Happy Halloween!
Today is the creepiest, crawliest, most horrifyingly haunted-est day of the year (okay, fine - besides April 15th, A.K.A. Mandatory Government Appreciation Day, A.K.A. Tax day). Anyway, today is a day of costumes, candy, and carousing across the country. But I decided that the fun of dressing up on Halloween shouldn’t be limited to [...]
The Winter Sports Season is upon us!
What better way is there to spend a cold winter’s day than inside a warm arena cheering for one of the many exciting football, basketball or hockey teams in Minneapolis and St. Paul! Today’s post was created to give you an easy way to find out about the many [...]
Hello Readers,
So you want to take a “special someone” to a “special somewhere” in Minneapolis? Well you’ve come to the right place. This post is about great romantic places to take a date in Minneapolis. All of the places on this list are free and GLBT friendly. I will also offer suggestions for ways to [...]
Hello Readers,
Just wanted to give you a sneak preview of my next post, which will focus on five of the most romantic spots in Minneapolis - including two places that many people don’t even know about. The post will also include suggestions to help make your visits to these spots even more magical and memorable, [...]
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After dedicating a post to farmers markets in Minneapolis, I wanted to do one for St. Paul as well. As I researched for this post, I came across a very comprehensive and easy to use website about a large number of farmers markets in and around St. Paul and [...]
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Today I visited the Walker Art Center, located at 1750 Hennepin Ave (map), just southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Unlike the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, whose collection features works of art hundreds to thousands of years old, the Walker Art Center showcase contemporary art. I guess it’s only fitting that [...]
Grab your brushes and palette! Put on your smock and beret! We’re off to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts!
Minneapolis and St. Paul have a vibrant and thriving arts community that celebrates talented local artists as well as nationally and internationally reknowned artists. One of the largest organizations within the Twin Cities arts community is the [...]
What do Boston, New York, the Twin Cities, and the Olympics have in common? That’s right, they all have marathons. And the 2008 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon will be run this Sunday, October 5. Unlike those “other” marathons, the Twins Cities Marathon takes a uniquely scenic course (pdf) through downtown Minneapolis, the “Chain of Lakes” [...]