| Who could ever forget their first introduction to | | | | Center, and the Frederick R. Weisman Museum |
| Minneapolis, MN, from the famous TV show, | | | | constructed of aluminum panels, featuring artists |
| "Mary Tyler Moore?" Each week, Mary Tyler | | | | such as Marsden Hartley and Georgia O'Keeffe. |
| Moore would toss her hat into the air, in a most | | | | Now how contemporary is that? Did I mention |
| carefree and happy-go-lucky manner. Who else | | | | the Minnesota Orchestra, one of the top |
| could take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all | | | | symphonies in the country? Not to mention the |
| seem worthwhile? This is the Minneapolis we all fell | | | | Minnesota Opera, the Guthrie Theater and |
| in love with. | | | | Children's Theater. Minneapolis is as culterized as a |
| Minneapolis has gone from a high falutin' metropolis | | | | city can get. |
| from the days of "Mary Tyler Moore" to a more | | | | Here you will also find world class hotels and |
| down home, countrified persona, thanks to the | | | | restaurants, offering high-class establishments that |
| movie "Fargo," where the inhabitants spoke in old | | | | would make New York look sick. After all, what |
| world lingo with phrases such as "Don't cha | | | | else are people going to do all these months living |
| know?" and "Pass me them there cheesecurds!" | | | | on a frozen tundra? And that's what makes this |
| and "You're darn tootin!" But no matter your own | | | | metropolis so great - creativity is buzzing here. |
| personal opinion of Minneapolis, MN, it was voted | | | | And just when you think you've seen all there is |
| as an "up and coming destination to visit in 2006" | | | | to see, they build something else. There is a |
| by Travel and Leisure. | | | | never-ending playground of indulgences to be |
| The Minneapolites, as I like to call them, have had | | | | visited here. |
| to battle the winter blues for as long as they can | | | | So what are you waiting for? Minneapolis, MN is |
| remember. But never ones to give up easily, they | | | | the place where it's all happening, even in the dead |
| have constructed a series of skyways that allow | | | | of winter. But don't be deceived into thinking this |
| you to travel from one shopping mecca to | | | | city is sleeping its way through the 21st century, |
| another, in a maze of glass and metal bridges. | | | | because it's alive and well. And if the freezing cold |
| Mother Nature is not going to get the best of this | | | | temperature is keeping you at bay, then darn it, |
| bunch! Their skyways link shopping plazas to | | | | come in the summer! There's plenty to do when |
| restaurants, to hotels, to car dealerships to banks, | | | | things thaw out, too. Beautiful parks, countless |
| and beyond. And you thought you were living in a | | | | lakes for boating and fishing, and enough |
| bubble! One can certainly not deny that the | | | | barbeque's and picnics to keep you sizzling hot for |
| Minneopolites have survived many a harsh winter, | | | | quite a while. No matter what season you're |
| and will survive many more. | | | | visiting Minneapolis, MN in, it's sure to keep you |
| Minneapolis isn't lacking for culture, either. Two art | | | | hopping! |
| museums worth mentioning are the Walker Art | | | | |