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About us

Minneapolis Picks is Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice.  If we can't say anything nice, we don't say it at all.

Minneapolis Picks is a free, subscription-driven weekly publication, sent out every Friday via email and then updated on our homepage. It’s a fun and sassy format for "Twin-City Secrets,” delivered in a timely and unique manner to a highly targeted market. Minneapolis Picks reaches mostly women, busy and well-educated “influencers,” who like to find out about items and services that enhance their lives.

Minneapolis Picks' founder, Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. A native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90s. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients includes: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few.

Editor-in-Chief Alisa Sloan oversees the content and managing editors in all cities and heads the flagship Portland Picks publication. Based in Portland, she has been with Westover Media since June of 2005, and brings more than 12 years of experience in publishing, marketing and online content management to the team.
 
Minneapolis Picks are mostly the unsolicited opinions of the Minneapolis Picks staff.  They are hints, recommendations, and best-kept secrets about shops, restaurants, hangouts, products, and services.  We sometimes include paid placements which are noted with a "sponsored" banner. Hip Happenings and Events of the Week are always paid placements. Minneapolis Picks' parent company, City Picks Group , is a subsidiary of Westover Media , LLC.

Visit the other publications in the City Picks family at www.PortlandPicks.com, www.PhoenixPicks.com, www.ChicagoPicks.com, www.SeattlePicks.com, www.SeattlePicksforMen.com and www.PortlandPicksforMen.com ! And help us spread the word. If you like what you see, tell your friends in our sister cities to sign up today ... it's free!

Staff
Kathi O’Neil Alisa Sloan Erin Kangas Kara Gonos
Kathi O’Neil
Publisher
 Alisa Sloan
Editor in Chief		 Erin Kangas
Managing Editor		 Kara Gonos
Senior Writer
       
Bethany Kovar Rachel Levitt Lacey Rodriguez Julie Kendrick
Bethany Kovar
Contributing Writer		 Rachel Levitt
Contributor		 Lacey Rodriguez
Contributor
 Julie Kendrick
Contributor
       
Marissa Kristal Sam Roloff    
Marissa Kristal
Contributing Writer
 Sam Roloff
Creative Services /Web		    
 
Editorial Policy:
Contributing writers' submissions are completely unsolicited.  Advertorial is written by the Ad Director only and marked with an "Advertise with Us" banner.