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benbarnhart

  1. Why are all these people driving around at 5:50 in the morning?
  2. I'm at Sample Room (Minneapolis, MN) 4sq.com/KUziSf
  3. I'm at Republic (Minneapolis, MN) 4sq.com/KqO6Zg
  4. Richard Ford at Talk of the Stacks! (@ Minneapolis Central Library) 4sq.com/LEdv1U
  5. Just passed a little girl who was crying. Probably because she's not going to see Richard Ford. You'll notice I'm not crying.
  6. I'm at Vali-Hi Drive-In for The Avengers (Lake Elmo, MN) w/ 15 others 4sq.com/LtBEbb
  7. Sunday morning church with a hangover is one thing. Sunday evening church with a hangover is something else entirely.
  8. I'm at Amsterdam Bar & Hall (Saint Paul, MN) 4sq.com/KGFm0s
  9. "Liquor in the front. Poker in the rear." Can't claim credit for that one. A jacket on a White Hat can.
  10. Black Blondie is sort of like Portishead. If Beth Gibbons weren't agoraphobic.
  11. Kids dancing at outdoor music festivals is pretty much the best thing ever. Especially when they rush the stage.
  12. Is it just me, or is the drummer for Gramma's Boyfriend a dead ringer for a young Jeff Bridges.
  13. Gramma's Boyfriend! (@ Memory Lanes and the Flashback Cafe w/ 12 others) 4sq.com/JDugY9
  14. Nice guy just told me I have good folk dancing boots. & that I should demand that Metro Transit bans the meth in cig butts. Um, thanks?
  15. I'm at Purple Onion Cafe (Minneapolis, MN) 4sq.com/LvBqwd
  16. I'm at Brit's Pub & Eating Establishment (Minneapolis, MN) 4sq.com/JQRvBF
  17. Couldn't ask for a nicer day to bike into the city.
  18. Why, hello, data silos. Good to meet you.
  19. Woah! Just saw the first lightning strike in the western sky. Seems like it might rain...
  20. I'm at Lucia's To Go (Minneapolis, MN) 4sq.com/JFvs0S