I recently had dinner with friends at Pracna on Main. I had never been there before nor have I been to St. Anthony Main in quite a long time. It was nice to be next to the river again after some 12 or 13 years. I used to work just across the river and on … More Pracna on Main, the oldest operating restaurant in Minneapolis
A near perfect weekend at the cabin in the woods in northern Minnesota. It was made less perfect by yet another horrible drive out of town Friday afternoon. I wrote about our first trip of the year to our cabin recently and we had hoped to avoid the traffic jam of last trip by taking … More Sunset – 11th Crow Wing Lake, Akeley, Minnesota
There’s alot going on in my garden right now and there are some really beautiful things blooming as well. Here are but a few pics of them along with our veggie(but mostly fruit as it happens) garden. The mailbox garden with Stella D’oro day lilies, tiger lilies and moonbeam coreopsis: Stella D’oro up close and … More Early summer blooms and plants
UPDATE: I originally posted this a year ago June. It’s now July 2013. It was one of the posts that contained broken links so I’ve revived this post with photos of our egret of last year. I thought of it because we have not seen its return this year. I’m glad I got the photos … More Neighborhood egret
Memorial day is always our first trip to the family cabin and in recent years we have chosen to drive up Friday night, typically after all the other twin citians who head out of town are already gone. Unfortunately for us, we chose the wrong highway to take north this trip. Leaving late this time … More An interesting weekend up north
We went out of town this weekend(post coming later!) and upon our return I found my Siberian Iris blooming. They are so beautiful.
I thought it would be fun to spend my birthday lunch at Stella’s Fish Cafe in Minneapolis. We had been there on a few other occasions and it’s always good. Plus, hubby loves their oysters so everyone wins. Well, truth be told, Miss M doesn’t really win as she’s not a fan of seafood. But … More Birthday lunch at Stella’s fish cafe
travels with toby 