Friday, November 5, 2010
Life Downtown #4
Frequently little things happen that remind me why I'm glad we moved downtown. Case in point #1, the grocery store/deli two Skyway blocks away. Case in point #2, our polling place is in neighboring condo tower three blocks away.
Life Downtown #3
Re: The Skyway. People walk fast. I set a comfortable pace of about 3 miles per hour. Seldom do I pass anyone and almost everyone passes me.
Observation: It appears to me that fashion boots are in. I have many pairs of boots but they don't pass muster as fashion boots except when I'm hunting.
Observation: It appears to me that fashion boots are in. I have many pairs of boots but they don't pass muster as fashion boots except when I'm hunting.
Life Downtown #2
Minneapolis has a network of second story walkways called the 'Skyway'. The Skyway runs through our condo building on the 2nd floor. It is one of the features that attracted us to this place.
I like to pick a place, e.g., for example Barnes & Noble Bookstore which about 9 blocks from the condo and navigate my way to it. Sometime the Skyway is nothing more than an enclosed, elevated sidewalk. Other places it is filled with shops and eating places. Some of the Skyway runs through stores; Macy's and Sak's Fifth Ave for example. At other places it runs through banks, office buildings like the IDS Tower and government buildings.
I like to pick a place, e.g., for example Barnes & Noble Bookstore which about 9 blocks from the condo and navigate my way to it. Sometime the Skyway is nothing more than an enclosed, elevated sidewalk. Other places it is filled with shops and eating places. Some of the Skyway runs through stores; Macy's and Sak's Fifth Ave for example. At other places it runs through banks, office buildings like the IDS Tower and government buildings.
Life Downtown #1
All visitors to our 15th floor condo gravitate to the sliding glass doors to our deck and the view NW to the horizon. We too, sitting at our table, find ourselves turning to gaze out that door. Both day and night the vista attracts.
On the horizon we can see North Memorial Hospital, where I made countless visits over years. The hospital is in Robbinsdale, a first ring suburb on the NW border of Minneapolis. It was built there because the founding doctor didn't like the deal offered by Minneapolis.
There is a water tower by the hospital. At night it is guarded by a red light that blinks on and off. When I look off to the horizon and see that blinking light a palpable sense of calm comes over me. I wonder why? Why is that blinking light so comforting? I don't know but I observe...
On the horizon we can see North Memorial Hospital, where I made countless visits over years. The hospital is in Robbinsdale, a first ring suburb on the NW border of Minneapolis. It was built there because the founding doctor didn't like the deal offered by Minneapolis.
There is a water tower by the hospital. At night it is guarded by a red light that blinks on and off. When I look off to the horizon and see that blinking light a palpable sense of calm comes over me. I wonder why? Why is that blinking light so comforting? I don't know but I observe...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Refugee Nation
Friend, Kathy B, invited us to see REFUGEE NATION at the Intermedia Arts Center tonight. It's a three person stage show of the Lao experience of war and being refugees. Very well done. A very interesting book besides Yang's THE LATE HOME COMER is Dervla Murphy's ONE FOOT IN LAOS. She rode a bike all over Laos.
Factoid: The US dropped a plane load of bombs on Laos every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day for nine years for a total of 260 million tons. Laos is about the size of Minnesota.
Factoid: The US dropped a plane load of bombs on Laos every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day for nine years for a total of 260 million tons. Laos is about the size of Minnesota.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Trygve's such a leader!
Trygve, the wonder dog is such a leader. Yesterday he took me over the Stone Arch Bridge to St. Anthony Main. Today, not to be out done, he led me to the new bridge...the 35 W one that replaced the one that collapsed. However, I think it was all a plot on his part because we came back through Farmer's Market. I think it was the smell of elbeskiever frying that attracted him.
We must be moved in because we had our first over night guest. Linda, from Williston, ND, got the honor. She's in town for her niece's wedding and went with us to the Guthrie Thursday.
At the Guthrie we saw the stage adaption of Louise Erdrich's book 'The Master Butcher's Singing Club.' I enjoyed both the book and the play. I thought the play was a good adaptation of the book. It's nice to live withing walking distance of the Guthrie.
We must be moved in because we had our first over night guest. Linda, from Williston, ND, got the honor. She's in town for her niece's wedding and went with us to the Guthrie Thursday.
At the Guthrie we saw the stage adaption of Louise Erdrich's book 'The Master Butcher's Singing Club.' I enjoyed both the book and the play. I thought the play was a good adaptation of the book. It's nice to live withing walking distance of the Guthrie.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
That's why we moved downtown!
Several times a day little things happen and I think "that's why we moved downtown. Take Saturday night for example. We have tickets to the Minnesota Orchestra and there was a concert Saturday evening. From our condo we walked two blocks to Nicollet Mall to catch the free bus. (It runs Nicollet Mallfrom Washington Ave. to the convention center every ten minutes during the day and every twenty five minutes at night.) We got off near Orchestra Hall, had dinner and then went to the concert. After the concert we left Orchestra Hall and caught the free bus just outside the Hall and rode home.
We not only saved the $9.00 parking fee we decided that we enjoyed the concert more when we did not have to drive. That's why we moved downtown.
We not only saved the $9.00 parking fee we decided that we enjoyed the concert more when we did not have to drive. That's why we moved downtown.
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