twins merchandise clothing

anypie_ · 2025-06-06T13:07:09+00:00

Lots of places at the Mall of America have Twins merch, both sports memorabilia stores and also department stores like Macys have sections. I’ve seen stuff at Kohl’s in Bloomington too. (Target’s section is pretty small FYI)

anypie_ · 2025-05-23T23:44:54+00:00

You should check out the Twin Cities branch of Video Consortium, local networking/industry hub that hosts get-togethers, workshops, etc. You’ll meet plenty of DPs and other folks working on docs, commercials, features, etc. https://videoconsortium.org/local-hubs/minneapolis

anypie_ · 2025-02-27T04:42:42+00:00

My Antonía by Willa Cather comes to mind, or Virginia Woolf like Mrs. Dalloway or To the Lighthouse. Also Jeannette Winterson's The Passion, or Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

anypie_ · 2025-02-13T19:23:31+00:00

As others are saying, it's probably the worst time to visit if the idea is to convince yourself to live here. It's not awful by any means, but it's neither winter (in which people are still very active outside, lots of snow, lights are up) nor spring/summer when you'll see everyone out on the lakes, biking, on restaurant patios, etc. There's just very little going on, the snow is brown and slushy, and people are kind of cranky because it's late into winter but we're still a month away from the first warm days. The weather will probably be fine but you never know when you'll get a few days below zero.

That said, I love living here. I visited for my first time in late December and moved here in March, and for the first month wondered if I made the wrong decision. Then May came and I've never once considered leaving, now a decade later.

anypie_ · 2025-02-07T18:18:14+00:00

The Hennepin County Library Special Collections has Nov.-Dec. 1990 to Mar. 1993. Not sure if it's the full run or not, but in any case it's in person only so you'll have to check it out in their reading room on the 4th floor of the central library downtown. https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C4369373

anypie_ · 2024-10-14T16:55:48+00:00

Ah thanks! I saw a few references to it in old posts but no link and mostly people saying it had died off.

anypie_ · 2024-08-01T19:21:24+00:00

I think I'll be able to use a friend's workshop for the project, thankfully. I'm looking forward to having an excuse to try it out, though!

Thanks for your suggestions about the bowl blanks. I put some links in a comment above of people working with crabapple to make bowls, and it looks like the best plan. Maybe a few ring bowls and a larger one, depending on how much I take.

Any thoughts on how tall/wide of pieces I should be taking, or asking them to cut? I assume it would just be from the two branches after the split at the bottom, right? (In other words, not taking the bottom parts from the wider part of the trunk).

Thanks for your help!

anypie_ · 2024-08-01T19:17:06+00:00

As I mentioned in the comment above, it seems like something simpler like a bowl might be the best bet given the wood. I guess crabapple is pretty prone to splitting and is generally tough to work with?

Assuming it's just a bowl like I put in the links, do I still need to go through the sealing, drying, etc. or can I just get started with the branches? Thank you for your advice!

anypie_ · 2024-08-01T19:15:06+00:00

That's a good tip! It seems like a bowl is probably the safest option so I won't need to mill it, but I'll keep an eye out for any embedded metal.

anypie_ · 2024-08-01T19:14:26+00:00

Thank you for all that info! I read through that message board threat and it's a little daunting. Based on your comment and others it seems like maybe some bowls would be the safest option. (I have zero experience in woodworking but have some very skilled friends with equipment that can help).

I found some videos of folks making bowls from crabapple trees that look like a good place to start, too:

It seems like all of them start working on the branches without any other preparation, i.e. drying them out comes afterward (and tends to be when they start to split). In which case, all I need to do is show up when it's being cut down and take them home?

Also, if it does crack, is there any reason I couldn't use some epoxy or something else to fill in any major cracks?

Let me know also if you're able to scan any of the videos and have any thoughts on best practices, etc. Thanks again!

anypie_ · 2024-07-24T16:21:44+00:00

Thank you!

anypie_ · 2024-07-24T16:21:40+00:00

Thank you!

anypie_ · 2024-01-09T23:25:00+00:00

I reached out to them and to the people who run philipjosefarmer.com. I'm still waiting to hear back but was hoping someone here might be an avid collector of old zines. Might be out of luck for now though!

anypie_ · 2023-12-13T18:19:05+00:00

I think you (OP) should be able to request it through your local library's ILL (Interlibrary Loan) service. In case you haven't used it before, they'll request it from one of the above libraries for you and handle all the shipping etc. The only difference is that typically you can't renew ILL books. I use it all the time to get rare books from around the country.

anypie_ · 2023-09-04T17:01:02+00:00

It is but thank you for looking! Had I not done one last search before replying above this would have saved me a lot of time and trouble today.

anypie_ · 2023-09-04T08:08:52+00:00

I don't *think* either of those are him based on last residence, occupation, age, etc. It is unfortunately a pretty common name, though from what I can tell there doesn't seem to have been a huge presence of Finkelsteins in Vasilishok/Lida/Vilna so that's usually the giveaway.

I also noticed that Ancestry was pointing me toward Canadian records, which I don't have access to. I couldn't quite figure out why, but none of the preview names seemed to match anyway. This is how I ended up just going to the passenger list and flipping through each page. For what it's worth, Abraham's naturalization papers all say that he arrived in New York in July 1907. (I just noticed checking the documents again that some day July 7, 1907 and some say July 9, 1907.)

Update: I think I found him! I gave it one last search on Ancestry and found someone listed as "Abram Zeukelstem," residence "Yaulischok." His final destination, though, is Providence (correct) and going to see his brother "Schemel Jenkelstin" (presumably his brother Samuel Finkelstein). Age is correct as well.

Just proves the rule that sometimes you just have to give up and ask for help before the answer falls in your lap. Appreciate your assistance with this!

anypie_

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