At last the proposed location for the PUBLIB gathering: Zelo. It is accessible from the Skyway, it is also on the corner of Nicollet Mall and 9th Street, across the mall from McCormick and Schmicks. (Technically, it is at 825 Nicollet Mall.)
If you enter from the mall, the bar is to the right, and they [...]
Knowing that some folks are interested in free wifi, and not knowing what will be provided at the hotels/convention center, I want to note that there is a Panera Bread shop on Nicollet Mall between 9th and 8th streets.
Also on Nicollet Mall is McCormick & Schmick’s. Naive as I am, I did not realize that [...]
Now, I was walking on a Saturday, and there were no big conventions in town. The Convention Center (CC) had a big home show (local traffic) and a health expo. We walked from the CC towards the Hyatt. In that direction is a small door marked to the Millenium Hotel. Interestingly, it leads almost [...]
The Skyway is a wonderful system. For those who are used to warmer weather and are staying away from the Convention Center it could be a safe route of travel. It seems kind of “wimpy” for those of us who now live in the colder climes. (This week was the first time since October that [...]
This is the bar in the Hilton, which is the other way along the Skyway from the Convention Center going towards Downtown. There is also a restaurant there, and they are both at street level, not on the Skyway. One of the local beers (which was recommended by my companion) is Shell’s Firebrick Beer.
The bartender [...]
The motto for Hell’s Kitchen is “Damn Good Food.” I visited the Duluth version of this establishment over Thanksgiving. There they have a large bar as well as the restaurant. The original Minneapolis location is at 89 South 10th Street (near the corner of Marquette) which is three blocks north of the western corner of [...]
On a recent scouting trip, I picked up a couple brochures for other events and places of interest in Minneapolis. The first that really caught my attention was from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. They have a ticketed exhibit Arts of Japan: 900 years of seductive beauty which runs Feburary 24 – May 25. [...]
When I moved to the upper Midwest 15 months ago, people at work started talking about parking “on the ramp.” I thought to my self, “Why bother parking on an incline, or on the entrance to the highway? What’s up with that?” It turns out that a “ramp” is what I would call a parking [...]
I have not been diligent in updating this blog.
However, I spent the day in Minneapolis walking the skyways, and visiting locations. Stay tuned for a series of posts over the week which highlight those findings.
