On my way to the BIG CITY of Minneapolis, I didn’t take the Interstate. I took a smaller road, through Mankato, into St. Peter, Minnesota. I thought it would be a pit stop. Far from it!
St. Peter, Minnesota is a beautiful, artiful, thoughtful community. I loved spending the afternoon there, driving around and visiting a [...]
Kiplingers has come out with their ranking of Best Cities for Every Stage of Your Life.
Creativity was a BIG influence in the choices made by the editors. Some of the research was based on a book “Rise of the Creative Class” by Richard Florida, that looks at the importance of creative people to a city’s [...]
Nashville May 16/17
TAL & TACA
We met Nickie Stanley Director of the Tennessee Art League at their classic headquarters building on Broadway, just a guitar pick’s throw from Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop. The Art League was founded in 1954, making it one of the longer lived guilds in the country. The primary mission of the [...]
May 14
The first stop on our swing through the southeast is Columbia, Missouri. Self-described as, “The smart, innovative, artsy, eclectic, clever, savvy, vibrant, too-dynamic-to-fit-into-a-short tagline city.” And it is a very cool and attractive town, filled with wonderful art, galleries, artists and craftsmen.
We drove straight in and parked in front of the [...]
Written By: Brian Maguire and Stephanie Leikas,Friends of America Creates
Driving fast will get you there faster. So that is exactly what we did. Departing Portland, with little in the way of landscape imagery, (Trojan Nuclear was once a landmark before its implosion), we made it to Tacoma in two hours. Tacoma has become a sort [...]
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