Life in Minneapolis-St. Paul

Living where your feet don’t touch the ground

It is weeks like this last one when the wind chill was low enough to close schools that make me dream of living on the downtown Minneapolis skyway system… the...
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Warm up at Como Park Conservatory’s free ‘Music Under Glass’ series and the Winter Carnival Orchid Show

You only have to stick your nose out your front door to realize that winter has really arrived! The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul's Como Park is a great...
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Minnesota… Land of 10,000 Choirs

Choral singing in Minnesota is taken quite seriously – begun when Scandinavian Lutherans started moving here in the 1800s.  They brought with them traditions of singing… which inspired strong choral...
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European Christmas Market creates new Minneapolis Holidazzle Village tradition

The next chapter of the Minneapolis Holidazzle tradition opened this weekend with the new Holidazzle Village and Minneapolis Holiday Market.  Christmas markets have been a German tradition for 700 years....
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Can Snow (or Frozen Lakes, at Least) Make us Happier?

According to marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols in his book Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier,...
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Walking the hills of Golden Valley… Tyrol Hills North

My walking leads me, not the other way around. Perhaps it's a sense adventure or maybe just disorganization. But, I love doing it. And, yes, I have got gotten lost...
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Southdale Evolution… fostering community, pushing walkability

When Victor Gruen designed Southdale Center in 1956 it was the first enclosed regional mall in the US. But his vision was to be more than just a retail site…...
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The Twin Cities of Minnesota… where there is always tonic in the air and wine in the winds…

We just finished a fascinating course to become 'Old Home Certified', which of course included some history of the Twin Cities. While the current growth of the LRT lines makes...
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