Sense of Place

Gold Medal Park… 10 blogging years later

When I started blogging about Twin Cities sites and neighborhoods 10 years ago, my first ‘Sunday’s Site’ was Gold Medal Park. Here is what I had to say in the...
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Top 10 lists why Minneapolis-St. Paul is a top place to live and visit

Wall Street Journal recently ranked Minneapolis #4 on its international top 10 list of “hot destinations for adventurous sophisticates, curious foodies and deep-pocketed beach bums”… the only one on the...
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Minnesota Ranked Happiest State

Happiness is determined by many things, but studies have found that good economic, emotional, physical and social health are all key to a person’s overall well-being and satisfaction. WalletHub examined...
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Awesome Kaleidoscope creature lands in Silverwood Park!

The path along the lake in Silverwood Park has an amazing new art installation… Sara Hanson’s “Travel Capsule: Bio Scenic Cyto Squad. Mission: Collect and Reflect the Ecology of Silverwood Park,...
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Summer art fair season begins with Edina Art Fair

I think of the summer season as book-ended by the Edina Art Fair the first weekend in June and the Uptown Art Fair the first weekend in August, followed by...
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Summer has arrived at Lake Calhoun… walk, bike, sail your way to Tin Fish for great shrimp tacos!

Minnesota is named the ‘Land of Lakes’ for good reason… Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined!  Tons of Minnesotans headed to northern lake...
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Celebrating Easter at the epicenter of Lutheranism in the Land of 10,000 Choirs

Minneapolis has been called the 'Vatican' of the Lutheran Church… and Minnesota the Land of 10,000 Choirs. Both are thanks to the many Scandinavian Lutherans who settled in the upper...
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Merce Time at the Walker

When I visited Walker Art Center's new exhibit, Merce Cunningham: COMMON TIME, the day after opening I was blown away… so much so that I went back the next day...
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