Category Archives: minnesota
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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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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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
Filed under chicago, Dining, Illinois, indianapolis, Iowa, Iowa city, Kansas City, michigan, Minneapolis, minnesota, Missouri, nebraska, omaha
Romantic getaways in Iowa-area
The DMRegister today has some ideas for romantic get-aways in Iowa and beyond. Some I know about (Honey Creek Resort in Moravia, Ia. and Suites of 800 Locust in DM). Here are some I didn’t know much about for future … Continue reading
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Urban Plains – “lifestyles of the flyover states”
For ideas of things to do and places to see and eat in the Midwest, check out Urban Plains, the new all-digital lifestyle magazine put out by Drake University’s senior magazine majors.It appears to be primarily about Chicago and the … Continue reading
Filed under chicago, Des Moines, minnesota
Potato Lake, MN
So many lakes, so little time. We’ve partial to the Finger Lakes in upstate New York, specifically Cayuga Lake in Ithaca – where we’ve vacationed every other year for um 14 or so years, sharing a cottage with old college … Continue reading
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Minneapolis – new place to explore?
Apparently there’s a new area of northeast Minneapolis to explore – I thought we did that when we were there last winter but according to a story in yesterday’s NYTimes we didn’t do it all. The story mentions a stretch … Continue reading
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Macalester College…in St. Paul
I’ve had a little time to catch my breath after long day to and from Macalester. Pretty campus right on Grand Avenue, a little west of the area D and I used to visit now and then – near Cafe … Continue reading
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