The Star Tribune's ever-charming, ever-erudite Chris Hewitt has a delightful new installment of my favorite Twitter feature. Go, books! (Sorry/not sorry, 'X' sticklers, but that usage is like calling 'The Store Formerly Known As Dayton's' by the dreaded M-word. Nope).

The big produce story today at the food shelf where I volunteer: apples and clementines. Very popular. Also juicing oranges, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes and Romaine lettuce. Support your local food shelf!

Sorry to hear that A & Dubs Drive-In, a Duluth favorite of mine (and a landmark since 1948, when it opened as an A&W), has closed. Thanks for the memories, the root beer and the crinkle fries.

This morning at the food shelf where I volunteer, we were unloading the weekly Second Harvest Heartland delivery and I was happy to see so much milk and so many oranges, carrots and potatoes. They're all high-demand products, and they'll be popular with clients. Support your local food shelf!

I've always loved that Modernist McDonald's. Excellent observations (as always) from Lee Bey of the Chicago Sun-Times: bit.ly/4an0k3H

This book sat on the sidewalk on West 12th Street for 3 days and no one picked it up

How great is this? Watch the Women's NCAA Final Four (Iowa V. UConn) tonight at the Riverview. Doors open at 8:05 pm. Free admission, but you can show up w/a nonperishable food item for the food shelf where I volunteer (thanks, Riverview!). Buy lots of the Riv's fabulous popcorn!

Ten years ago today, Northrop reopened following a brilliant $80 million remake (designed by HGA) and featuring 'Giselle' by AmericanBalletTheatre. Is it the best ballet venue in the country? I'm going to go with 'yes.'

Salad greens don’t appear too often at the food shelf where I volunteer, so it’s great to see them this morning. Support your local food shelf!

Happy 85th (!) birthday, Ms. MacGraw.

Happy 90th (!) birthday, Mr. Chamberlain.

Note to self: Always keep a stash of yum! Kitchen and Bakery Patticake in the refrigerator.

On this wintry morning, it’s great to see a big shipment of Vitamin C-packed citrus at the food shelf where I volunteer. I snapped this as we unloaded the delivery from The Food Group in the snowstorm. Fun, sort of, in a MN-winter kind of way. Support your local food shelf!

Happy 80th (!) birthday, Miss Ross.

Sunday. Monday.

A wonderful gift to our community.

Shameful.

Delighted that Gray Fox Coffee is opening a skyway-level outpost in The Store Formerly Known As Dayton's. Perhaps this will help to jump-start the creation of the building's long-planned (and long-delayed) lower-level food hall. #700Nicollet #DowntownMinneapolis . .

Nobody goes downtown. Giggle*

Delighted to see that Joachim 'Aki' Berndt is moving his (terrific) Aki's BreadHaus to roomier digs, from Central/Lowry to a new NE Mpls home at 1712 Marshall St., next door to Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative. Opening this summer. Quite a journey from a table at the Maple Grove Farmers Market!