Lifestyle

Appetites: Hot restaurant designs transform mere meals into dining experience
Restaurants design in many ways is like service: when it's good, you don't notice the nuances. But when it's bad, it can be glaring. Good restaurant design can turn a mere meal into a dining experience.
Deborah Tannen on the ways human beings communicate
The best-selling author of "You Just Don't Understand" and "Can We Talk?" and Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen talks about gender, age and cultural differences in the ways people communicate and suggests ways we can make ourselves better understood.
A master gardener offers spring tips
As the weather finally starts to warm up, gardeners in Minnesota may be eager to get their hands in the dirt.
Anglers spent $2.4 billion in Minn.
Anglers who enjoy Minnesota's sky blue waters are still a powerful engine for the state's economy, according to new data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Bicycling advocates look to further improve safety in Minneapolis
Minneapolis is often held up as an example of a bicycle-friendly city that is taking steps to improve safety. Advocates for the community met with government representatives to identify innovative ideas for further improving safety.