What's it like living next door to Tim Walz these days?

Plus: A new pizza joint is coming to south Minneapolis 🍕 [Plus: A new pizza joint is coming to south Minneapolis 🍕] View this email as a [web page]( [The Minnesota Star Tribune](   [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Good morning, Minnesota! Today's main story has turned my brain into a mushy pile of "Simpsons" references, so please enjoy [this riff on "Hey Big Spender"]( from "Sweet Charity" and let's get on to the news 📢 [Eder Campuzano] By Eder Campuzano TODAY’S TOP STORIES - [Gophers volleyball junior Julia Hanson emerges as a force entering team’s home opener]( - [Lino Lakes postpones vote on censuring council member who applauded anti-Muslim rant]( - [Tolkkinen: MAGA? DFL? No matter, this group just wants women to lead]( - [The Minnesota Interview: PBS North president Patricia Mester wants ‘Antiques Roadshow’ in Duluth]( - [What to know about Tuesday’s presidential debate and how to watch it in Minnesota](   What happens when you move next door to a vice presidential candidate? Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune Living next to the vice presidential nominee for a major political party sounds ... pretty chill? That's the upshot of Elliot Hughes' dispatch outside of the Eastcliff mansion, where Gov. Tim Walz and his family have lived while the governor's official residence is under construction. Neighbors say disruptions have been minimal since Vice President Kamala Harris chose Walz as her running mate. Sure, you have to give the Secret Service a detailed description of your friends' vehicles before they visit. And, yes, sometimes they block your garage a little bit. But, all told, Jim Sander told Hughes: "It's kind of nice. It's neat. It added a little something to the neighborhood." You can check out the [full story from Hughes here](. And if you're jonesing for a (fictitious) tale of a presidential move-in gone hilariously wrong, may I suggest the 13th episode of the seventh season of "The Simpsons," "Two Bad Neighbors"? Related coverage - [Ahead of Trump-Harris debate, Minnesota Democrats focus on former president]( [Read More](     GOING OUT - [Critics’ picks: The 13 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week]( - [9 free things to do in the Twin Cities]( - [Minnesota-based film star and Hollywood writer go ‘Back to the Future’ with Broadway musical](   [Share this newsletter with friends]( Do you enjoy Essential Minnesota? Encourage your friends and family to [sign up](. You also can share it using the links below.   There's a new pizza place in town The folks behind Mr. Paul's Supper Club and Po'Boys and Jams are launching a new venture in south Minneapolis. This one will focus on Neapolitan pizzas cooked up by chef Tommy Begnaud. Joy Summers has the details about Mothership Pizza Paradise, which is slated to open in the space formerly occupied by Arezzo Ristorante. Watch for the opening later this fall. And read up on more of [this week's restaurant news, including the opening of a new sports bar in the North Loop, here](. Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune MORE FROM THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE - Gophers football remains a work in progress; team pleased with Rhode Island game but not satisfied]( - [Minnesota’s free school meals program featured on ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’]( - [New CEO takes helm at Mortenson amid construction industry challenges]( on this day in 1947 Minneapolis Star Journal After a brief dalliance with autumn-esque weather, much of Minnesota is experiencing a summery segue into September with temperatures in the mid-80s. It appears a similarly warm start to fall in 1947 wreaked havoc on Minnesota's corn harvest — the "burst of September summer," as one Minneapolis Star staff writer called it, led much of the state's bumper crop to mature more quickly than usual. About 500 tons of corn made its way from the fields to the canneries in southern Minnesota every day that season, Sally Luther wrote. And the Minnesota State Employment Service struggled to find enough stay-at-home wives and mothers to husk, cut and inspect the excess. Luther reported that a single cannery was processing as many as 24,000 cans a day in order to salvage that year's harvest. In the photo above, Mrs. William Mapes and Mrs. James Moriarty "keep an expert housewifely watch on cut corn" in Faribault. Apparently women back then didn't have first names unless they were single, at least as far as caption-writers were concerned. IN OTHER NEWS - [‘On an awareness journey’: Somali autism summit brings together advocates, families]( - Sahan Journal - [A quiet ‘Minnesota nice’ contest for a coveted open congressional seat in a year of ‘bare-knuckled’ politics]( - MinnPost - [The Prince we never knew]( - New York Times Magazine (This one is super long but well worth your while     THE MINNESOTA GOODBYE 4kDizzy via Reddit Demure, we hardly knew ye. The TikTok trend that launched tens of millions of Google searches from parents and elder millennials desperate to feel digitally youthful and exuberant has officially died. This one, courtesy of [TikToker Jools Lebron](, had everyone under 30 calling their summer activities "very demure" and "very mindful" for much of August. (If you remember Vine, it's basically the "[eyebrows on fleek](" of 2024.) Reddit user 4kDizzy shared this image of a highway sign they received from a friend recently that attempted to harness the power of the meme for good. You know a meme is dead when brands and government agencies jump on the bandwagon, as several other users pointed out. "Very demure, very mindful" was 39 ... days old. Thanks for reading Eder Campuzano, reporter David Taintor, editor     [Premium digital access] GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO EVERY STORY [Premium digital access] GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO EVERY STORY [Subscribe]( SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe from this newsletter]( [Manage]( your preferences | [Opt Out]( using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? [Sign up]( to receive our future emails. View this email [online](. 650 3rd Ave. S. Suite 1300 | Minneapolis, MN 55488 US This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.