Occupation: Corporate strategist for General Mills by day, courtside creative for Timberwolves by night.<\/p>\n
Twin Citian since: 1994<\/p>\n
What was your first job here?<\/p>\n
General Mills after graduating from Madison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What do you consider the highest character trait in a Minnesotan?<\/p>\n
Kindness, politeness, and common courtesy! People remember your birthday here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lowest character flaw?<\/p>\n
As a child of Nigerian immigrants, I grew up in a very direct culture, so sometimes my blunt honesty hits a little too hard here\u2014I\u2019ve learned to soften the edges. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Where do you go when you\u2019re celebrating?<\/p>\n
Barcelona Wine Bar. The music at Bar\u00e7a makes you want to dance in your seat, and the bathroom lighting is GREAT for selfies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How about when commiserating over a defeat?<\/p>\n
Hewing Hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Any special game-day rituals?<\/p>\n
As a dancer, my ritual was to pack my bag first thing in the morning so I could transition quickly from work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where can you satisfy your sweet tooth?<\/p>\n
Bom Dia Treats.<\/p>\n
Who pours the best cocktails in town?<\/p>\n
Stargazer.<\/p>\n
Do you brunch?<\/p>\n
Do you not?!<\/p>\n
If so, where?<\/p>\n
My sister and I have hit Flip Phone Drag Brunch at Union every year for our shared birthday month!<\/p>\n
Favorite takeout spot?<\/p>\n
Quang.<\/p>\n
Do you have a favorite local sandwich?<\/p>\n
Chicken sandwich from Flo\u2019s Eats food truck.<\/p>\n
Favorite local body of water?<\/p>\n
Love the houses along Lake of the Isles!<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your favorite clothing boutique in town?<\/p>\n
MartinPatrick 3.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the last thing you bought there?<\/p>\n
A pair of walking shoes\u2014I wish it were more interesting!<\/p>\n
Do you have a favorite dance studio?<\/p>\n
I took dance classes at Klass Mpls every week when I was preparing to audition before my first season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Your go-to store to buy a friend or family member a gift?<\/p>\n
Target!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Do you collect anything? If so, where do you go to feed your habit?<\/p>\n
Wolves merch from the Team Store.<\/p>\n
Favorite bookstore?<\/p>\n
Birchbark.<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s a local media personality you trust?<\/p>\n
Timberwolves MC Jon Berry.<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s the most important artist from Minnesota?<\/p>\n
I think Prince is the only answer?! Unless I can say Anthony Edwards\u2014his 3s above the break are a work of art!\u00a0<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the last great concert you saw here?<\/p>\n
Jonas Brothers at Grand Casino Arena! A childhood dream come true.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where do you go to dance?<\/p>\n
Anywhere with a great DJ! Ava, Jetset, Last Call, Rumba are some of my faves!<\/p>\n
Who are your favorite local DJs?<\/p>\n
Mad Mardigan, DJ Dudley D, and DJ Matty Matt hold it DOWN spinning at the Target Center!<\/p>\n
Do you have a favorite song about Minneapolis (or St. Paul)?<\/p>\n
In \u201cChurchill Downs\u201d by Jack Harlow feat. Drake, Drake says \u201ccold like the Minnesota Vikings at home.\u201d I love a hometown shout-out.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s been your greatest achievement here?<\/p>\n
My current role as resident choreographer! It\u2019s the inaugural year for the role, and I am so excited to give talented dancers from across the Twin Cities the same energy I had as a dancer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Occupation: Corporate strategist for General Mills by day, courtside creative for Timberwolves by night. Twin Citian since: 1994…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,3954,6,67,9665,66,21479,308],"class_list":["post-677390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-basketball","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-minnesotatimberwolves","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-people","tag-sports","tag-steve-marsh","tag-timberwolves"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116287030938880194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}