Erik and I went to Austin, Texas, a couple of weeks ago. I was there for ClioCon, a large legal tech conference, and we stayed an extra day to see a bit of Austin because we had never been before. Heck, this was our first time in Texas. In planning for the trip, an online search I did for museums in the area turned up around 40, which is a lot of museums. We chose…
Last month, Hubby and I had a free Saturday with nothing planned, which doesn’t happen real often. We decided to go out-and-about to wherever struck our fancy. Erik wanted to visit a site in Minneapolis that he had driven past many times without realizing it existed. Somehow he learned of it and thought I would like to see it. As we drove up to this striking landmark on a hill in a quiet Tangletown neighborhood,…
Last week, I went on a road trip with some of the board members and staff of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN). I serve on the board and we were carpooling in a giant van to Fairmont, Minnesota, for a board retreat. Because MCN’s St. Paul office is about two-and-a-half hours from Fairmont by car, we planned to make one pitstop during the drive. Prior to the trip, our parking lot conversation led to…