Minneapolis - tell me what to do

Seward is a nice little neighborhood, handy to many areas, lots of my friends live there. The Birchwood Cafe is reliably good for breakfast or lunch. Or Raja's mahal for Indian.

http://www.birchwoodcafe.com/
http://www.rajasmahal.com/

If you're downtown tomorrow night come and see my band play at Lee's Liquor Lounge!
http://leesliquorlounge.com/

Hmmm, seems Raja's Mahal has become an Ethiopian restaurant since I was there last.

i had lunch at the birchwood. it was delightful!

now i am i the skyways of downtown. it is like dubai but opposite world!

I think the Twin Cities skyways are one of the coolest things in the world.

so i am leaning towards eating/drinking at the triple rock (no show tonight, but 241 drinks) - heres a link http://www.triplerocksocialclub.com/

i'll be there at 8. if you're reading this you should be there too.

i am in a coffee shop that is done up like the great northern hotel.

haha i'm trying to think of what that might be

the birchwood is great, i go there quite a lot

wanted to drop by and see you guys this week, but it's not in the cards.

Hit up the Wienery.

Also the Mayday Cafe is pretty much my ideal neighborhood cafe if you're into that sort of thing. Doesn't stay open very late though.

You guys get to engage with RUIN at the Triple Rock *emits jealous vibes* waaaaah....

the twin peaks cafe was "caribou" (?) i think. it was v twin peaks except for the fact it was in the skyways of opposite-dubai

oh yeah, that's a chain. they're based here tho!

http://www.cariboucoffee.com/page/1/company-info.jsp

caribou is a chain! kind of ironically, there was a chain email going around a few years back alleging the majority of the stockholders were some arab investment group!

sort of the Target to Starbucks' Wal-Mart

wait that probably makes no sense to you. not yet anyway :)

xp wait really?

oh hey btw caek considering i just went outside and now realize its fucking awful out there K and I would be gald to pick you up on the way to the triple rock if otherwise yer going to freeze to death at a bus stop/on a bike

haha yeah, shit got real in the last hour or so, right? i may well take you up on that offer. i am trying to get around under my own steam if poss (for the local colour, etc.) but if it stays like this then screw local colour. is it ok if i let you know either (via text) around 7?

p.s. not one person in this town has understood me when i say the word "water".

"wadder?"

now i am excited to hear you say water

also i have been warned that the triple rock sometimes gets a little inundated w/frat jerks around 10 on 241 nights but hey if it does, we go somewhere else so

frat jerks need cheap booze too

that is why god created sallys and stub and herbs tho

should come to a decision on summer visit soon

lol Dinkytown btw

whoa! I would be tempted to go up there for the weekend if you made the effort to make such a trip

On the weekend I would be preoccupied w/ baseball research findings & games, unforch.

pssh, guess I could take a day off, mr. business

drinks will be had

Isn't it sort of a "whole Midwest" trip?

But, yes, count me in if you do swing up. Plenty of dive bars in NE to sample.

stoked for the morbness!

there are cost and shall-I-or-can-I-move factors at play, so curb your anticipation.

the morb giveth, and the morb taketh away

maybe we can apply for a morbs subsidy

I'd try to lure him south but I don't think he needs to see the Cubs farm team

well, I'm PO'd cuz the St Paul Saints are on the road (cuz the Twins are home) during the confab, so I was in fact thinking of making a diversion to see Quad Cities. All theoretical at the moment tho.

I do have to say, for minor league baseball, dsm has a nice stadium

not booked yet, but p sure I'll be over dere June 27-July 2. Ish.

Ha! This is when I'll be moving from Minneapolis to NYC.

well, I would replace you but I can't stay...

I may be able to swing by mpls that weekend if a morbs is around

Great! It would be fun do attend a FAP in Mpls. Because I never have. Been invited.

hey, i'm down. what's the worst that could happen?

damn, I'll be 10 days too early to see a production of The Sunshine Boys at the Guthrie!

Will be based in a familiar sector of downtown, as I went to both Gay '90s and 7th Street Entry in '94.

Will not FAP at the Gay 90s sorry.

That's OK, I don't go to music shows (hardly) anymore either.

not really a good way to get from Mpls to Iowa (Davenport/Quad Cities) unless you're driving or buying a $400 plane ticket, eh?

nope. rent a car. It'll be way cheaper than a plane ticket. I think it's a five-and-a-half hour drive, and taking everything into account, that plane ride will take up a good three hours of your day.

lol, have never driven

new york, new york, a helluva town

A friend of mine biked down to Iowa. It's flat, so it'll be an easy 350 miles.