Next in line for de-icing at Minneapolis/St. Paul MSP. Summer, fall, and the first few weeks of winter in Minnesota are wonderful. Also wonderful are the percussive sounds of a glycol/water mixture being sprayed at our plane in the depths of winter as we start a journey towards the tropics or a Southern Hemisphere summer.…… Continue reading Getting a Head Start on Spring
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Guthrie Theater
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Guthrie Theater
Looking through sleet across Gold Medal Park to the Guthrie. It’s no accident the Guthrie Theater is close to our home. The theater moved to its current home in the Minneapolis Mill District in 2006 next to the Mill City Museum which had opened three years earlier. At the time, the choice of new location…… Continue reading Guthrie Theater
Butler Square
Nosed around the Butler Square building on a Downtown walk. In 1978, as part of an interview for my first American job, I had dinner here. I was appalled the men’s room had a floor-to-ceiling window: I could see everyone while doing my business, uncertain it was a one-way mirror.
Stepping Back in Time
Stepped back in time: bought stamps at our local post office.
Scandinavian Sleek
On a walk with a friend, viewed the American Swedish Institute’s mansion from its Scandinavian-sleek restaurant.
Model of Downtown
The Minneapolis skyways were 80 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the streets below, so I walked the skyways. Spotted a model of Downtown in Cesar Pelli’s Wells Fargo Center. For me, the Wells Fargo Center seems outclassed by the restraint of Philip Johnson’s IDS Center.
Obligatory Photo
Took the light rail to Minnehaha Park. After taking the obligatory Falls photo, walked home.
Mississippi Tributary
Small ice floes floated by on a tributary of the Mississippi as we walked our running route.
Friendly Wave
Air brakes hissed at me, but the brakeman gave me a friendly wave as I walked along an unofficial path across the river from our home.