Overrated
The use of the term “cougar” to describe a woman involved with an even slightly younger man has become as tiresome as the idea there’s something unseemly or unusual about such relationships. If that weren’t bad enough, the man gets slapped with the infantilizing moniker “cub.” Dating is enough of a zoo without the demeaning clichés.
Underrated
It’s exciting to see a proliferation of art in unexpected places. In the East Hennepin district of Minneapolis, Hoffman Parkin Urban Realty has staged soirees for local artists including Sharon Lessard and Beth Stoneberg, and Fox Tax’s gallery has celebrated exhibits by rock photog Tony Nelson and “The Owl and the Pussy Cat” interpreter Rob McBroom. Several Twin Cities cafes serve up art on their walls. And online purveyor Gilt Groupe, better known for luxe apparel labels, recently featured striking abstracts by Jacob Ouillette and others. It’s a lovely time to be an art lover.
