Bonnie and Tom McKown (above) invited my daughter Gilly to take backstage photos at today’s Rock n Roll Revival 2007 performance. Here are a half-dozen (click to enlarge).
See the backstage photo album for 100 more.
February 28, 2007 – 7:51 am
While visiting my favorite house of pain a couple of weeks ago (AKA Professional Drive Dental Group), my dentist, Jerry Appledoorn, told me about his recent trip to Peru. I asked him to send me some photos with a brief explanation:
Our trip this last Jan. involved a medical team of four physicians, three nurses, thirteen [...]
February 27, 2007 – 10:34 am
I took this photo of Northfield School Board member Mike Berthelsen at the Goodbye Blue Monday last Saturday, about to inject a GBM coffee cake with a whipping cream triple shot chaser.
Click to enlarge.
In fairness, however, there was a snowstorm on the way at the time and many Minnesotans used that as an excuse to [...]
February 9, 2007 – 7:47 am
My daughter Gilly snapped these photos Wednesday when Booker paid a visit to Grandpa’s Farm. Click to enlarge. See the entire photo album here. And see more about Booker’s neighborhood stops on the library’s kid blog.
Jim “Grandpa” Rossow on guitar.
Diana Tallent, Booker’s driver, reading stories.
February 5, 2007 – 8:54 pm
I love this cold weather. Bring it on, baby! How cold did it get last night? ‘Twas -19 F at around sunrise this morning, according to the Carleton College Weather Database. Click these photos to enlarge.
Left and left center: Carleton College has ice sculptures on display adjacent to the chapel. Hey, why [...]
January 13, 2007 – 12:05 am
Greg Carlson’s family, friends, colleagues and fellow Ole alums held a surprise party for him last night at the Northfield Golf Club. He was formally notified that he’s a 2007 recipient of the St. Olaf Alumni Distinguished Service Award (DSA).
Greg and his wife Nancy were captured near Farmington, blindfolded, and brought to [...]
December 21, 2006 – 1:58 am
We got the tour of Progressive Rail’s facilities in Lakeville and Northfield today, as well as a train ride from one to the other during which we conducted our podcast interview with company president Dave Fellon. (Podcast episode of that coming Real Soon Now.)
Click play to see a 25 second video of Ross harrassing [...]
December 16, 2006 – 7:25 am
Nordic Jam seems to grow larger every time I see them play… in this case, last Monday eve at The Contented Cow, their usual time and place. Click photos to enlarge.
December 8, 2006 – 10:39 am
Well, I failed miserably to break my record of 116 photos for a Winter Walk. But I did get 51. Some of my favorites (click to enlarge):
Left: the scene from the Northfield Historical Society stairsCenter: Only in Minnesota - an ice cream cone, a malt, and a warm fire at 5 above zero.Left: [...]
December 6, 2006 – 11:50 pm
In 2002, I took a dozen photos of Winter Walk and posted them on N.org. In 2004, I posted about 100. Tomorrow, I’m going for a record. So be there or Dan Bergeson, shown on the right at the NDDC forum on Tues with his “There are hundreds of reasons to shop downtown [...]
December 6, 2006 – 10:00 pm
The Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual holiday social at The Rueb tonight. Among the featured schmoozers:
Left: Kathy Ness and Judy GrundhoeferLeft center: Marie Benson, Jim Sawyer, John OphaugRight center: John Mathern, Rick Estenson, Dan BergesonRight: Jeanne Schnobrich, Gary Schnobrich, Tim Freeland, Hayes Scriven.
Click thumbnails to enlarge and see [...]
November 30, 2006 – 10:02 pm
St. Olaf kicks off its Christmas Festival each year with a dinner for community leaders.
Left and left center: St. Olaf President David Anderson acknowledged the brave souls in the crowd who said they actually ate the lutefisk that was offered. Not only was he funny with his remarks, he kept them brief, and [...]
November 24, 2006 – 9:01 am
For the past several years (maybe longer?), a large number of twenty-somethings of Northfield who’ve gone off to other locales (jobs, college, life) return to town the night before Thanksgiving and gather with other patrons (mostly same-age) at J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein, AKA, The Rueb. I paid a brief visit on Wednesday eve to [...]
November 17, 2006 – 9:46 am
A group of hearty souls slept out in plastic bag tents last night in Riverside Park, part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. During this week, a number [...]
November 10, 2006 – 10:34 am
My daughter Gilly, who’s an Americorps worker placed at the Northfield Public Library this year, took these photos of the new Booker bus arriving at the city garage last night. Left photo: Library Empress Lynne Young. Right photo: Diana Tallent and Kathy Ness. Click photos to enlarge.
I saw Friends of the Northfield [...]
Locally Grown has been chosen to test an innovative project called Representative Journalism (RepJ). Bonnie Obremski is the RepJ reporter/journalist currently assigned to Northfield.
RepJ stories by Bonnie Obremski