For nearly three decades 123 N. Minnesota St. has been home to Bookshelves & Coffeecups. The store is a true mom-and-pop shop as it is owned and run by husband and wife duo Gerome (“Jerry” or “Jer”) and Pam Chamberlain, who also live above the store. For 28 years, they have been a ...
For art glass collectors, a peachblow vase can be as much of a treat as a perfectly ripe peach at the peak of its season. Peachblow is one of the many types of two-tone art glass popular in the late Victorian era. The shaded glass craze began with Amberina, shading from amber to ruby, patented in 1883. Burmese glass, shading from pink to yellow, was registered in 1885. In 1886, tonal pink shades came into vogue, thanks to the sale of a famous antique Chinese ceramic vase, today called the Morgan vase, with a mottled pink glaze described as “peachblow” or “peach bloom.” By then, ...
Are you tired of waiting in the hold line for “Great Big Beautiful Life,” the newest Emily Henry book? Or maybe you are not waiting because you have already read the book and now you want more romantic comedies? Either way, the library can help! Here is a list of newer readalikes available at the library, with descriptions from the publishers. “It’s a Love Story” by Annabel Monaghan. “Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as ‘Poor Janey Jakes,’ the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America’s fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s trying to be taken seriously as a ...
Biscuit tins, first made about 1830, were some of the earliest commercial food packages. The first tin toys were made about the same time. It wasn’t too long before clever designers found ways to combine the two. Tin packaging with colorful images always caught customers’ attention, and, while fashionable art styles and scenes of foreign countries appealed to adults, children were drawn to tins shaped and decorated like their favorite playthings. In the late 19th to early 20th centuries, many companies packaged their products in tins shaped like buildings, vehicles, animals, and ...
Minnesota’s public smoking act could cause major problems for restaurants, two New Ulm restaurant owners warn. The law — the Clean Indoor Air Act — goes into effect today, but it is questionable whether indoor air in New Ulm is going to be cleaned up substantially because of it. Most bars and offices surveyed indicated that they will deal with the law by declaring their entire buildings smoking areas, while restaurant proprietors debated the merits of the act. “It presents enormous problems,” says Don Veigel of Veigel’s Kaiserhoff. “No question about it,” adds ...
For nearly a decade, Marja Sowers has been growing Power Haus Yoga. “It happened by chance,” Sowers said. “My husband and I were living in the cities, and we were going to move back to New Ulm. And the place that I took yoga at, Core Power Yoga, was offering teacher training. And I was ...
