I had the opportunity this weekend to drive up to Moorhead, MN to visit my sister Margot. We had a big family graduation party for her and all that. We got to see her new apartment and just hang out together for awhile. Good times were had by all. She decided that she wanted to get back into blogging. I told her she’d have to talk to somebody that knows more about those crazy interwebs than I about that… blogging… I’m not familiar with the term.

But… we persisted… and I started a blog for her. We got super creative with the URL and went with www.MargotBrenna.com. As you can see, it’s rockin the Standard Theme (affiliate link)! Side note… the ST is a fantastic premium theme for wordpress. Some have said

It’s the best coded wordpress theme ever

- 8 Bit

She’s still finding her niche in the blogging world… so check out her site and send her some comment love!

I had the opportunity this week to visit Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. The Twins played my favorite team, the Chicago White Sox! Now… before I get into how much I enjoyed the field… a quick family history.

I was born in Minneapolis. My mom’s side of the family is from Minnesota and I have always liked the state. My mom, sister and I moved to Illinois in 1991 and I have definitely grown up as a Chicago boy. So… I’m a White Sox fan. Much to my mother’s dismay. Actually we are both very respectful of each others favorite baseball team. I like to say that we are baseball fans first… and team fans second. Okay… enough of that.

My mom and I went to Target Field to see the Twins host the White Sox. I want to say how much I love U.S. Cellular field in Chicago. I think it is an excellent ball park. Target Field however… was simply amazing! Built right in the heart of Minneapolis. Blocks from Nicollet Mall. I think it is simply amazing how the designers managed to put a ballpark of this magnitude in the middle of the city with everything around it already built up.

Here are some pictures…

1. This is coolest gate in the entire field! Gate 34 for Kirby Puckett. It’s the gate our car happened to be closest to when we parked. The feeling you get when you enter through this gate is indescribable. As you can see… people are just hanging out and having a good time sitting on the wooden benches under the large-scale baseball bats.

2. This picture shows the vastness of the filed.

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Back in the day… my good friend Mike Kramer would get us all excited about a short video he wanted to make.

He made a lot of them.

I am such a skinny, nerdy playa in this one.

What kind of old school creative stuff do you have lying around?