tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post8198226520752302591..comments2023-09-29T03:39:03.460-04:00Comments on Gratuitous Violins: My trip to the Twin CitiesEstherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-13803184738421256492008-10-30T13:44:00.000-04:002008-10-30T13:44:00.000-04:00Thanks for reading, Coaster Punchman. Maybe it's t...Thanks for reading, Coaster Punchman. Maybe it's time to make a return visit to the Twin Cities. You can show Poor George all of your old haunts and some new ones! I haven't spent much time in the Midwest, so I really enjoyed it. Plus, my friends are wonderful and their two little dogs are such bundles of cuteness like you wouldn't believe! Oh, I could go on and on.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-41938087201474422012008-10-29T18:05:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:05:00.000-04:00It is a wonderful place, and I consider Minnesota ...It is a wonderful place, and I consider Minnesota my spiritual home. (I lived there between the ages of 18 and 26. Basically college + four years of early slacking/professional life.) <BR/><BR/>I am impressed with the detailed level of your exploration of the cities. If I paid that much attention to every new place I visited I'd probably be much smarter! <BR/><BR/>And I'm jealous; I never ate at Manny's. All the other eateries you mention are post-CP since I left in 1992.Coaster Punchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587366749348273040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-32897247176007336162008-09-19T00:46:00.000-04:002008-09-19T00:46:00.000-04:00Hey Erika, thanks for the comment. I'm so glad you...Hey Erika, thanks for the comment. I'm so glad you liked my write-up. And I had a wonderful time!Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-31077979506408973222008-09-19T00:45:00.000-04:002008-09-19T00:45:00.000-04:00Vance, there's even rail service that runs directl...Vance, there's even rail service that runs directly between the mall and the airport, in case you want to fly in for a day of shopping. I'd read about the Mall of America for years, so it was great to finally see it. A man-made wonder! Although I think the West Edmonton mall is bigger, so you have us beat in Canada!Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-36817909940382297022008-09-18T18:57:00.000-04:002008-09-18T18:57:00.000-04:00I enjoyed your write-up of your visit to our fair ...I enjoyed your write-up of your visit to our fair city. I'm glad you had a good time!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06611328319375033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-35830728223882667192008-09-11T09:51:00.000-04:002008-09-11T09:51:00.000-04:00I fell in love with the city when I first visited ...I fell in love with the city when I first visited and since then, I've had this secret inkling to just move there (thats how much I loved it)... now I just have to figure out what I could do there for work...<BR/><BR/>glad you enjoyed your visit too!<BR/><BR/>and yah. isn't that mall mega?Vancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342092747348921676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-77341440382388487582008-09-11T01:59:00.000-04:002008-09-11T01:59:00.000-04:00Great story, Amanda. And I have to commend you and...Great story, Amanda. And I have to commend you and Jason for being so adventurous in your dining!Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-69525501932789913762008-09-11T01:51:00.000-04:002008-09-11T01:51:00.000-04:00Hey Dan,Thanks for reading! We ate very well in so...Hey Dan,<BR/>Thanks for reading! We ate very well in some very great restaurants. But I think I burned off a few calories the couple times I went with my friend to walk the dogs.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-28120564844706084982008-09-10T21:41:00.000-04:002008-09-10T21:41:00.000-04:00You're making me hungry!You're making me hungry!Dan Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012592167901076160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912669500934497251.post-34732856411251915062008-09-10T13:05:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:05:00.000-04:00I'm glad you had a fun time. Jason and i got to v...I'm glad you had a fun time. Jason and i got to visit the twin cities once when we lived in Wisconsin. We made the drive up in March of 2002 with our then-17-month old son. I was 5 months pregnant. We only got to stay over the weekend,but we noticed a lot fo the same things you mention, particularly about the friendliness in the restaurants. We actually had a really funny incident in one. We'd decided to get Russian food, and looked for an authetic place. When we finally found it, we walked in and realized we were in way over our heads. Everyone there spoke Russian and knew each other, and we were the weirdos who sat in the corner with our baby dancing to the Russian pop music. I think they might have been having a wedding rehearsal celebration going on, except the restaurant was still open to the public. Despite the fact that everyone was giving us weird looks, the waitress was really nice, and asked us where we were staying while in town. We told her, and she said her sister-in-law worked there. It was like everyone knew everyone else, like a huge small town. I loved it up there.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.com