BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Midtown Global Market is coming into its 14th year of existence. There are a few businesses that were there at the very start and are still there. Pham’s Deli is one of them. Although I have been going to MGM for shopping or a quick meal…
BY POLLY MANN It was the first and only time I have had caviar: a long long time ago when I was in Moscow with my husband who was attending a joint meeting of American and Russian judges. The occasion was a cocktail party hosted by the Russian judges. It…
BY JOHN KARRIGAN Well, I haven’t been to the park much lately but I have been entertained by the avian visitors to the backyard. On Labor Day, Sept. 3, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk perched on the short fence on the north edge of the backyard. I’ve been wondering what…
Dear Editor, I am looking for an apology from the YWCA about their treatment of members and senior citizens. This is not about Ms. Frias getting an apology from Doris Overby, keeping in mind that Doris was the person harassed by the YWCA’s employees. I think the entire incident was…
In a letter dated Aug. 3, 2018, Minneapolis YWCA management, without prior consultation with members, decreed that it would impose a pay-to-park system with gates to go into effect in September at the Midtown Y. Parking had always been free at Midtown, one of its attractions. Although the letter was…
BY ED FELIEN In late winter of 1976 I got a call from Fran Shor, a friend who was teaching at Wayne State University. He said they were hiring faculty for a new program, The Weekend College for Working Adults. It was an adult education program teaching college classes to…
