Uptown Minneapolis

... .  Beforehand, I had dinner with two friends involved with SABR.  They gave me a quick tour of downtown and uptown Minneapolis.  See photos. I will be leaving again this week for Independence, Missouri, where I will be speaking and ...

This morning was very leisurely at the Nelson home before I headed off to meet Michael B. for breakfast at the Uptown Dinner in Minneapolis.  Spent a couple hours chatting with him and eggs Florentine for breakfast.  This place has some of the best ...

... me about the city-wide shortages - so I jump on my bike and I'm off. First destination, Lake Calhoun, close to uptown Minneapolis. This morning was very windy, probably still settling from last night, but just after noon the weather turned to hot and ...

... the Holmberg's for brunch at "3 Squares".  It was good food and figured out that it was part of the group that owns the Uptown Diner and a couple of other places I like to eat breakfast at.  It was great to visit with Kim and Jeff someplace other than ...

... Barbero, Keston & Westdal, Serpikopisch, D.O., DJ Butcher, Surly Nick and 4130." Meeting point was the CRC Café in uptown Minneapolis, a bikers favourite as I came to understand from what seems to be its full name: Cars R Coffins. I might be ...

Today spent the last day with the Ward family Ren and i went to Uptown and spent one last day together, a day we would have spent similair to in England, shopping! also i took her to lunch for curly fries, very american one final scrumptious meal from ...

... of lakes, hidden houses/roads by an ocean of Trees, K at the airport, long awaited welcomes, driving through Minneapolis outskirts, many large buildings, gorgeous dusk/night setting, tiredness creeping in, cute condo, unpacked bags, first Minneapolis ...

Having never been to any part of Minnesota in my life, I wasn't sure exactly what to expect from Minneapolis. A few things were certain: I was going to stay with a woman that I absolutely adore and greatly admire, the lovely poet Zoë Bird. I also was ...

... a great apartment in a building she had been looking at during her summer internship.  It's a corner apartment right on the Minneapolis "greenway" -- a bike/run path that extends for 50+ miles through the city.  And, of course, it's within ...

... arrangement of "My Rock, My Shield, My Jesus is Real!," we headed off on foot to the former Joyce United Methodist Church, now Table 31, in uptown Minneapolis. Our friend, Barbara Meyer, Sarah and I sang this a cappella tune as special music for the ...