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Barbara Flanagan writes her Flanagan Memo column on the first Monday of each month.

Signs of the season: horseshoes, drive-ins

The Flanagan Memo - Re: consider ice cream cones for dogs -- oh, yes, and our horseshoe season begins again.

Updated: May 03, 2009, - 01:56 PM

After three months away, her e-mail box runneth over

The Flanagan Memo - Re: What kept me awake during three months off?

Updated: April 05, 2009, - 05:01 PM

'Mona Lisa' isn't coming - maybe she doesn't like lutefisk

Re: Dog choosing, lutefisk eating and wondering what comes next -- all part of the holiday season. Have a happy one.

Updated: November 30, 2008, - 08:06 PM

The Flanagan memo: So just when will the city reopen Nicollet at Lake Street?

All about books and restaurants and random thoughts and pumpkin pie for today, Thanksgiving and always.

Updated: November 02, 2008, - 11:08 PM

A sneak peek of a showcase of state's talented female artists

There may be more than seven famous women artists who worked in Minnesota, but Julie L’Enfant is sticking with the seven for a new book.

Updated: October 05, 2008, - 10:33 PM

Barbara Flanagan: We should all follow Mayor Rybak's healthy example

The Flanagan Memo: Re: A new book by Bruce Dayton and our oh-so-very-healthy Minneapolis mayor.

Updated: August 31, 2008, - 11:35 PM

Foshay would be proud of his tower, now a luxury hotel

The former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, a man named Enrique Peñalosa, was interviewed by the New York Times about cities recently, and he said a couple of things I think are important. One: "When you construct a good city sidewalk, you are constructing democracy. A sidewalk is a symbol of equality.'' And this: "We are building much more for cars' mobility than children's happiness.'' Hear, hear!

Updated: August 03, 2008, - 11:12 PM