Friday, January 1, 2010 at 1:04PM My Grandma Delores turned 80 on Christmas Eve. Mom organized this giant surprise party for Grandma last Sunday in Minneapolis and asked me to make a video slideshow for the event. I wish I would've had a month or two to work on it, but I only had a couple weeks. I used some of her favorite songs and somehow Mom managed to find photos that included every sibling, child and grandchild.
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:10PM The movie Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp hit theaters yesterday and my friend Eric Melin has a bangin' review of the flick on Scene-Stealers.com
The release of the movie got me thinking about my family history. My maternal great grandparents came to St. Paul, Minnesota from Sweden in the 1910s. They had a sh*t ton of kids. Like... they should've started a Von Trapp-style music group or something.
Anyway, in 1932 the youngest girl, my Great Aunt Ellie Hallberg (aka Aunt Tootsie), witnessed a mob hit at the height of organized crime in the Twin Cities. As a teenager, she testified against two Murder, Inc. hitmen.
No one in our family has ever recorded the story for future generations, so over Memorial Day weekend we visited her. She gave us some fantastic cookies and spilled the details. I put it together in video format. Enjoy.
aunt tootsie, family, minneapolis, mob, movies in Family, Movies, Videos Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:22AM Were you outside on Saturday in Kansas City? If you were, you have my empathy.
The heat index was about 115 degrees, but the Gaelic Football clubs from Minneapolis, Little Rock, and Kansas City spent seven hours competing in the first annual Midwest Gaelic Classic at the Wizards practice facility in Swope Park.
Kansas City split into two teams. Their A team won in the first round, knocking out Minneapolis. KC's B team lost to Little Rock, setting up a consolation game between Minneapolis and KC B and a championship between Little Rock and KC A.
KC A basically spanked Little Rock (their biggest rival) for the title! Final tourney standings:
Here are my photos from the event. They're also available in my photo archive and on Flickr. Feel free to share and leave questions/comments!
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