Day 2 Twin Cities
This is such a nice place! It’s easy to get around, the people are friendly and there is lots to see, eat and do. I might have to come again - just never in the winter!
I took a walk around the area this morning and saw some interesting places that I didn’t have a chance to go in, but worth mentioning.
A museum about flour. This was once the world’s largest flour mill and it sounds like an interesting place to spend some time.
The Guthrie Theater. A world class venue for music and performance arts.
Vikings!
US Bank Stadium. This new stadium is huge!
The main reason I’m here is to support Keeley as she runs her first marathon - so we headed to St Paul for the race expo. It’s a big race, about 10,000 marathon runners, a 10 mile race, a 10K and a 5K so about 30,000 participants. Expo’s are pretty fun. New products for runners displayed, giveaways, raffles and free food!
She is ready! 5 months of training and sacrifice will all be worth it.
Now we need food. I have been impressed with the number of great restaurants and The Copper Hen was at the top of every list and now it’s on the top of mine too. For some reason they serve brunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so since we both love brunch we headed there first. We were seated right away and I loved the decor. It had a very French country feel and everything on the menu sounded great. We both had the same thing called the Farmer’s Brunch. Scrambled eggs, root vegetable hash, bread pudding French toast, and your choice of sausage. AMAZING!
The bread pudding French toast is what dreams are made of! Topped with whipped cinnamon butter😋
Plenty more museums to see on my list so I dropped off Keeley so she could rest her legs and headed to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A huge beautiful building full of wonderful art. I did what I always do in this kind of place - immediately look for the French Impressionist area. They had a decent selection but seemed to really have an extensive Asian collection of work, so I spent some time in that area as well.
They also had a good number of period rooms and contemporary art that is kind of fun.
Top left - a pretty good room full of Prairie style furniture. Top right - Chihuly. Bottom left - Murakami Takashi - Panda. Bottom right - Two camels and a groom from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
I went back and picked up Keeley and we headed over to the banks of the Mississippi River to check out a cafe called Aster. I could have a glass of wine but no alcohol for Keeley. It’s GO MARATHON time so a mock tail for her. But a super cute place and once again met the nicest people there. We didn’t eat but the food looked good. We still have another day here and I would consider going back for a meal.
We stopped on the way back to the hotel for a pizza and called it a day. So many more places to go here! Check back soon!