Tag Archives: Claire Baiz

Take Montana to Manhattan…and meet the Naked Cowboy

Posted on 04/30/2012 by wedgeblog

(From Friday’s, April 27th Great Falls Tribune, here’s my essay about Brian Schweitzer in the Big Apple) The day before he was a guest on The David Letterman Show, Brian Schweitzer competed for attention with a perennial entertainer in the … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker in an Old Scam: Is Conde Nasty or Does This Just Hearst a Little?

Posted on 05/26/2011 by wedgeblog

Arch rivals Conde Nast and Hearst spit on their palms and shook hands in a back room somewhere in Boone, Iowa.  They’ve been playing nice behind closed doors for a few years now with a ‘digital storefront’ cooperative project. I … Continue reading →

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The Dirty Trick of Physical Fitness

Posted on 05/08/2011 by wedgeblog

Those pretty boys working out in front of the mirror at the gym: they know it. Real athletes don’t care. You and I, the last kids chosen on the humiliating hardpan of elementary school playgrounds, we were blindsided by The … Continue reading →

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Buying a New York Apartment, Part III: PRIORITIES

Posted on 05/05/2011 by wedgeblog

  Imaging this line drawing: a thin fellow in a dark ratty basement apartment balances atop a stack of faded hardcover books. He’s on his tiptoes looking through a jury-rigged periscope that narrowly clears a sidewalk grate–it’s precisely aimed at a … Continue reading →

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Lessons in NY Real Estate, Part II: Ten Tips

Posted on 05/02/2011 by wedgeblog

As promised, here are my top ten tips for naive home buyers in NYC: 1. Don’t bump into a broker. Research a neighborhood online and in person, then go to a few open houses alone.  New Yorkers may be restless, … Continue reading →

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Lessons from a Real (Estate) Loser, Part I

Posted on 04/28/2011 by wedgeblog

Happy property owners. How insipid. After months of dissecting listings, catching open houses and getting outbid, I was tired of opening the Sunday New York Times Real Estate section to see those fairy tale grins. Back home in Montana we … Continue reading →

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Pick up your PEN for Free Expression (and Free Seminars)

Posted on 04/25/2011 by wedgeblog

Sometimes I’m tempted to lay my pen on the table and demand that it do tricks.  That’s me, the crazy lady at Cafe Grumpy’s  berating my writing instrument out loud. “How tough can this be? There are only 26 letters, … Continue reading →

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The Slow Leak: Fatty Food & Fossil Fuel

Posted on 07/05/2010 by wedgeblog

I’m a Great Falls native, a product of local public schools, and a lifelong resident. I ain’t no anemic eastern liberal…still, I found myself looking at the Chinese-made flags waving from distended lawn chairs and wondered how long our redundant filtration systems can persevere before our webbing gives way and our collective asses wind up in the gutter.

If we boil ourselves in our own oil…could I have fries with that?
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