We had a drop-ceiling in our “playroom” when we moved in – it was somehow stained with something that looked like urine. (How???) Here’s the only remaining photo of that room before we replaced that (maybe urine- stained??) drop-ceiling with sheetrock… Added bonus : a snapshot of our kooky British contractor:

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I mean, give me THE Liberty apartments and townhomes designed by Tanek! That’s what Patrick Henry would have said had he the pleasure (pronounced PLAYzhǝr) of moving into this Golden Valley treasure (pronounced TRAYzhǝr). Remember when I wrote about this utopia in 2017? It wasn’t ready for prime-time yet, but now it is!

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Does anyone even remember Don Pablo’s in Eden Prairie? SHHH, SHUT YOUR TEX-MEX LOVING MOUTH. 

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Tanek created something cool for Unimax – SO COOL, that the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business journal popped their collar, heel-kicked a jukebox, and wrote about it:

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I can’t believe nobody has made that joke yet??

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My mole (the Tanek intern) just sent this photo from the Tanek office:

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Except NOT a Little House…ingalls girls hill
an old school building that used to be a lightbulb factory…

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Until California and all Western states sink into the sea, Minnesota is land-locked… NO MATTER!

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Besides Tanek… and Zeichen Press, OF COURSE.

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Ahh, the 80’s… Big hair, Guess Jeans, and Trapper Keepers. And dipping freezing hands into hot Tom Thumb coffee for the long walk home from school.

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