It’s a tough job, but someone had to do it

They aren’t going to let Toyya and I play there any more

Congrats to the Klas and Cody families on a great Tapemark run

Damn you, electronic silent auctions

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7686186/tom-petty-heartbreakers-all-star-tribute-musicares-grammy-awards-recording-academy

Looks like Boss Hog to me – King’s Place, Miesville

Let’s 🌮 Bout It

Top charity golf tournaments in the metro

MK and friend @ Burnsville Byerlys

And Chicken Fried

http://www.mngolf.org/m/News/Van_Rooyen_Cruises_to_Victory_at_Tapemark

The South African Gopher takes it by five

Phil Anderson starts things off on number one at Southview

Look what pulled up next to the Tapemark tent

Kid two and friend out between hole four and hole eight @ SVCC

Tapemark #45 @ SVCC

Love the improvements at Southview CC

MK at the North Eagan DQ

Team volunteer day @ Second Harvest Heartland 

The finish line, Minnesota State Fairgrounds 

The 11th edition was very nice

http://gofundme.com/vermilion

GoFundMe.com/vermilion is now live – Mary wants 200 large

MK and friends at the 2015 Tapemark

http://www.faceitfoundation.org/depression-is-real/

Third hole @ The Wilderness, 2014 Indian Summer Classic

Plain White T’s, Daughtry and Goo Goo Dolls @ Fortune Bay

http://www.startribune.com/local/268544262.html?page=all&prepage=2&c=y

http://www.mngolf.org/News/Too_Good_to_Fail_Berry_Wins_7th_Tapemark_Title

2014 Men’s Professional Tapemark Champion Don Berry, Edinburgh USA

Trophy table at the Tapemark

The Tapemark Dog

Kid two and friends at the front nine concession stand, Tapemark Charity Pro-Am

Cathy @ Southview before the Sunday round

Brave Tapemark team on number nine

Southview CC parking @ 2014 Tapemark

Don Berry nails it right down the middle at the 2014 Tapemark

Day one at the 2014 Tapemark Charity Pro-Am

2014 Tapemark Drawing Night, Southview CC

Last Sunday Colleen and I attended the Get Your Rear in Gear 5K run/walk in Edina. This event is a fundraiser organized by the Colon Cancer Coalition, so we decided to participate in memory of Denise. My aunt also mentioned that my grandmother had colon cancer, which I don’t think I knew.

The course started and finished outside Southdale Mall and had a large area set up with informational tents from various organizations. The weather was perfect and the announcer said there were 5,000 people participating. Reg Chapman from WCCO was one of the emcees and did an excellent job.

I hadn’t done much running this month, so I really had no idea what to expect. The course was supposed to be certified, but my Garmin measured it as 2.88 miles. I loved seeing the 21:10 at the finish, but unfortunately the 6:49 pace the official results claimed was nowhere near what I actually ran. I will take the fourth place finish in my old guy age group, however.

Colleen walked the course in under an hour and they had a great food tent set up with all the usual suspects. Oh, and a giant inflatable colon. Get tested, people…

2014 Get Your Rear in Gear, Edina, Minnesota

https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/hd94/todd-stenson

Last Sunday Colleen and I finally got a chance to visit the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in downtown Saint Paul. The last time we were in that space, I believe it was still Fhima’s. We’ve never been to the Oulman family’s other place in Northeast (331 Club), but I’ve wanted to go to Amsterdam to try the award-winning fries for a long time. I ordered the oorlog – a small boat of frites smothered with onion, peanut satay, mayo & honey sambaal for $5. Not really my kind of fries, unfortunately…

The real reason for the visit, though, was to raise money for Todd Stenson and his brain tumor treatment. I don’t know Todd, but he has a lot of friends that cross paths with my food and music interests (and turns out several other people too – hi Dan!). Tilia chef Steven Brown arranged for several other chefs in town to cater and/or donate raffle and silent auction items and the organizers were able to get a lot of great musicians to perform as well.

On the food side, Russell Klein from Meritage was serving oysters, Lenny Russo from Heartland had meat trays and Diane Yang from La Belle Vie and Heyday sent desserts (I know I’m missing a few others – check out this Dara story for more details). We stood by the food table for the first part of the evening and tried sample after sample – so good!

On the music side, there were multiple 30-40 minute sets by Chris Koza, Lucy Michelle, Dan Wilson, Adam Levy, John Munson and Matt Wilson (with a few songs with Dan) and the 22-year reunion of the Picadors, whose lead singer Chris Lynch is married to one of Colleen’s friends. The layout of the event had reserved tables for most of the performance side of the venue, so it was a little tough for the general admission people to get close to the stage. All those tables were sold out before I heard about it – maybe next time.

Donations are still being collected for Todd and his wife Heather at this site.

The Diane Yang contribution to the Stetson benefit, Amsterdam Hall

Chef Klein (Meritage) at the Stenson benefit, Amsterdam Hall, St. Paul

Walk for bubbies, Como Park

Walk for bubbies, Como Park

http://www.active.com/donate/2014mmrfBoston/bgervais

An early run in Minneapolis for charity

Cut time at the Tapemark

http://www.proactinc.org/

http://www.dakotacommunities.org/

http://www.arcgreatertwincities.org/

http://www.thearcofminnesota.org/