. Standouts include glass animal figurines galore on the upper shelves of the store Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Special to the Pioneer Press: Craig … [Read more...] about Not just a college town, Northfield is a fantastic day-trip destination
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Day trip to Northfield: Where to eat and shop
Northfield, in the Cannon River Valley, is not only a destination as a college town. The home to both St. Olaf and Carleton colleges, the city just 40 miles south of the Twin Cities is ideal for a day trip, offering plenty of options to shop, eat and play. When it comes to shopping, the downtown retail district spanning three blocks along Division Street is home to several unique, locally owned boutiques offering a variety of fashion, gift and home items. Antiques and art lovers also will find themselves with plenty of options. SHOPPING: DIVISION STREET WEST Start on Division Street at the historic Archer House River Inn, where Paper Paper Petalum boasts one of the best selections of gifts around, from cookbooks and kitchen gadgets to Abdallah chocolates and other Minnesota-made finds. The spot is also a place to score quality Scandinavian gift items. Also at the inn, A Bag Lady women’s boutique stocks handbags galore as well as other fashion … [Read more...] about Day trip to Northfield: Where to eat and shop
Visit these Instagrammable coffee shops in San Francisco for National Coffee Day
By Dianne de Guzman, SFGATE Updated 1:13 pm PDT, Friday, September 28, 2018 Andytown Coffee RoastersVarious locations Andytown has certainly got its coffee offerings down, and the Snowy Plover drinks (rightfully) dominate the shop's Instagram feeds with its signature dollop of whipped cream on top. Add to that fact the shop has a number of design elements that serve as perfect textured photo backgrounds (see: wood counters, white subway tiles, deep blue exterior and slatted patio furniture) and you'll see why this place brings all the Instagrammers to the shop. Don't forget that the company is also supportive of food pop-ups at its Taraval location, meaning you can get the trendiest food items you won't find anywhere else. less Andytown Coffee RoastersVarious locations Andytown has certainly got its coffee offerings down, and the Snowy Plover drinks (rightfully) dominate the shop's Instagram feeds with ... more … [Read more...] about Visit these Instagrammable coffee shops in San Francisco for National Coffee Day
What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school?
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Brooke Lea Foster April 09, 2015 WHEN ANA BARROS first stepped into Harvard Yard as a freshman, she felt so out of place she might as well have had the words “low income” written on her forehead. A girl from Newark doesn’t belong in a place like Harvard, she thought, as she marveled at how green the elms were, how quaint the cobblestone streets. Back home, where her family lives in a modest house bought from Habitat for Humanity, there wasn’t always money for groceries, and the world seemed gray, sirens blaring at all hours. Her parents, who immigrated to the New York area from Colombia before she was born, spoke Spanish at home. It was at school that Barros learned English. A petite 5-foot-2 with high cheekbones and a head of model-worthy hair, Barros found out in an e-mail that she’d been accepted to Harvard — a full … [Read more...] about What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school?
Dallas’ new Cultural Plan is another way of saying we have moved from ‘Camelot’ to ‘Hamilton’
The Cultural Plan costs $600,000, with half that coming from the city's general fund and the other half from private donors, which include major foundations. They, too, seem to get it that equity and diversity are the no-brainer elements of the revised Cultural Plan, whose outreach began last September. Since then, Scripps and her team have conducted "meetings, webinars, focus groups, interviews, surveys, mapping exercises, national research on peer cities," and now, she says, "what I think we have is a good plan for the next seven to 10 years."Any such undertaking produces unexpected discoveries. It's called doing one's homework, as in luck is a product of being prepared. So, for one, Scripps labels as "really cool" how the plan has identified no fewer than 600 previously undiscovered cultural spaces. That can mean buildings, though not entirely."It's the poetry reading at your neighborhood coffee shop," she says. "It's the small theater in the basement of your church … [Read more...] about Dallas’ new Cultural Plan is another way of saying we have moved from ‘Camelot’ to ‘Hamilton’