Category Archives: Minneapolis
To check out: the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, Minn. – ghosts and all
Friends spent a few days earlier this week exploring the area around Red Wing Minnesota, and recommend the St. James Hotel, where they stayed. Good to know. In the recent past, we’ve done more exploring just to the east of … Continue reading
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minneapolis – top bike-friendly city
When we were in Minneapolis last month – we wished we had our bikes as we watched people gliding along beautiful bike paths along the Mississippi. So no big surprise that it’s at the top of this mag’s bike-friendly cities … Continue reading
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Revisting old Twin Cities favorites – Lucia’s, Walker Art Center, U of M Gehry Museum
We did visit some old favorites last weekend in the Twin Cities that didn’t disappoint. They include: – Lucia’s, the venerable Uptown restaurant, was packed on a Saturday night, as expected so we were glad to have booked a table … Continue reading
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The beauty of a great book shop – and one like few others in St. Paul
Remember when we used to spend hours browsing in book stores – not drinking a latte or eating a panini or firing up our laptops or listening to music or rummaging through piles of tchotchkes and half-priced junk but wandering … Continue reading
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Twin Cities bakeries/sandwich shops – the good and not as good
We did the grand tour of quirky independent bakeries and sandwich shops in the Twin Cities last weekend and here’s how they stack up: – Cheeky Monkey, a sandwich shop on Selby Avenue in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of St. … Continue reading
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Amazing views and vertigo at Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis
We finally visited the new (okay five-year-old) Guthrie Theater last weekend during a visit to the Twin Cities. What an astonishing place. Designed by Frenchman Jean Nouvel’s (2008 winner of the Pritzker Prize) its odd-looking exterior is a rounded cobalt … Continue reading
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New places to check out in Minneapolis this weekend
We are off to Minneapolis this weekend and here is what’s on my list to check out: The new wing of the Frank Gehry-designed art museum of the U of Minnesota campus. (Gehry also designed the new wing.) One complication … Continue reading
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A b&b in Minneapolis – stick with tried and true or try something new?
We visit Minneapolis every couple of years and have had very good luck staying at Evelo’s bed & breakfast, a low-key but charming house in a good location near the Walker Art Center. But for our next trip in late … Continue reading
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Sun Country – cheap flights from Minneapolis
A story about small budget airlines in last Sunday’s NYTimes Travel section caught my eye – especially the tidbit about Sun Country Airlines, which I’d never heard of. It flies from Minneapolis/St. Paul to 30 destinations in the U.S., Mexico … Continue reading
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restaurants to check out all over the Midwest
Found a copy of the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Midwest Living on the library’s sale rack – so scooped it up since there’s always good recommendations on things to do in this neck of the woods. Here’s some restaurant recommendations: … Continue reading
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