Posted on March 18, 2020
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The restaurant community is always there for us. They’re ready to serve you a drink when you’re out celebrating, they feed us when we don’t feel like doing dishes, and they work at times when we would rather be out with friends and family….
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Posted on March 8, 2020
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Where to reserve semi-private and private dining rooms at restaurants, bars and breweries in the Twin Cities.
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Posted on November 23, 2019
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The best holiday light displays around Minnesota, presented by Sam’s Christmas Village and Light Tour.
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Posted on June 25, 2019
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Every month, Worth the Trip, my series on KSTP’s Twin Cities Live, presents the top five Minnesota spots in a particular category. And since summer is officially upon us, I had to determine who sells the best ice cream in the state. The winning…
Category: randoMNessTags: Adele's Frozen Custard, Afton, Amore Ice Cream Shoppe, Anderson's Ice Cream Shoppe, Anoka, Big Dipper Creamery, Big Lake, Blaine, Blast Softserve, Buffalo, Cedar Crest, Champlin, Chill Ice Cream Studio, Chocolate Shoppe, Conny's Creamy Cone, Coon Rapids, Cullen's Ice Cream, Cup and Cone, Deep Freeze, Elk River, Excelsior, Farmington, Flapdoodles Homemade Ice Cream, Freeport, Fridley, Fudging Delicious, Grand Old Creamery, Grandpa's Ice Cream, Hastings, Honey & Mackie's, ice cream, Izzy's, KSTP, KSTP TV, La Michoacana Purepecha, Lakeside Eats & Treats, Licks Unlimited, Lindstrom, LUV Ice Cream, Mankato, Milkjam Creamery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN Nice Cream, Mom & Pop's Ice Cream, Mr. Twisty, Nelson's Ice Cream, New London, Nisswa, North Oaks, North Saint Paul, Oak Station Coffee & Cone, Osakis, Owatonna, Plymouth, Prior Lake, Rochester, Saint Cloud, Saint Paul, Schoolhouse Scoop, Sebastian Joe's, Selma's Ice Cream Parlour, Stillwater, The Chocolate Ox, Tip Top Dairy Bar, Twin Cities, Twin Cities Live, Two Scoops, What's the Scoop?, White Bear Lake, Worth the Trip
Summers in Minnesota are too short to be bored, even if it is raining. For inspiration, I compiled this checklist of 55 things you can do before Labor Day. This guide is presented by Family Fun Twin Cities. For even more suggestions of what…
Category: randoMNessTags: Able Seedhouse + Brewery, ancestry.com, Animales Barbeque Co, Anoka Food Truck Festival, Back to the 50s Weekend, Basilica Block Party, Bayfront Blues Festival, Ben Folds, camping, Cannon Falls, Cannon River Winery, Canterbury Park, Cat Video Festival, Centennial Lakes Park, Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery, Chaska, CHS Field, City of Baseball Museum, Como Park Japanese Obon Festival, Como Park Zoo, Conny's Creamy Cone, Edina, Edina Art Fair, Festival of Sail, First Avenue, Flip Phone, Freeport, Gale Family Library, geocaching, Great Midwest Rib Fest, Hai Hai, Haskell's beer and wine cruise, Hola Arepa, Honey & Mackie's, Hopkins Raspberry Festival, Interstate State Park, Irish Fair of Minnesota, Jim's Apple Farm, Jordan, Kasota, King's Place, Little Log House Pioneer Village, Loring Park, Loring Park Art Festival, Lowertown Saint Paul, Madison's Place, Maya Cuisine, Miesville, Mill City Farmers Market, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Aquatennial, Minneapolis Farmers Market, Minneapolis Movies in the Parks, Minnehaha Falls, Minnehaha Falls Art Fair, Minnesota, Minnesota DNR, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minnesota History Center, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Minnesota State Fair, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota's Largest Candy Store, Mystic Lake, myTalk 107.1, Nelson's Ice Cream, Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market, Oak Station Coffee & Cone, Open Streets Mpls, Orpheum Theatre, paddle boat, Plymouth, Porkys, Powderhorn Art Fair, Pumphouse Creamery, Rent, Saint Paul, Shakopee, Sociable Cider Werks, Spring Cafe, St. Paul, St. Paul Farmers Market, St. Paul Food Truck Festival, St. Paul Saints, Starlight Cinema, Stillwater, Stone Arch Bridge Festival, Surly Brewing, Take a Kid Fishing Weekend, Taste of the Fair, Taylors Falls, The Drive-In Restaurant, Twin Cities, Twin Cities Live, Twin Cities Pride Festival, Twin Cities Summer Jam, Union Hmong Kitchen, Union Restaurant, Uptown Art Fair, Uptown Food Truck Festival, USA Today, Vali-Hi Drive-In, ValiHi, Valleyfair, WA Frost and Co, Welch, Welch Mill, Welch Mill Canoeing and Tubing, Winona, Woodbury, X Games, Xcel Energy Center, Your Boat Club
Posted on May 19, 2019
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Most of these freebies were verified as of May 2019. Enjoy! If you know of others not listed, please let me know about them. Connect with me with the form at the bottom of this page. From a bottle of wine worth your age…
Category: randoMNessTags: 6Smith, 7th Street Entry, Acapulco, ACME Comedy, ACME Comedy Company, Acme Comedy Company Minneapolis, Al's Place, Andover, Apple Valley, Arc's Value Village, Arden Hills, Baldamar, Benihana, Birthday, Birthday Freebies, Blaine, Bloomington, botox, Buca di Beppo, Burnsville, Can Can Wonderland, Caribou Coffee, Chanhassen, Cherokee Tavern, Coon Rapids, Crooked Pint Ale House, Denny's, Duluth, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Fine Line, Finish Line, Firehouse Subs, First Avenue, Free, Freebies, Garrison, GODIVA, Golden Valley, Grand Casino, Green Mill, Ham Lake, Hinckley, Hogan Brothers, HopCat, Houlihan's, IKEA, IKEA Family, Jake's City Grille, Jersey Mike's, Lindey's Prime Steak House, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Mario's Italian Kitchen, mini golf, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Nadia Cakes, New Brighton, New Hope, North Oaks, Northfield, Nothing Bundt Cakes, OC Rewards, Old Chicago, Panera Bread, Paradise Car Wash, Park Tavern, Pazzaluna, Perkins, Plymouth, Prior Lake, Pub 819, Ramsey, Red Cow, Red Rabbit, Red Robin, Red Robin Royalty, Red's Savoy, Richfield, Rochester, Roseville, Saint Cloud, Saint Louis Park, Saint Paul, Shoreview, Skinner's Pub, St. Louis Park, Stanley's Northeast Bar Room, Starbucks, Stillwater, Sunshine Factory Bar & Grill, Texas Roadhouse, TGI Fridays, The Bar Draft House, The Block, The Howe, Timberlodge Steakhouse, Treasure Island Resort and Casino, Tria Restaurant, Turf Club, Twin Cities Live, Uptown Dermatology, Uptown Dermatology and SkinSpa, Watertown, Wayzata, Welch, West Saint Paul, Which Wich, Wild Bill's Sports Saloon, Wildfire, Woodbury
Posted on November 22, 2018
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From Albert Lea to White Bear Lake! Includes Minneapolis and Saint Paul locations, too
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Posted on November 25, 2017
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The 2019 Minnesota holiday light display guide can be found here. Here’s a roundup of 2017 holiday light displays around Minnesota. Know of one I’m missing? Let me know by filling out the contact form at the bottom of this page. I have…
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Posted on November 16, 2017
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In 2017, there are exactly 40 days from Thanksgiving Day to New Years Day. And with the elimination of the eighth floor display at Macy’s in downtown Minneapolis and Holiday Lights in the Park in Saint Paul, along with the disappointing change from tradition…
Category: randoMNessTags: 40 Ways to Holiday, Holiday Gallery Shop, holiday lights, holidays, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PD Shimmers, Plymouth, randoMNess, Textile Center, Twin Cities
Posted on November 16, 2017
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In 2017, there are exactly 40 days from Thanksgiving Day to New Years Day. And with the elimination of the eighth floor display at Macy’s in downtown Minneapolis and Holiday Lights in the Park in Saint Paul, along with the disappointing change from tradition…
Category: randoMNessTags: 40 Ways to Holiday, American Swedish Institute, Autism Speaks, baking class, Caring Santa, Edina, Julmarknad, Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mrs. Kelly's Tea, Parkinson's disease, PD Shimmers, Plymouth, randoMNess, Southdale Center, Twin Cities, Twin Cities Largest Tea Party