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Jason DeRusha's home for links and rants. I'm an anchor/reporter at WCCO-TV, and a food editor at Minnesota Monthly Magazine. Contact me at wccojason -at- gmail -dot- com. Follow @DeRushaJ

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Coffee roasting at Dogwood In Northeast Minneapolis for a WCCO Story. Smells good.

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Probably should have let Sam sneak his head under my arm here.

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Thanks to RandBallStu for capturing this accurate quote.

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This video took about 10 minutes of my show prep yesterday.

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New York City Trip

Our New York City trip will be my wife and my two young sons (6 and almost 9). They're adventurous, but we're not trying to do a high-end dining trip. Should be a lot of fun! THURSDAY: Arrive at Noon Cab to Hotel Belleclaire Eat lunch at Sugar and Plumm 3pm: Go pick up City Pass at 810 7th Avenue btw 52nd and 53rd Streets. 4pm: Empire State Building

5pm: Take train to Citi Field/Mets Stadium

Eat dinner at the game: Danny Meyer's Blue Smoke

FRIDAY: Statue of Liberty - leave at 8am.

LUNCH: Lombardi's Pizza

SNACKS: Kossar Bialy's Doughnut Plant

Guggeinheim Museum

Cafe Lalo - coffee/dessert near hotel at 201 W 83rd St

DINNER: Hill Country Eataly, Shake Shack SATURDAY: Change Hotels Cab to Skyline Hotel Intrepid Museum (opens at 10am) LUNCH: Gotham West Market The High Line Park DINNER: Chinatown Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles SUNDAY: Central Park (Zoo opens at 10am) LUNCH: Meatball Shop 9/11 Memorial Times Square DINNER: Taboon DIDN'T GET TO: Kelly & Ping Xi'an Famous Foods DINNER: Toro; ABC Kitchen DRINK: Park NYC DESSERT: Serendipity 3 Parm -italian/cheap Katz's Deli - pastrami? Tenement Museum Museum of Natural History - near hotel Barbalu near Wall Street, Nougatine (near Central Park - breakfast) ABC Kitchen) https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z-4Vw4aD57Mg.kK9kzry6GkLs

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Stop Asking Miss America To The Prom

High School Boys of America, listen up: STOP IT. You're making a fool of yourselves. Fine, Jack Jablonski, go ahead and ask out the national sports host. OK, dingbat from Pennsylvania,you got suspended after asking Miss America to prom. You may think it takes guts to ask out a celebrity, but you know what takes guts? Asking out the girl that you think is cute in your algebra class. Asking out the girl that isn't popular, but is really artsy and cool. Asking out a girl is hard. Asking out a celebrity is stupid. In ten years when you go back to your high school reunion, no one's going to care that you went to prom with some silly celebrity. But what if your prom date becomes the scientist who figures out a new environmentally-friendly energy source? Or the engineer who designs the next great building? That is cool. That is a memory. That takes guts. I don't see too many high school girls asking movie stars to the prom (probably because most of us would recoil at the idea of a 25-year-old dude going to prom with an 18-year-old girl), but if you're a high school girl, the same advice applies to you. STOP ASKING OUT CELEBRITIES.

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A lot of hate for today's Ted Baker tie. #dontcare

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Finally got to use my snowblower!!!!

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Thanks to this from City Pages, now there are these glorious t-shirts:

http://www.customink.com/designs/derusha/sth0-000x-vbnb

http://www.customink.com/designs/derusha2/sth0-000x-vm0g

http://www.customink.com/designs/derusha3/sth0-000x-vm77

Thanks to my "friend" Steve Chamraz for designing them. The best is the "bulbous" detail on the "more soccer dad than playboy" shirt.

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Tea cup, London, David McCoy. #wccomorning

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Planning Our Wine Trip To Central California

Monday: August 5 Drive from Sacramento to John's.

11 am: DAVID ARTHUR - Napa http://davidarthur.com/contact.cfm

HOLLISTER (near Salinas on the way): http://www.calerawine.com/Visit (pinot noir)

AVILA BEACH WINERIES: via JT  Cliff’s Hotel for happy hour and sunset and JT can meet us for dinner hour there.

Tuesday: August 6 SYCAMORE MINERAL SPRINGS? http://www.sycamoresprings.com/relax/

In SLO: Stephen Ross Winery http://www.stephenrosswine.com/ (stephen dooley)

Lunch?

Drive to PASO: 

3pm DENNER: http://www.dennervineyards.com/Request-an-Appointment

4:30pm: DAOU: http://www.daouvineyards.com/Visit-Us

EVE DINNER: http://www.artisanpasorobles.com/menus-artisan-paso-robles.php

or http://www.ilcortileristorante.com/dinner/

spend night in Paso at JT's parents house or drive back to Reger's

Wednesday: August 7 

LUNCH?: http://www.thomashillorganics.com/contact.html

Paso Wineries: OPOLO: Rick Quinn http://www.opolo.com/

ROBERT HALL: http://www.roberthallwinery.com/  bob nichols, 612*221*8936

CALCAREOUS: http://www.calcareous.com/Visit/Maps-and-Directions

TABLAS CREEK: http://www.tablascreek.com/visiting

HALTER RANCH: http://www.halterranch.com/visit/index.php

EVE: Music on the mountain at Calcarous

DINNER: http://www.artisanpasorobles.com/menus-artisan-paso-robles.php

or http://www.ilcortileristorante.com/dinner/

Thursday:

ZIPLINE TOUR? http://www.margarita-adventures.com/tickets-2/

FIRESTONE BREWERY: http://www.firestonebeer.com/brewery/

STILL WATERS: http://www.stillwatersvineyards.com/visit/

TERRY HOAGE: http://www.terryhoagevineyards.com/visit/index.php

SUMMERWOOD: http://www.summerwoodwine.com/

JUSTIN: http://www.justinwine.com/visit_tasting_room.php

NORTH of PASO/American Idol: https://www.villasanjuliette.com/

HEAD BACK TO SLO: BEACH TIME RESTAURANT?: http://oldsanluisbbq.com/restaurant/

6:10pm - 9:10pm FARMERS MARKET SLO: http://www.slocountyfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/jb_Uploads/ThursdayNight.htm

 OTHER OPTIONS:

Cambria: Linn's and Sea Chest restaurants (coastal town 1 hr north of Avila Beach)

Demetria Winery: http://www.demetriaestate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=61 (Los Olivos, 1 hour south of Avila Beach)

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Great WCCO crowd at the @Aquatennial #torchlight parade!! (at CenterPoint Energy Torchlight Parade)

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Maybe the nicest thing anyone's ever written about me. Wow. What a nice surprise this morning. Thanks @startribune's "five faves of the moment."

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No big deal. @jamieyuccas and me rappelling 240 feet off the Hyatt. @natalienyhus and Mike did it too. Friday at 5:40 and 6:40am!!

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Sock style for @janellie23 on #WCCOMorning. (at WCCO-TV)

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Honored to make AdamPlatt's thingy in @mspmag