Life in Minneapolis-St. Paul

Payne-Phalen has been called St. Paul’s next hot neighborhood… find out why, from people who have loved living there

I first got to know the Payne-Phalen neighborhood about 15 years ago, when I listed a home on Montana Avenue just west of Lake Phalen. I was struck then by...
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Don’t miss this mesmerizing Wind Map!

With spring winds blowing I just had to again share this amazing Wind Map in constant motion that I first posted in April 2012. You can see in the snapshot...
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Spring is in the air around Lake Harriet in Linden Hills

Minneapolis was ranked 6th best city for an active lifestyle in 2016 and it is nowhere more evident than around its city lakes. Although Easter was the first full day...
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Twin Cities Public Schools with an emphasis in The Arts

Minnesota is one of only a handful of states in the nation with a dedicated state agency supporting arts education. Created by the State Legislature in 1985, the mission of...
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Discover your neighborhood.

Often one of the hardest parts of moving to a new home is getting plugged into the community. After you have moved in, check out Nextdoor.com …created to be the...
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Tomorrow is “Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day”… here are the rules

When a cousin who lives in Rochester, NY posted that this Saturday is "Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day" I couldn't resist. It was supposedly started by a mother in...
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Minneapolis is known for bicycles and coffee… get them both at Angry Catfish Bicycle Shop + Coffee Bar!

. . . very unique shop called The Angry Catfish. With no apparent connection to its name, this is a bike shop, with a coffee shop (or a coffee shop,...
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Mid-Century Minnesota Modernism… SUBURBIA and the first indoor shopping mall

What to do when it's too COLD to play outside?!  Museums are always an option, and the Minnesota History Center's current SUBURBIA exhibit includes the revolutionary birth of the indoor...
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