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Congratulations to Illinois on the Big 10 🏆

Pic posted March 17, 2024

Illini beats Bucky, 93-87


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Big 10 Basketball Tournament 🏀 ✅

Pic posted March 17, 2024

Fun to be back in the saddle on these big events


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Link: Prince, Letterman, Dolphin, Dash

Linked March 16, 2024


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Bucky makes the final 🏀

Pic posted March 16, 2024

Knocks off #1 seed Purdue in OT, 76-75


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Bûcheron, Minneapolis ✅

Posted March 15, 2024

At the start of the week, Colleen and I used the break between the women’s and men’s Big 10 basketball tournaments to have dinner at the new Bûcheron in the Kingfield neighborhood of south Minneapolis. While we mainly knew 4257 Nicollet as the original home to Revival, it was also home to Corner Table and Lufrano’s (h/t to Justine Jones at Eater Twin Cities on that last one).

Open about two months now, this 38-seat room was immediately familiar (yet seemed smaller – didn’t Revival’s dining room eventually expand next door?). Loved to hear that they used the old Revival benches to build the new bar. Also loved to see this comment from Revival on the Bûcheron Instagram page:

We feel honored to be part of the legacy that you are carrying on. It makes our heart full to see all the love and care you put into the space and know you will make memories of your own for years to come!

Lots have been written already about the husband and wife team of Chef Adam Ritter and Hospitality Director Jeanie Janas Ritter (see Sharyn Jackson’s preview in the Strib, Jason DeRusha’s article for Minnesota Monthly and Justine Jones’ story in Eater Twin Cities), so I won’t rehash the backstory. Let’s just say that I completely agree with Jason when he writes “It’s going to be fascinating to watch the first wave of Kaysen proteges do their own things.”

In addition to the owners, there is Chef de Cuisine Cory Western (Spoon and Stable & Demi), General Manager Tyler McLeod (Bellecour & Demi, KZ Provisioning) and bar lead Will Gobeli. Not sure who all we saw on our visit, but there were some strong The Bear vibes coming from the kitchen on our visit, with lots of white T-shirts and tattoo-covered arms. The back of house staff does come out to discuss the dishes, which was super fun (at least for us).

We ordered from all sections of the menu at the beginning of the night so our wonderful server could course it out appropriately. Here are all the items we had (as printed on the menu):

  • POMMES DAUPHINES, gruyère, celery, caraway | 10
  • LITTLE GEM salad, lobster, sherry mayo, winter citrus, tarragon | 19
  • Grilled CARROTS, kohlrabi, chickpea, cilantro yogurt, sweet & sour sauce, vadouvan vinaigrette | 17
  • SKREI COD roasted sunchoke, rapini, wild rice furikake, radish beurre blanc | 34
  • Feller’s Ranch STEAK*, shallot confit, potato mousse, kalettes, sauce bordelaise | 42
  • “COOKIES & CREAM” milk sorbet, cocoa macaron, vanilla custard, lemon verbena | 13
  • Shepard’s Way ‘Sogn’ CHEESE, fermented honey, quince, mustard, seeded baguette | 14

I loved every single thing I had and feel that this was the best meal I’ve had so far in 2024. Take the grilled carrots (pictured above): it was a true Ratatouille moment, with flavor combinations just bursting in unexpected ways. Colleen was disappointed in the salad, but her food allergies meant the kitchen had to put some things on the side that I was able to add back. My Feller’s Ranch steak with the potato mousse had fingerlings in the mousse, which was an excellent surprise. Both of our desserts were amazing and it’s always great when I can order a Milk and Honey cider in the city…

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Bûcheron (French for ‘lumberjack’)
4257 Nicollet Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55409
612-255-5632 (online reservations via Resy)

Hours:
Monday – Saturday 5pm to 10pm
Sunday – closed


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Such a nice girl 💜

Pic posted March 15, 2024

Booni hard at work


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See you soon, spring baseball ⚾️

Pic posted March 15, 2024

The countdown clock is ticking…


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Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep. And Rip Van Winkle fell the hell asleep. And Alice chilling somewhere in Wonderland. Jack’s serving Jill a bucket in his hand. And Jam Master Jay’s making all that sound. The turntables might wobble, but they don’t fall down…

— Peter Piper

Quote posted March 15, 2024


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Quarterfinal Friday 🏀

Pic posted March 15, 2024

Four more: Sparty v. Purdue, Bucky v. Northwestern, THE Ohio State v. Illinois & Indiana v. Nebraska


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The Collatz conjecture 🤔

Posted March 14, 2024

This story in Scientific American gets very technical very quickly, but the root scenario is [really] pretty simple:

Take a natural number. If it is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1; if it is even, divide it by 2. Proceed in the same way with the result x: if x is odd, you calculate 3x + 1; otherwise calculate x/2. Repeat these instructions as many times as possible, and, according to the conjecture, you will always end up with the number 1.

Hard to believe with all the “smart” computing resources in the world, there is still an unsolved math problem. Also hard to believe I almost studied mathematics here.


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Guacaya Bistreaux ✅

Posted March 14, 2024

This one has been on my list since it opened. Finally made it over for the taco trifecta happy hour special (one calypso carne asada: island-marinated steak, lime cream, cotija cheese, guacamole; one jerk chicken: chopped chicken, jerk BBQ sauce, grilled pineapple, cilantro & onion mix; and one crispy fish: tempura fried jerk red snapper, pickled cabbage, cilantro aioli) 🌮❤️🌮❤️🌮


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Happy hour taco trifecta self-care

Pic posted March 14, 2024

Happy hour taco trifecta self-care

via Instagram (@7minutemiles)


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Link: Paranoid Android (Later Archive 1997)

Linked March 14, 2024


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Look at that handsome guy

Pic posted March 14, 2024

Nice post by Chad in TG&H on video marketing 🎰


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Plex Media Server?

Pic posted March 14, 2024

Thinking I might want to build something like this at home. Please let me know if you have any tips or tricks to share…

Music ✅ | Movies ✅ | TV ✅ | Photos ✅ | Backup ✅

Carbon Copy Cloner ✅ | Backblaze B2

Synology DiskStation DS1522+ 5-Bay NAS Enclosure?


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I’ve hung on, I have edged around this narrow ledge since the day I was born in 1975…

— When Last I Spoke To Carol

Quote posted March 13, 2024


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Tavern on Grand 💜

Pic posted March 13, 2024

We are really going to miss this place – go while you can…


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Arizona @ Wild 🚨🚨🚨🚨

Pic posted March 13, 2024

Wild win, 4-1 (and I checked out the IPTV)


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Pre-hockey walleye with SK

Pic posted March 12, 2024

Pre-hockey walleye with SK

via Instagram (@7minutemiles)


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Have a seat

Pic posted March 11, 2024

The new entryway bench has arrived 👍


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Dinner at Bûcheron with Colleen 💯

Pic posted March 11, 2024

Dinner at Bûcheron with Colleen

via Instagram (@7minutemiles)


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Springtime visitor to the other crib

Pic posted March 11, 2024

Thanks for the help at home, SK 💜


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First walk outside since Christmas Day

Pic posted March 10, 2024

MK does not approve of the buckthorn 👎


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That’s a wrap – congrats to Iowa 🏀

Pic posted March 10, 2024

13 games down, 13 to go (see you Wednesday)


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Mega Pop Popcorn 🍿

Pic posted March 10, 2024

Major throwback vibes to school fundraisers


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