Pop

What happened to my favorite Sierra Mist? All I see is this Starry pop, which I assumed was a generic brand. That's not the case.

When it comes to soda (or "pop", as we like to call it in Minnesota), the choices that come to mind among most are usually the monoliths: Pepsi or Coke, Mountain Dew or Mello Yello, and so on. Bubbling under the surface of the soft drink industry is an expansive craft soda world, filled with hundreds of flavors with inventive names, including some made right here in Minnesota... Read Mor

Coca-Cola is everywhere. The drink is sold in just about every supermarket, drug store and gas station across the country and throughout the world. Not much has changed since the product's inception except, of course, the price.

Mike Pace spent almost ten years on the road with his band Oxford Collapse. In that time, he became a regional soda junkie. Here are his favorites from all the places he’s stopped across America.

As obesity continues to plague the United States, many states have imposed a tax cost on some of the products that contribute to unhealthy weight gain, like soda. But experts believe that the current sales tax isn’t high enough to truly impact health and weight loss.

I LOVE reminiscing about places we USE to have in Duluth/Superior....there's nothing like sitting around with a group of friends saying "Remember the....."?  Then, the stories start!  That's how the idea for this blog started...my husband was talking about the big slide at the Lake Superior Zoo when we were kids...it was part of a small amusement park they had in the parking lot.  It's n

By analyzing the results of a 10-year longitudinal study of 474 people, researchers  were able to determine that the participants who drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced a waist size increase 70 percent greater than those who stayed away from diet soda. Dr. Martin P. Paulus, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, and an author of the study, offered this the

Since I'll be spending time hanging out with the folks from Mountain Dew this Friday, I figured I would do some of my homework and catch up on some of the commercials. After doing a little bit of looking, I've found 5 hilarious ones that stand out. I hope ...