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Fish Out of Water features Minnetonka Patch Local Editor Katelynn Metz trying her hand at a new job somewhere in the west metro. New editions of Fish Out of Water appear every Monday.
Editor's Note: ‘Fish Out of Water’ features Minnetonka Patch Local Editor Katelynn Metz trying her hand at a new job somewhere in the west metro. I love television. All kinds. News. Cop dramas. Reality. Game shows. Soaps. I know the well-worn buttons of my TV remote by heart—able to switch between shows like a master channel flipper. It’s actually one of my most admired talents (so I'm told). So it seemed a natural fit that for this week’s “Fish out of Water” segment, I do something television related. I’m almost as comfortable around TV cables as I am TV remotes. In fact, I was the kid who …
I don't know about any of you, but I've never been able to cut a straight line—let alone think I'd be a good at giving a haircut. Some things should just be "left to the professionals." Take a look at at Patch's Katelynn Metz's experience giving her first haircut by clicking "play" on the video above.
Do you ever wonder how hard the city's forestry department works? Do you think you could perform their job? Take a look at the above video as Patch's Katelynn Metz tries her hand at being a forestry worker.
Editor's Note: ‘Fish Out of Water’ features Minnetonka Patch Local Editor Katelynn Metz (me) trying my hand at a new job somewhere in the west metro. New editions of Fish Out of Water will appear every Monday. In this second segment, I try my hand as a group fitness instructor at The Marsh in Minnetonka. I’m just going to get it out there: Exercise, fitness, working out—whatever you want to call it—it’s not exactly my forté. So much so, that when I told my mom that for this week’s “Fish out of Water” segment I would be learning to teach a group fitness class called "BodyJam," her first …
Editor's Note: Today, Patch is debuting the first of four new video series. The first, ‘Fish Out of Water’ features Minnetonka Patch Local Editor Katelynn Metz trying her hand at a new job somewhere in the west metro. New editions of Fish Out of Water will appear every Monday. In this first segment, Metz tries being a barista at Minnetonka’s beloved neighborhood Caribou located on Highway 101, south of Minnetonka Boulevard. Not to brag, but I seem to take to most new jobs pretty well. And in my three-plus decades I’ve done many jobs besides being a journalist, including waitressing, ice-cream…
