Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sometimes We Just...Hang Out (Part Two)
Top Three Photos By John Hoff, Bottom Photo By Brian Thao Worra
During the night of the second presidential candidate debate, I hung out with Jeff Skrenes and Bryan Thao Worra...former communications director for HNC, now on the Hawthorne Board, and one heck of a guy...
Went to watch the debate at a restored, vintage 1931 movie theater. The DFL had arranged to use the theater for people to watch the debate, and the large crowd made it a lot of fun...especially members of the Missile D*** Chicks, who I met during the RNC 2008 protests.
(Above, Jeff sees if the "thunderstick" noise makers can serve as fake walrus tusks)
Afterward, we went to the Chatterbox bar, where I had a Bloody Mary and did that thing I always do: I told the waiter "drag it through the garden" to help popularize this phrase to mean "put as many veggie garnishes as you possibly can on my Bloody Mary."
Try it some time. When you're ordering a Bloody Mary, just say, rather casually, "Drag it through the garden." If the bartender asks what that means, explain it's a phrase used to mean "put a lot of veggie garnishes on it, as many as you can."
In any case...we don't spend ALL our time cranking out the monthly newsletter and attending public hearings. Sometimes we just hang out.
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Johnny,
Here's my take on Bloody Marys -
http://www.twincityrealestatechat.com/2007/11/17/where-to-drink-the-best-bloody-marys-in-the-twin-cities-2/
~ Jeanie Hoholik, TwinCityRealEstateChat.com
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