K’óoben pop-up
We had an awesome evening at The Great Northern K’óoben pop-up at Glass House.
A collaboration between chefs Gustavo Romero (Nixta), José Alarcón (Centro, Vivir), and Noe Lara (BLVD) accompanied by mixologists Mike Hidalgo (Sonora Kitchen), Daniel Guerrero (Colita), and Daniel D Torres (Iconos Gastro Cantina), food collective K’óoben (Mayan for “kitchen” or “stove”) describes itself as “a space that belongs to everyone but does not belong to anyone—a sacred place for Mexican families, meeting point of collaboration and coexistence with family and friends, with one goal: to keep alive the roots of Mexican & Latin cuisine.”
Join us for the collective’s 5th pop-up experience, featuring guest chefs Nettie Colon (Red Hen Gastro Lab), Pedro Wolcott (Guacaya Bistreaux) and Soleil Ramirez (Arepa Bar), who will explore what it means to be crafting and cooking Latin cuisine in the middle of winter in Minnesota. The evening includes mouthwatering food and chef stations, three specialty beverages, a mezcal/tequila tasting, live artwork by Gustavo Lira Garcia, and performances by DJ Yalen Villalobos and Huehuecoyotl Collective — a three-piece group incorporating pre-Hispanic instruments and live electronic manipulation.
Every dish and drink was amazing. All of these places should be on your lists of places to visit in the Twin Cities.
I won 5 SOL from one of my Famous Foxes mission chests this week! 🍀
Just bought tickets to see Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska at the Turf Club! I’m a huge fan of Springsteen’s Nebraska and have enjoyed O’Donovan since seeing Crooked Still so many years ago. This will be a great show. 🎶
Semisonic put on a great show filled with new songs and hits from the past. 🎶
It has been a long time since we’ve been to First Ave.
We watched the final episode of The Middle tonight and everyone thought it was a delightful wrap up of the story and gave the characters a wonderful send off.
Giving the Bear Blog Theme a try. I like the simplicity and speed.
POAP 6261374 at TeamSPS 5th Floor Grand Reopening.
Anti-Social
Social media is a mess.
I’ve lost track of what is social about it. It is a Skinner Box of addiction. The reductionism of a timeline is tiresome. The dopamine inducing likes are there to create some saccharin view of engagement.
I recently noticed that I was falling back into behavior I had broken out of years ago. I was again finding myself checking the Twitter timeline to see what is happening. Then I would feel bad about introducing into my brain all this random crap. The coach part of me knows this isn’t what I should be doing. But the monkey brain loves to see new things, chase them down, and play with the ideas in my head.
The problem is me Twitter, not you. Actually that is wrong. The problem is both of us. The problem is actually the entire social media model. It is an apparatus of addiction built around nothing. There is no there to find. There is no end to reach.
So I unfollowed every account. If you notice I unfollowed you on Twitter, don’t take it personally. It’s me, not you.