Minneapolis - tell me what to do

First time I went to the 501 Club I totally won the drunken spelling bee. It was pretty sweet.

And there's teh m3dus@, mentioned on another thread. Last time I was there I got invited to a queer makeout party at the Mall of America. Couldn't make it though.

This thread is reminding me how many awesome-sounding places in the twin cities I still haven't been to.

any more st paul-centric suggestions?

what about bookstores?

Best used bookstores, as a rule, seem to be on the U campus.

where should i eat if i'm in st. paul?

Mickey's Diner

http://www.scenesalongtheroad.com/images/places/mn/stpaul/IMG_2262.JPG

400 bar is problematic but the sound in there has always been good imo

I played here once and it was sort of this weird booking nightmare because they thought we were an entirely different band called Sk1rt (wtf 400 bar). Who they put on the bill instead of us, and insisted we call ourselves Sk1rt for that one show because it was already advertised and...man it was just weird. On top of that weirdness, my dad, aunt, uncle, a bunch of my cousins, and our singer's parents t'boot all showed up--and on top of that I was really sick and could barely play. But anyway, yeah, the sound was good! And we got paid!

Lol and oh yeah it was also my birthday.

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2008/09/02/20080902_mickeys_teargas_33.jpg

hey! this city rocks!

quick -- what can i do in dinkytown (or that side of the city, generally) aside from the weisman?

Sorry if I'm late, but the Kitty Cat Klub (or however it's spelled) is great most nights, the Loring has salsa nights, and the Varsity has shows. Sadly, the Dinkytowner is closed. Al's Breakfast in the morning. Used book stores. Over in Stadium Village, go get a glimpse of Oak Street Cinema before it's not there anymore.

Sadly, the Dinkytowner is closed.

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in '94, how did I miss a nabe called Dinkytown?

Hi, I am the cracked IDS.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/3865540097_880bb17fd7.jpg

I'll very likely be visiting in summer 2012

(fair warning)

Awesome! Drinks!

I am here! I was too busy eating in San Antonio and forgot to make plans or read about neighborhoods, restaurants, bars, etc. Oops.

I have a job offer here so am sort of checking out the job and the town as potential places to move to (and maybe even figure out where to live). So I am looking for neighborhoods to hang out in rather than touristy stuff to do or anomalously amazing upscale dining experiences. Apparently it is going to snow tomorrow night so I want to make tomorrow count. I have a bike and I am going to try to check out the U, NE, downtown and uptown. Is this a bad/good/ludicrous idea?

Also is there any way to get the city public wifi without, uh, paying?

http://www.bookhouseindinkytown.com/

in dinkytown just off from the east bank campus of the U

lol weather

Let me guess, it's snowing. But I have to say, I get more SAD symptoms from London life than I ever got in Minneapolis - in wintertime, when it isn't SNOWING, the sun's out a lot. If I were to settle in Minneapolis I'd try to be by the lakes because of bike trails/parks and nearness to good cheap restaurants/most things but there's a lot of INCREDIBLE housing stock in St Paul proper that is best viewed while doing an impression of someone's dog panting out the window of pickup truck.

it is pissing it down UK style, which is the one thing i didn't pack for.

haha i am finding it weird how it is clearly winter, but it is not pitch black from 4pm until 10am.

Ha, my mom phoned up yesterday and said it was going to snow, not rain. Failmom.

The 45th Parallel North cuts across MInneapolis, as shown here: http://www.wurlington-bros.com/Museum/45th/Mpls.html so that's why you get all the light compared w/the UK.

Go shopping. NO VAT on clothing in the state of Minnesota.

yeah i figure i will scale back my plans for today and just wander around downtown, maybe go to the lol white bread museum and some shops. i am in an area called seward, which is just over the river from the main u of m-mn campus.

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