‘Miscellany’ Archives
Eating Better and Saving Money in 2021
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA By the time you read this, the holiday season will be a faded memory, even if the tree is still up dropping needles all over. Many of us have made and already fallen off our New Year resolutions, like spending less on take out and eating healthier. Reducing what we spend on food isn”™t just a New Year”™s concern, though, it is a year-round issue. And, it”™s a tough one. We do have to eat and food costs money. We also have to contend with our busy, hectic lives. How many times have you stopped at a fast food place after picking up kids because everyone is tired and crabby? I only have my tired and crabby self to deal with these days and I”™ve stopped more than I care to admit. Cook BIG on the weekend What”™s a solution to the tired/ crabby syndrome? Cooking big. I always say, “If you”™ve cooked and don”™t have leftovers, you”™ve just [...]
Early African American Barbers in Minneapolis
William Goodridge (photo credit John Vincent Jezierski) Tales of Pioneer and Soldiers Cemetery By SUE HUNTER WEIR 184th in a series Barbershops have long played a key role in African- American communities. In addition to providing gathering places, they have often provided a path to economic independence for African- American entrepreneurs. In “Cutting Across the Color Lines,” historian Quincy Mills noted that: “Barbers were members of the black middle class in the nineteenth century, and their shops were among the most numerous of black businesses in the 20th century.” Barbers were among the more prominent and most well respected members of the community. In the 1859 City Directory, Ralph T. Grey was listed as one of only six barbers in Minneapolis. He was the father of Toussaint L”™Ouverture Grey, the first African-American child born in St. Anthony, and the son-in-law of William Goodridge, a barber and entrepreneur, [...]
