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Back From Minnesota

August 13th, 2012 at 09:46 pm

I spent a lovely weekend in Minneapolis with my dearest Minnesota grrrrlfriends. I've known one of them since second grade, and the other one is probably my best friend, so it was a terrific weekend. Usually airfares from MKE to MSP run about $250-300, but I got a great $96 airfare and a hotwire rate on a 4-star hotel that ran less than that.

It was pure luxury to stay in a downtown hotel, go walking by places where I worked for years, places that all held so much history and so many memories for me. And to top all that off, we had a terrific time. The weather Friday and Saturday was terrific. We had cocktails, walked, and chatted on Friday afternoon--then dinner. Saturday we walked to Loring Park, ate a great breakfast at Loring Kitchen, went to the sculpture garden, then got the fun rental public bikes and rode through downtown to the Stone Arch Bridge and St Anthony Main. We shopped a little in the late afternoon, and I got some great bargains.

Saturday night we heard terrific jazz and had a great meal at the Dakota, followed by breakfast yesterday, a wonderful free day at the Minneapolis Art Museum including a Rembrandt exhibit and tour and terrific woven works at the Swedish Institute. So much fun!

I'm not sure I calmed my tummy with that eating and drinking, but it sure was fun.

To top off my glorious weekend, I came home to an e-mail this morning asking if I wanted to teach an overload section this fall. Indeed I do! That'll help with the deficit around here and enable us to cross some items off our lists.

Good all around!

Posted in Food, glorious food, hit the road, jack | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Back From Minnesota”

  1. laura Says:
    August 13th, 2012 at 11:03 pm 1344895413
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    Lovely! Big Grin

  2. ceejay74 Says:
    August 13th, 2012 at 11:42 pm 1344897755
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    Sounds great! Of course I'm biased; I live 2 min. from Loring Park, right across the street from the Walker sculpture garden, 20 min. from the MIA ... I keep meaning to get to that Rembrandt exhibit; AS & NT got me a membership for my birthday. Smile

  3. North Georgia Gal Says:
    August 14th, 2012 at 12:51 am 1344901919
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    Sounds like you had a great time! And congrats on picking up the extra work.

  4. My English Castle Says:
    August 14th, 2012 at 03:28 am 1344911326
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    ceejay--the Rembrandts were amazing--and the optional tour was worth it. Although I "think" I know a fair amount about art history, I learned a lot. I spent most of my 20s in that neighborhood, so it was fun to be back.

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    August 14th, 2012 at 04:10 am 1344913817
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    Sweet Smile

  6. starfishy Says:
    August 15th, 2012 at 02:27 am 1344994056
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    so curious how much you paid for the hotel room thru hotwire. and it was 4-star? were you happy with the lodging? thanks!

  7. My English Castle Says:
    August 16th, 2012 at 03:31 pm 1345127496
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    Hey Starfishy--It was a popular weekend, so I think rates were a bit higher than I've seen in the past few days because of the Twins' game. I paid $92 for the Radisson on 7th Street. It was a 4-star. Have you looked at betterbidding.com? It always helps me identify the hotwire and priceline hotels. I was very happy with it.

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