We love MIA and go at least once year, sometimes more if there’s an interesting exhibit. For our most recent visit in October I decided I wanted to check out a couple of galleries that I’d never ventured into before. I studied the map and chose gallery 316 as one to visit this time. I … More Minneapolis Institute of Art – an out of the ordinary visit
Every autumn we talk about taking a drive to see some fall foliage and we have in the past but in the last several years we have stayed in the cities, which with the right timing is very beautiful. And there will be a post with those photos coming soon! Because I also made a … More Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
This was such a different year for the fair. We did not have the fair last year due to the pandemic so we were glad to be able to go this year! I’m still working through how I want to create posts about our North Shore vacation in August so in the mean time I … More Minnesota State Fair in pandemic times
It was more of a long weekend than a vacation but still enjoyable. A post coming soon on our summer vacation in August but for now I’m trying to catch up on posts I intended to create but didn’t. Here we go! We spent a long weekend at the family cabin in Akeley at the … More An up north vacation
I’ve lived in the twin cities for nearly 30 years and I’ve never gone to Back to the 50s! An old bandmate of hubby’s was performing with her current band, Super Modified, at the Pin-up Contest so we decided to finally attend Back to the 50s and see her band too. Since this event is … More Back to the 50s
I saw the first rose on one of my walks through Central Park on a break from work and wondered why it was there, this bright and colorful enormous rose presenting itself to the world. There was a marker that said “Roseville in Bloom” so I googled that and found this website. There are 20 … More Roseville in Bloom
Greetings!! It’s time for one more post about our trip to Spain at the end of the summer last year. This time I’m not going to write too much. I just want to share photos of the urban art that we saw in the Lagunillas neighborhood of Málaga. It’s near the Plaza de Merced and … More Urban art in Málaga, Spain
travels with toby 