Breathe it in: The new Apple store at Southdale Center in Edina smells of untouched machines, just out of the plastic—not masses of anxious customers crowded into a space too small for their endless questions, desires, and malfunctioning iPhones. The new Apple store, which is about as large as the Uptown location, is situated on…
Help Aveda Set Earth Day Record
Great news: Getting a haircut is every bit as valid an Earth Day contribution as planting a garden. On Monday, April 22-Earth Day-The Aveda Institute Minneapolis will host local Aveda stylists participating in a global, 24-hour cut-a-thon. Stylists in Aveda salons worldwide—from Tokyo to Sydney, Moscow, London, New York and Minneapolis will volunteer their time to offer haircuts in return for a donation…
Moods of Norway, Madewell + More for MOA
Moods of Norway, the hip, yet irreverent international design brand that mixes Norwegian heritage with modern trends, is opening later this year at Mall of America. Moods has just two other stores in the U.S., in New York City’s Soho and Los Angeles.
Other openings just announced for Mall of America: Madewell is coming this fall. It’s a second Twin Cities location…
Bluemercury Coming to Galleria
Bluemercury, the fast-growing luxury beauty chain with nearly 40 locations nationwide, will open its first Twin Cities store this summer at Galleria in Edina. Bluemercury offers cosmetics and skincare from more than 100 upscale brands including Laura Mercier, La Mer, La Prairie, Darphin, and T. LeClerc. Products are sold in an open format,…
Weekend Picks
I don’t even want to hear that there is nothing to do this weekend, what with the yucky weather. Can’t let a little snow ruin the fun and glamour, so here’s what I’d suggest:
Weekend Prep: I do love a clever promotion and here’s another from Covered . . . It’s Denim and Dysport at the Uptown boutique with 20 percent off all denim all day…
Hanging with Spring Finn & Co.
Here at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, we don’t just throw some bags on a wall. First, we paint, and measure, and hammer and organize. Then we put on makeup and gush about the bags from Talin Spring’s new line, Spring Finn & Co., for a while, before getting everything perfectly positioned for the final shot,…
New West End Boutique: Minq
Tireless retailer/entrepreneur Stacey Finnegan is back at it with Minq, a new fashion boutique for men and women slated to open in late May at the Shops at West End. Finnegan sold il Vostro Boutique at 50th & France a couple of years ago and tried her hand at online retailing, but felt the pull to get back into a store.
“I’ve heard time…
Shopping John Fluevog with John Fluevog
There really is a John Fluevog. He gets that a lot—fans of his funky footwear assuming John Fluevog is just a made-up persona for the brand. Blame his grandfather, who immigrated from Norway to a farm someplace in the Midwest and found himself surrounded by too many other men named Neilsen….
Rick Rack is Becoming Lily and Violet
Rick Rack, the whimsical Linden Hills boutique in the red house next door to Turtle Bread, is becoming Lily and Violet Boutique. But not everything is changing. Rick Rack owner Ann McCabe launched Lily and Violet last year as an online boutique with a youthful, modern vibe and reasonable prices. She decided to streamline the two…
I Hate(d) My Kitchen
No, I don’t, technically, know how to operate power tools. But I got to use them on TV! Do I look convincing in my goggles? My husband and I recently remodeled our kitchen with the DIY Network show I Hate My Kitchen. The episode is scheduled to air Tuesday, April 9 at 8:30 p.m….
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