Twin Cities Adventure: MIX 2011 and Sammiches

Minneapolis Indie Xpo 2011



Next year's MIX has been confirmed as taking place at the Soap Factory again. I knew they were working on that, but now it's official.

Best Twin Cities' Sandwiches



Image from The Couchwarmers.

John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is one of my heroes. I'll make anything into a sandwich. If you serve meat and there's also some kind of bread on the table, you can bet I'll wrap one around the other. Even cupcakes are better now that I've figured out how to turn them into delicious, frosting sandwiches.

So I've made note of all these great Twin Cities sandwiches and am checking them off. I just tried the Vietnamese Bánh Mì at Ngon yesterday (the pickled veggies were delicious, but the aioli was way too spicy for me) and am moving on to the Citizen Joe next.

Elsewhere... there was MIXing

I apologize for not getting anything posted yesterday. Diane's mom's funeral was last night and that took up most of the day.



I was able to get a couple of articles written this week though. One was this report on the newest addition to the Twin Cities' awesome convention schedule: the Minneapolis Indi Xpo.



The other was this week's Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs in which we look at all the cool comics coming out in October. Seriously, there's so much awesome stuff in there that I get a headache trying to pick favorites.

Twin Cities Adventure: MIX and Pirates (and BBQ)

Minneapolis Indie Xpo



The first ever Minneapolis Indie Xpo is coming up on August 21 at the Soap Factory, "celebrating independent comics and Midwest cartoonists." The programming schedule has been set and it looks like a fun day. Also, admission is FREE. Many many many thanks to Sarah Morean and Andy Krueger for organizing this.

High Seas Adventure!



October 1-3 is High Seas Adventure weekend at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, promising pirate games and contests in addition to their usual shows and shenanigans. And BBQ. There's also a BBQ competition going on that weekend.