Conner's Blog

I read a lot of Minnesota Blogs, in fact my reading list is primarily written by people based in Minneapolis/St. Paul.  This is a list of the blogs I’m reading or have read in the past.  I was trying update this list as a new post every six months or so.  I decided to add this page so I can update it more frequently.

• East-Lake – A bit about Minneapolis.  Check out his Top Beers page
• Like you give a damn – A wonderful tumblelog about Minnesota
• A Blog About Sarah – Sarah writes about a lot of things and takes great photos
• A Day In The Life – Technology, memes and poo have been recent topics
• A Nod to Nothing – Pretty much as it says, a lot of nothing about nothing
• Aaron Landry – Minnesota’s resident pizza expert
  
• Ambulance Driver – If you’ve ever wondered what an EMT’s day is like, here you are
• An Amber Colored Life – She claims she’s really good and hanging out
• Babbling - The opposite of babbling as it is usually interesting and understandable
  
• Because Emily Says So – Bacon, her cat, and other randomness.
  
• Beer Musings of Minneapolis-St. Paul – The title says “Beer”  Click Now!
• Bekiyrah - Photography, journalism, social science and law
• Lazy Lightning – A great place for south metro news and food reviews
• Bleat - Our own world famous blogger, Lileks could make my blog funny
• Secrets of the City – I subscribe to a few of the feeds here, a great place for local news and entertainment
• Blogging at FL250 – Written by a Minnesota based pilot.
• Brain Popcorn – If the title doesn’t capture your attention, the content will
• buildcontext - Musings on the web from Ben Hedrington
• Bus Tales – If you’ve never ridden a Metro Transit bus, here is a taste of the experience
• Camacho Watcho – If you like food and food photography, Katie has you covered
• Chocolate Mussolini – Jenni says “i have dedicated my life to the pursuit of awesome.”
• Cinna.mn – 32 flavors of Minnesota (and then some)
• Coincidence is Not Fate – “Inane ramblings of someone who thinks he knows more than he actually does. Or something.”
• Completely Inappropriate – Because sometimes inappropriate is just appropriate
• Doniree - She’s awesome becuase she uses Premium bottles to make fresh tortillas
• doodledee - Another interesting yet random blog
• Doug Hamlin’s Blog – Doug doesn’t post often, but when he does it’s worth the wait
• Drewko - For the trip of life
• Easier being Green – Great advice on how to live greener
• Embrace your age cause you livin’! – The title alone is inspiring
• The Empty Envelope - Artist, poet, wife, mother…
• Eye, me, my – Marissa writes about fashion, design, and other things
• Eyeteeth - A journal of incisive ideas
• Fresh.mn – Fresh info from Minnesota
• Ginger Sorvari – I started following Ginger during the Best Buy layoffs.  Her perspective has been very interesting..
• Girl Friday – Confessions of a Minneapolis Concierge
• The Punsultancy – Servicing all your pun needs
• Hilarity Ensues – She claims she can’t write funny captions, I don’t believe her
• The Hot Dog Blog – People eating hot dogs and writing about it = awesome
• How Does She Do It – She loves bacon so of course she’s cool
• How Many Licks, Mr. Owl? – Defining products that defy explanation
• I was told there would be bacon – “I’m a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a vest soaked with booze.”
• Jason’s DeBlog – Jason Derusha’s online home, tune in for Good Questions
• Just a Cool Cat – Music and links, what more do you need
• Kristofer D. Layon – Web Design & Online Collaboration
• Les Petites Images - Photos and other things, but I love her photos
• l’etoile magazine blog – Lots of good stuff, but their Weekend what’s what is wonderful
• Letters to Bob – I just discovered this site, drunken musings = great fun
• Live from Minnesota – A lot of interesting things
• Meg’s Single Step – blogger, social butterfly, and librarienne
• Minneapolis & St. Paul Restaurant Critics – Your where to eat guide to the Twin Cities.
• Minneapolis Metblogs – Our local Metbloggers rock
• Minnesota Microphone - Minnesota spoken word news and events
  
• Minnesota Pictures – “Photos that define Minnesota”
• Braublog - News about local media from MinnPost
• Minnesota Blog Cabin – I’m unsure if this is still going, but it is a column about the MN blogosphere
• Mmmmmm, Dinner – The title pretty much covers it
• MN Headhunter/Nerd Search – A great blog for any job seekers out there
• Monkey Disaster – “Pop culture and some news put through a filter of optimistic cynicism”
• More Cowbell - A great source for info on the local music scene
• News Cut – MPR’s Bob Collins keeps you informed
• No Smoking in the Metrodome - Short and sweet Minnesota Twins news and trivia
• Overheard in Minnespolis – Funny, funny, and even more funny
• Paleo-Future Blog – A interesting look at how the past looked toward the future
• Polymer Studios – A blog about web consulting
• Rachel’s ThinkSpot - Musings from Rachel
• Random Stuff From Sheldon – Basically, anything I feel like sending out to the blog world
• Singlespeed - A biker with a keyboard
• South 12th – Another interesting tumbleblog from the Twin Cities
• Stuff about Minneapolis - Paul is the curator of this wonderful site
• SugarFang.com – Brianne Pitt’s blog, full of interesting tidbits
• Swirlspice - Erica writes about  interesting things
• The Deets – Ed Kohler takes on toilet paper, the yellow pages, and other stuff
• Deets After Dark – Ed Kohler’s tumble blog, don’t worry it’s bright
  
• The Heavy Table – A great new addition to Twin Cities food blogging
• The Product - “obey the rules. often enter. organize your material”
• The Same Rowdy Crowd – A great blog about communication
• The Waiting Line – “Do you believe in what you see?”
• This is why I love Minneapolis – Great info about Minneapolis
  
• Twin Cities Tour Guide – “Hop on the blog and enjoy the Twin Cities!”
• Twin Cities Photoblog – Great photos from Minnesota and beyond
• Twin City Sidewalks – A blog about sidewalks that is more interesting than you think
• Uptown Mpls Blog – A photoblog centered in Uptown
• Uptown, Minneapolis – “Musings about the Uptown area of Minneapolis”
• We Got Served – Minneapolis and St. Paul restaurant reviews
• We Have Mixed Feelings About Sven Svengaard – “being cheap and watching bad TV in Minnesota”
• I’ll Tell you What it Shwas - Interesting things from Suzi
• Whiskeymarie - A little bit of crazy for your reading list
  
• YAYBIA! – A great blog about advertising
• Your Dress Would Look Better On Me – One last interesting blog about a lot of different things
• Happy Food – A blog about food, if nothing else this recipe for Vegan peanut butter cups should pique your interest
• Simple, Good, and Tasty - Focusing on local food news, I haven’t been reading very long, but so far I like what I see
• You Are Where You Eat – Dropping local wisdom about healthy and sustainable eating.  Lots of links, this guide to the local food system was interesting to me
• The Captains Chair - A blog about beer, and not your uncle’s watered down American lager.  (I apologize if you uncle drinks real beer)
• Stirrings from the Empty Nest – Bob Collin’s personal blog.  I found this via his News Cut blog and haven’t dug in yet.
• Mullet Like Me – A normal guy grows a mullet and decides to write about it.  If your wondering…yes it’s humorous
• Zipbag of Bones – I followed her on Twitter for a long time before I found her blog, she’s just as clever in more than 140 characters
• synapsecollapse – A smattering of fun content from around the web.  Also someone I’ve followed for quite a while
• Powderhorn365 – A project documenting the history of the Powderhorn Neighborhood through photos
• Streets for People – A site promoting the use of streets for humans and not dead steel
• 50000000 Sparber Fans Can’t Be Wrong – Max Sparber’s personal blog
• All Those Possible Worlds – A tumble blog in the truest sense, lot of updates so subscribe with caution. (They are good updates though, so it’s worth it)
• insights outsights - Another tumble blog, lots of inspirational content.
• MNStories – Video’s by Minnesotans about Minnesota.
• Blog, Blog, Blog – Kassie’s new site, replacing Mmmmmm, Dinner.  Following her 101 in 1001 journey.
• Name Taglines – Name tags not found at your last convention.
• That’s how we do it in the T.C. – Replacing We Have Mixed Feelings about Sven Svengaard.
• The Punsultancy – Brought to you by the same guy who brings you Hey Look it’s Art.  If you enjoy groaning give it a try.
• T****y Photoblog – I refuse to write the whole title here, but even with a name that isn’t fit to print the photos are stellar.
• a simple exchange – Only 50% Minnesotan but 100% fun and inspirationa;.
• a closer look at flyover land – Giving you reasons to land in MSP and not just keep flying to LAX
• A Girl can Dream/Eat - My friend Marissa cut her poor blog in two
• been thinking – Great photos and writing
• Kurtis Scalette – An interesting collection of odds and ends.
• Mykl Roventine – Tune in on Thursday for some Typography love
• Perfect Porridge – Music, Music, and Music
• philcrissman.com – Web Development, startups, entrepreneurship, books, art, and other stuff
• urbanfoodie - Another wonderful food blog based in our great state

If you have a Minnesota based blog you would like to recommend, either email me, send me a dm or an @ reply through Twitter, or leave a comment on this page.

Last updated – 6/10/2009