Ah, yes. Minneapolis. Home of the Gateway Arch and the Statue of Liberty. Tropical Paradise and Hog Butcher to the World.
Huh? Oh. Well, how the heck would I know? I'm stuck at home, too broke to go anywhere except to work. And even that's scarcer than I 'd like.
So, what's your story? Broke? Travelphobic? Antisocial? Really a RW plant who's afraid s/he'd get outed in a crowd? Why aren't you at Netroots Nation this week?
And, more importantly, what's going on in your neck of the woods that would make NN attendees green with envy?
Right now, we've got two circuses in New Orleans, the Universoul and Ringling Bros./Barnum and Bailey, enough to satisfy any aficionado's lust for acrobats, animal acts and clowns.
Speaking of clowns, the car's overflowing here, with the 2011 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in full swing. You've already missed Newt's big speech, but Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum have their "photo lines" tonight. Bring your leftover popcorn from the circus.
Scooterheads from around the world will be putting into town for AmeriVespa 2011, a celebration of all things scootin'.
Folk-rock troubadour and Katrina escapee Grayson Capps returns to town tonight to debut his new CD at d.b.a. Rebirth Brass Band ("It Ain't My Fault") celebrates their 28th anniversary at Howlin' Wolf.
Greater St. Stephen's Baptist Church out in the East is putting on a 3-day Soul Food Festival and Abita Springs is once again hosting the Louisiana Bicycle Fest.
My pal Anders Osborne will play a benefit show for St. George's Dragon Cafe feeding ministry at St. George's Episcopal Church tonight. Great food, great music, great cause.
Juneteenth celebrations are on in Kenner at the New Birth Cathedral. The town of Donaldsonville's Juneteenth Freedom Festival is back on after funding problems threatened cancellation.
The Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SOFAB) kicks off its exhibit of snoball technology and history Saturday.
Plus the usual non-stop eating, drinking, dancing and hoopla.
So, I ask my annual question: Who Needs Some Dumb Old Netroots Nation, Anyway?