I wasn't at any, I had a marathon walk back to downtown from Como, and couldn't find much open.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 July 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, you walked from Como Park? Or Como Avenue near Dinkytown? Either way, that's a loooooong walk! And yeah, depending on your route you might not pass much in the way of restaurants.
― Mafia-owned bar for transvestites (Dan Peterson), Sunday, 1 July 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
my family-based business for the day has thankfully fallen through. i'm totally gonna show up for this!! morbs, no hitting!
― goole, Sunday, 1 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
no hitting?
thx Minneapolitans, what an uncommonly handsome people you are.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 July 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
A+++ would hang again
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 1 July 2012 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
xp oh shush
― goole, Monday, 2 July 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
It's true, they have that Nordic tall, blonde hair, blue eye thing, right
― mh, Monday, 2 July 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
They do.
Awesome to meet/re-see you all again!
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Monday, 2 July 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
spent wednesday and saturday in mpls, was v v v happy & content to go to a mn stars fc game, eat at bryant-lake bowl, shop at extreme noise & cheapo and to have new experiences at canterbury park & buster's on 28th
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Monday, 9 July 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
Just went to Busters on Sunday afternoon.
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
They have the sake-infused Crispin cider there now, but it's $15 for a 22 oz. bottle. No thx.
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
really liked the place, especially compared to some similar-theme-but-more-pretentious chicago joints
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Monday, 9 July 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
It used to be one of the neighborhoods best rundown dive bars before getting reborn.
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
Love Buster's. Lake Inn was a 3.2 joint, wasn't it? Wish I could GIS the old signage, and wish they would have kept that, but everything else is a huge improvement imo.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 9 July 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users8/mattlogelin/default/lake-inn-minneapolis--large-1122065443-sprint.jpg
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
No, I found that. Prior to that the building was dark green with a huge script-font sign, and wrought iron near the door that looked like champagne bubbles.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 9 July 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, that was the only Lake Inn I knew. Missed its earlier, awesomer dive version.
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
I know the Twin Cities aren't the heart of the Bible Belt, but is this going to cause any kerfuffle at all?
http://www.uni-watch.com/2012/07/12/st-paul-saints-to-have-atheist-sponsored-game/
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
Fkin love the Saints.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Mr. Paul Aint's
man idk
― du. duplass. duplass mich. (goole), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
I think that will turn out to be way less controversial than you'd think. But idk, I have a history of presuming things will blow over and then they don't.
― the new dire homonomoreboobsativity (Eric H.), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
maybe people will bus in from out of town to be offended
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
any ilxors in the cities going to that shellac show over the weekend? a friend got an extra ticket so i may tag along.
― your native bacon (mh), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
OK so tell me about this place. I see that it has Shellac shows at least. Would I like it in Minneapolis?
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
Like...who lives here and what is it like to live here? And just how cold does it get and what do you do then?
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
Resist the urge. We don't get summer until three days into fall. And then it's over.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
ok
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
And what urges can be satisfied in Minneapolis?
This:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/assets_c/2009/12/Frozen%20Jack%20Nicholson-thumb-250x187.jpg
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
So civic pride isn't really a thing there
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
Just March is ... the wrong time of the year to ask.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
Minneapolis is awesome, just make sure you visit between April and September
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
haha yeah ppl in the Twin Cities generally love it there except for March/April when everyone is completely done with cold fatigue and just wants summer to happen
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
we've had a supremely shitty march.
everybody talks about the weather. you'd figure that out quickly on arrival tho.
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
Really, there's a ton to do in Minneapolis, no doubt. Weather aside, it's an ideal pocket-sized metropolis.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
idk where you'd go to find a nicer city of this size. marseilles or some shit
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
If you think of it as a city of 400,000, it's amazing.
If you think of it as a metro area of 3.7 million, it's unique and somehow underwhelming.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
well jeez, when you put it that way...
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Hahaha yeah this time of year is def the time when you are going to get the most seething anger out of people in this state, but eh its because the promise of spring/summer are tangible and thus frustration is high.
idk, its not exactly a secret how pro MPLS/STPL i am on this board, but yeah i think you would like it here. when you plot us out on arts activity vs cost of living vs all that other stuff, i think we grade pretty high. if you live in the cities or the proximal suburbs yer likely to have a good chance of having left leaning peeps around you (there are a couple of exceptions, but lets not jump the gun) - lots of bands/music venues, lots of art, lots of theater, and a pretty high proportion of independent businesses and people that want to dodge all that walmart shit. and yeah, depending on the year, the weather will fuck you up sometimes, but holing up during a blizzard alone or with peeps boozing it up is one of the great pleasures in life imo. also key, if you are down with outdoorsy shit, theres a ton of green space in the city, and srs woods within an easy 45 minute drive. big bike culture. dont move here if you need to stare at an ocean tho, unless you can make lake superior work for you and are willing to put a day trip in to do it.
― My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
i think the visual art scene here is crap fwiw
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
nice people tho
people that want to dodge all that walmart shit.
what about the target shit
― iatee, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
holing up during a blizzard alone or with peeps boozing it up is one of the great pleasures in life imo
That's part of the problem for me. The joy of snow days has been robbed by a) home ownership, and b) working in the media.
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
― iatee, Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:50 AM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that's in plymouth
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
target has def lost some footing thx to playing both sides on various political donation games, but yeah, peeps do have an affinity for it as a hometown business (although you'll get more daytons mourners than that, and other local juggernaut best buy has pretty much been thrown under the bus by most of us).
― My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
The rep-house movie scene here is also about as good as can be expected for a town this size, thx to the competing efforts of Take-Up Productions and what remains of the Film Society of Mpls.-St. Paul (which admittedly used to be a much bigger powerhouse back in the Oak Street days).
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the trylon is the shit
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
have they finished remodeling the uptown theater yet?
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
i have hilarious entitled go-getter target employee stories if anyone wants
xp yeah and it's GORGE
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
zomg, just saw the pictures, amazing
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link