{"id":1766,"date":"2013-07-21T14:11:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2013-07-21T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:11:05","slug":"twin-cities-peeps-interested-in-dinner-or-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/07\/21\/twin-cities-peeps-interested-in-dinner-or-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Cities peeps: Interested in dinner or coffee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/2378093953\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3226\/2378093953_f947f6f491_m.jpg?resize=180%2C240\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Hot chocolate (in Naples, Italy)\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hot chocolate (in Naples, Italy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been living and working in the Twin Cities as a summer intern for the super cool <a href=\"http:\/\/kidblog.org\">Kidblog<\/a> folks (more on that later) and never got around to &#8220;officially&#8221; letting the world know. I&#8217;d hoped to catch up with some of the <em>many<\/em> friends, alum, etc., that live in this part of the world, and while some of that has happened, I now only have about 2.5 weeks left and realize how many connections I haven&#8217;t made. This is mostly because my job is cool and I really dig it (all of which is good), but I would like to connect with folks while I&#8217;m still here.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you live in the area and would like to do coffee or dinner or something before I bug out, let me know! I probably respond best (at the moment) to e-mail (mcphee@morris.\u2026) or Twitter (@NicMcPhee), but I&#8217;ll try to track my Facebook account as well.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, apologies to all my Facebook peeps. I really hate FB in a lot of ways and am happy to take any excuse to ignore it. The fun of work and other obligations meant I pretty much checked out of FB from late May until now, only to find that people&#8217;s lives have gone on <em>without me!<\/em> Wow. Thanks a ton for all the kind birthday wishes, etc., and sorry if you&#8217;ve been wondering why I&#8217;ve been ignoring you.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/alum\/\" title=\"alum\">alum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/job\/\" title=\"job\">job<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/meet-up\/\" title=\"meet up\">meet up<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/summer-internship\/\" title=\"summer internship\">summer internship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/twin-cities\/\" title=\"Twin Cities\">Twin Cities<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/03\/06\/twin-cities-folks-poetry-out-loud-state-finals-on-monday\/\" title=\"Twin Cities folks: Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday! 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