April 2011

Gardening, Parties, Matchmaker

After a successful career as news director of both channels 4 and 9, Ted Canova is seeking to help the unemployed with his online radio show Job Talk America. Canova, an Edina resident of 16 years, conceptualized the show in De

 

After a long winter’s rest cooped up inside, there’s nothing more exciting that getting out in that warm springtime sun.

 

Looking for another way to relax? We thought so, and so did Lee Oberg, who opened a new Massage Retreat & Spa at Yorkdale Shoppes last December.

 

When funds for the Black Box Theatre at Edina High School were depleted just short of completion of the space, the theater community came together to see the project through.

 

If you’re a man and you dread shopping, you’re not alone.

 

Black Cerignola 

 

Tee shirts, sweatpants and stretchy-waistband jeans—the essentials for any pregnant woman. Rating on the style meter?  Low.  Keep your chic with help from four Edina shops that add elegance to your outer appearance while complimenting the beauty growing inside.

 

If you’ve been looking for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle this spring, what better time to start than on Earth Day? On April 22, celebrate the holiday with your kids by brainstorming ways to be earth-friendly in your household.

 

I’m told to wear only cotton and offered light blue scrubs to change into. Off come my necklace, bracelet and small silver hoop earrings. Clothing causes friction, friction causes sparks, sparks cause explosions. I got it.

 

A garden, like the clothes we wear, the music we listen to and the culinary tastes we enjoy, is a reflection of who we are—a living, growing, blooming expression of our personalities.

 

Ideas. Ideas. Ideas. Wondering what to do for that upcoming party? Whether at home or away, make some memories with these fun party ideas for kids on the move.

 

Let go of my LEGO:

 

The offices of eLove Matchmaking are tucked away on the fourth floor of an ordinary office building in Edina. Walls are gray; neighbors are corporate; human elements are scant. Hidden inside eLove’s executive workplace is an unmarked black book.

 

You’ve probably heard by now that geocaching is the latest craze in outdoor recreation. Geocaching, a word that combines earth with the French word for storage, uses GPS technology to locate prizes hidden throughout parks and open areas.

 

The almighty egg—what’s not to love about it? With supreme versatility, it can be prepared dozens of ways, succeeding in the most extravagant pairings, like caviar or truffles, to the simplest ones, like a big slab of country ham and fried potatoes.