Casey Darnell

Aug 12, 2024 | startribune.com | Casey Darnell

The app offers an icebreaker game, but we skipped it because the conversation flowed easily. After the dinnerAn hour into the dinner, the app suggested a bar we could visit afterward. Only two people in my group wanted to get a drink. The others said they had to wake up early. The recommended bar was a 16-minute walk from Sawatdee. We went to Crooked Pint next door instead. Timeleft lets you choose who you want to connect with after dinner.

Mar 21, 2024 | startribune.com | Casey Darnell

It's so silent inside the quietest room on Earth that you can hear your eyelids shut when you blink. Tucked away in Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood, Orfield Laboratories has made a name for itself in the business of silence. Ordained by Guinness World Records as the quietest place on Earth, the anechoic chamber at Orfield Labs is measured at an average of -13 decibels and a record of -24.9 decibels. Zero decibel is the threshold for human hearing, meaning -24.9 is a whole lot of nothing.

Mar 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Casey Darnell

It's so silent inside the quietest room on Earth that you can hear your eyelids shut when you blink. Tucked away in Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood, Orfield Laboratories has made a name for itself in the business of silence. Ordained by Guinness World Records as the quietest place on Earth, the anechoic chamber at Orfield Labs is measured at an average of -13 decibels and a record of -24.9 decibels. Zero decibel is the threshold for human hearing, meaning -24.9 is a whole lot of nothing.

Aug 30, 2023 | startribune.com | Casey Darnell

What happens when you send someone who has never even tried a cheese curd to the State Fair?

Jul 28, 2023 | startribune.com | Casey Darnell

On Aug. 1, 2013, Minnesota's marriage law became gender-neutral, allowing gay, lesbian and nonbinary couples to marry. To mark the 10th anniversary of the law, the Star Tribune asked couples to send in their photos.