Each year I make a list of new things I want to try. Some of them are difficult, some are shockingly mundane. You can read about past shenanigans here. Because I am nothing if not an inveterate hipster, I've been wanting to sleep in a tiny house...
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34 New Things: Watch ‘Rear Window’
Each year I make a list of new things I want to try. Some are exciting, some are mundane, some are really, really difficult. You can read about past adventures here. Friends, I have spent much of my life living under a proverbial rock,...
34 New Things: Go To Dollywood
Every year I make a list of new things I want to try. Some are super easy, some are difficult, some are so boring I'm sure you think "this is not worthy of a post, Von Bargen." You can read about previous shenanigans here. Photos two and ten by...
34 New Things: Go To A Monster Truck Rally
Every year I make a list of new things I want to try. Some of them are easy, some are difficult, some are shockingly boring. You can read about past adventures here. Photos by Meredith Westin. You know what you guys should do? Gather 18 of...
34 New Things: Try Fugu
Every year I make a list of new things I want to try. Some of them are easy. Some are difficult. Some are shockingly mundane. You can read about past adventures here. Friends, it may shock you to discover that Minneapolis, landlocked and cold,...
34 New Things: Do A Police Ridealong
Every year I make a new list of things I want to try. Some are fun, some are difficult, some are shockingly mundane. You can read about past shenanigans here. I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I signed up for a police ridealong. I...
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