http://stuffaboutminneapolis.tumblr.com/post/47928051541/i-left-minneapolis-last-july-and-i-still-miss-it-every
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
I sincerely hope the Uptown remodel job wins this year's City Pages "best of" award for Boondoggle of the Year.-----lol tough year for that (xp re boondoggles)
http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2013/award/best-boondoggle-2779552/
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
brb going to St. Paul to do crimes
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
i don't get how that's a 'boondoggle'
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
Ditto, imo.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Why is the Uptown Theater remodel a boondoggle?
― beach situations (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
iirc some public money went into it
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
damn St Paul
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that was a huge story. i laughed like a motherfucker when i heard it the first time (drive time MPR iirc)
i'd need to look at the original stories again but i think defense attorneys happened upon this basically by accident?
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://judgmentalmaps.com/image/48615076593
My inlaws-to-be are "hairdressers" apparently.
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Proud resident of nothing interesting whatsoever
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
i want to cunt punt that map
― goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
did they call you a hipster?
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
where i be be dragons
― goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
my semi-mpls friends and I enjoyed "that fucking K-Mart"
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
that was also a source of lolz for my mpls-familiar gf
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
i do hate that k-mart
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
also that onion article is kinda otm
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
yes that fucking k-mart is otm detail
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
that and 'millionaire democrats'
not enough labels tho tbh, while i'm complaining.
like NE alone needs addition of 'hoodrat wites', 'terrible watercolorists', and 'slavs'
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 03:39 (ten years ago) link
Lake Street missing all sorts of people who aren't BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 05:31 (ten years ago) link
saw this thread revived, thought "hey I'm going to Minneapolis in a couple of days", realize it was revived today with a mention of the house where I'll be crashing.
anyway, say you have a completely free Monday and a car and want to eat somewhere good for lunch and see art stuff - what would a person opt to do? I've never actually been to the Walker but it appears to be closed mondays.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 05:58 (ten years ago) link
yup, says it right on the building.
the MIA is pretty good too but more of a school field trip type art museum
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.artsmia.org/
whoa you are staying at that fucking kmart
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
dear minneapolitans etc
do this dude's 'prey' novels have like, 'local color'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sandford_%28novelist%29
apparently one of them is set in wayzata, ha
― j., Friday, 26 July 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Never read any of them
― nice moderating dude (jjjusten), Friday, 26 July 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
how the hell not, there's like fifty
― j., Friday, 26 July 2013 02:40 (ten years ago) link
was always pretty sure there were a lot of secret murderers round the way
― j., Friday, 26 July 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
I read the first one, liked it ok. I understand some of them get very graphic and violent.
Can't speak for the number of secret murderers around, but there ARE a lot of these novels in print.
― Sara R-C, Friday, 26 July 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
Yes, they have tons of local color. I read a few of them every couple of years when I'm feeling homesick. Sandford is v good at the whole alternating POVs between protagonist and psycho thing. These are never mystery novels: you always know who did it and how from the get go.
I am loling at the memory of a GenCon joke he slipped into one of them...
― Thelema & Louise (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 July 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Oh, fortuitous thread bump, since I'll be in the Twin Cities a couple weeks from now.
― blatant marvin jack (jaymc), Friday, 26 July 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Awesome independent comix show coming up on the 18th btw, called Autoptic. Pretty impressive list of guests.
― Thelema & Louise (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 July 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
jaymc i would propose a hangout while you are in town, but i may be shackled to a tiny new human so
― nice moderating dude (jjjusten), Friday, 26 July 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Understood! I'll only be there for a couple of days (and accompanied by my wife), so I may not have much time for hanging out with ILXors, anyway.
But if anyone knows of anything interesting happening in town the second weekend of August (I'll be there Sat. thru Mon.), let me know...
― blatant marvin jack (jaymc), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
http://buxtahooda.com/
I'll be judging one of these events!
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
all right j i'll keep my eyes peeled
one good resource to check is letoile magazine's weekend what's what
http://www.letoilemagazine.com/whatswhat/
it runs a little more toward art and fashion events given the magazine but there's usually something good on there, the list generally goes up midweek.
― antoine fuckwant (goole), Friday, 26 July 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
Cool, thx!
― blatant marvin jack (jaymc), Friday, 26 July 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Will be in the Minneapolis area for Memorial Day weekend to visit my aunt, and would appreciate recommendations for things to do. My interests are along the lines of repertory movie theaters, good used bookstores, and possibly museums.
My sister recommended the Guthrie Theater; I've already spoken to my aunt about getting tickets.
Also, does anyone here know whether SR Harris Fabric is worth going to? The Yelp page is intriguing.
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Friday, 1 May 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Guthrie is fantastic; it's in a Frank Gehry building now and near enough to the Warehouse District (where there are some seriously nice bars and restaurants). Walker Art Center is a must. I'm not sure about used bookstores, but you've got access to great Vietnamese and Central American food everywhere.
― camp event (suzy), Friday, 1 May 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Rep screenings mostly limited to the (very cute) Trylon screening room on Minnehaha. If you're lucky, Heights will be running something that weekend: http://www.heightstheater.com/
― Eric H., Friday, 1 May 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
not sure how 'good' the selection is here (just popped in to do a delivery once) but it has a... unique feel:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/book-trader-minneapolis
http://www.mpls.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BookTrader-27.jpg
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
3/25/2011Lacey P.Saint Paul, MN37 friends397 reviewsUgh, this place is nasty. I usually love stores piled with crap, but this isn't good crap, it's crappy crap. Like stuff from people's garage sales that no one wants. There was no heat, so our toes got cold. And too much incense was burning, I think to cover up a gross smell. Everything was at least $25, and a lot of stuff was falling apart. Then there was tons of taxidermy. Tasteless taxidermy. I usually love that kind of stuff too, but it wansn't respectful. Like, why is there a big jar filled with liquid and what appears to be puppy carcasses? Under a big pile of papers? Or a taxidermied dog laying on a pile of junk? I never want to go here again.
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
I'd second the Trylon and Heights recommendations. Looks like the latter is showing Saboteur and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine on either side of (but not during) Memorial Day weekend.
The Walker Art Center is the most prominent contemporary arts space (they also have theater and cinema events, not to mention the Sculpture Garden); they're doing a lot of retrospective things now for their 75th anniversary (haven't been to the International Pop show yet, but it looks great). The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is more your standard globetrotting historical art museum, but is free for most exhibitions and very much worth the visit.
For used books maybe the Bookhouse in Dinkytown, Booksmart (beneath Cheapo Records) in Uptown — the former is a bit more academic/collectible, the latter more sprawling and remainder-pileish. Magers & Quinn in Uptown has some used books mixed in with the new, and I think you can search their inventory online.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 1 May 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations. My aunt already mentioned Vietnamese food, but since the DC area has also had a significant Vietnamese population for several decades, the food is fairly familiar to me. I may ask her if there are still worthwhile German/Scandinavian/Central European restaurants, since in the Washington area such places are either nearly extinct or in really remote suburbs.
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Secon Magers & Quinn and Booksmart!
― dan m, Friday, 1 May 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Some people like Black Forest a lot, but I haven't been there in forever.
Some people like Gasthof's a lot, but they are Nazis.
― Eric H., Friday, 1 May 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
If your reading tastes run to sf/fantasy on any level you must visit uncle hugo's
(I assume they have survived since last time I visited)
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/04/30/books-indie-bookstore-day
― j., Friday, 1 May 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link