Our lovely Minnesota weather has recently taken a turn for the... more normal. Our seasonally appalling mid-30's have dropped to a nice round zero (disregarding the wind chill). Our living room, which has a wood fireplace (and so loses heat fastest), was getting a little chilly, so I figured I'd turn on the radiator in the dining room, thus ( Read more... )

If you were going to drop everything right now, go home and pack a small duffel, and spend the rest of the week somewhere else, where would it be? Like any other fantasy-adventure, remember, money is no object ( Read more... )