Tourist in the Twin Cities!
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lydamorehouse Guess who called at 9 am? Work. The branch manager at Roseville wanted me to come in for the day. I said no, because I wanted part of the weekend to myself, but the ironic thing? I HATED SAYING "NO." I _love_ working at Roseville. A full day at Roseville, feels like a half day anywhere else. The people there are legitimately my favorite. And, of course, we could always use the money.
In other news, I'm excited because one of my self-selected pen friends ("the Canadian") is coming to town! Her mother goes, every year, to a yarning event here in the outer Twin Cities. She decided to tag along. So, near the end of April, I get to play tourist. As I just wrote to her, I actually love traveling. You might have guessed that from the random road trips Mason and I have taken over the years. I would love to travel more and greater distances, but speaking of money, we just can't afford it. Plus, my wife HATES airplanes.
I tend to sublimate by being a tourist at home whenever possible. Last couple of summers that Mason has had off from school, I've taken out travel guides to the Twin Cities and tried to find local places we haven't already been to explore. So, I'm really excited to get to do this with someone who hasn't already been to all the classic spots. She's never seen the giant spoon and cherry! She's never been to Dinkytown. She's never even EVER seen the Mississippi, not to mention all of our local lakes.
She confessed when I started bombarding her with all the options in terms of museums that she really loves coffee, and the idea of seeing a thing and then getting coffee, and seeing another thing, and having coffee, and then lunch... is more her speed. So, I'm going to try to see if I can find fun coffee shops near some typical destinations. I only have a single weekend with her, so it'll be hard to narrow down the best of the best (most likely to impress.) I really want her to have fun and want to come back again.
So, if you have ideas about good places--local folks can chime in, but I'd also love to hear from people who have visited here, but don't live here. What impressed you the most (if anything did)?
In other news, I'm excited because one of my self-selected pen friends ("the Canadian") is coming to town! Her mother goes, every year, to a yarning event here in the outer Twin Cities. She decided to tag along. So, near the end of April, I get to play tourist. As I just wrote to her, I actually love traveling. You might have guessed that from the random road trips Mason and I have taken over the years. I would love to travel more and greater distances, but speaking of money, we just can't afford it. Plus, my wife HATES airplanes.
I tend to sublimate by being a tourist at home whenever possible. Last couple of summers that Mason has had off from school, I've taken out travel guides to the Twin Cities and tried to find local places we haven't already been to explore. So, I'm really excited to get to do this with someone who hasn't already been to all the classic spots. She's never seen the giant spoon and cherry! She's never been to Dinkytown. She's never even EVER seen the Mississippi, not to mention all of our local lakes.
She confessed when I started bombarding her with all the options in terms of museums that she really loves coffee, and the idea of seeing a thing and then getting coffee, and seeing another thing, and having coffee, and then lunch... is more her speed. So, I'm going to try to see if I can find fun coffee shops near some typical destinations. I only have a single weekend with her, so it'll be hard to narrow down the best of the best (most likely to impress.) I really want her to have fun and want to come back again.
So, if you have ideas about good places--local folks can chime in, but I'd also love to hear from people who have visited here, but don't live here. What impressed you the most (if anything did)?
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Date: 2018-02-11 05:22 pm (UTC)Bookstores? Uncle Hugo's, or Dreamhaven? Not sure what coffee shop you could pair them with.
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Date: 2018-02-11 09:43 pm (UTC)So, yes, those are good ideas. I'm definitely taking her to hot pot one night, and I had been thinking about Hmongtown for a lunch.
It's going to be SO hard to narrow down the places we can go in just one weekend!!
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Date: 2018-02-11 11:18 pm (UTC)The same friend, a different time, took me to Minnehaha Falls, but I suspect your weather is not good for that just now.
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Date: 2018-02-12 12:44 am (UTC)And Minnehaha Falls is actually on the list. She's not coming until late April. (I'm just really excited.)
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Date: 2018-02-12 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-13 02:11 pm (UTC)This is also why we're going to HAVE to do hot-pot one night, because she has written to me extensively about the hot pot she makes at home (her husband is Chinese-Canadian.)
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Date: 2018-02-12 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2018-02-13 02:14 pm (UTC)I'm SUPER excited about the cat cafe opening up, and, given that my Canadian guest is also an anime/manga fan, cat cafe = MUST.
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Date: 2018-02-13 02:20 pm (UTC)I was hoping the cat cafe would be a kid-friendly thing, but it's $10/hour to enter the cat room, which puts it into the "expensive outing" category for a family. :(
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Date: 2018-02-13 02:33 pm (UTC)I guess they have cat up-keep to consider, but that seemed a bit pricey to me. It might be worth it for a foreign guest, but I know she's also on a budget. (Luckily, the Canadian dollar is strong right now. It will probably only get stronger by April.)