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… the Stone Arch Bridge. It’s gorgeous.<\/p>\n
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The bridge has pedestrian and cycling lanes so we walked a bit to check out the view of the Mill District…<\/p>\n
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… the Mississippi River…<\/p>\n
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… and the view of the downtown skyline.<\/p>\n
For brunch we went to Hell’s Kitchen<\/a> (so good!) where they have the most amazing homemade peanut butter (and marmalade). I bought a small jar of peanut butter to take home with me and LIKE AN IDIOT, I put it in my carry-on luggage. I did not know TSA considers it a liquid so they took it away from me at security. Waahhhh. Luckily, Rob was staying an extra day and bought me another one. Phew. So remember kids, peanut butter is a liquid (even though it’s totally not).<\/p>\n After stuffing ourselves, we walked down to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was nice to be outside in the cool, crisp air. Especially since Orange County was experiencing heat in the upper 80s.<\/p>\n Of course we had to see the famous Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture. Iconic.<\/p>\n For dinner we went to 112 Eatery<\/a> where I had tres leches cake for the first time. OMG. It was incredibly rich and decadent. So good.<\/p>\n The following day was Monday and Rob had to work (hahahaha) so I was on my own. In Minneapolis there’s no tax on clothing or shoes so I decided to do a little retail therapy.<\/p>\n I started downtown and since the weather was cooler than the previous day, I took advantage of the Skyway system. This California girl loved the Skyways. They’re basically an above-ground, enclosed pedestrian walking path that connects various office towers, hotels, and shops. I didn’t have to go outside once! Ok, except to take this picture.<\/p>\n I even found this awesome bakery Cocoa & Fig<\/a>. Their chocolate chip cookies were TODIEFOR. They even had macarons!<\/p>\n After lunch I took a trip out to the Mall of America<\/a>. It was such an inexpensive (only $2!) and easy trip on the light rail from downtown.<\/p>\n I wasn’t originally planning to go to MoA but I figured that at least now I could say I’ve been there. It’s your normal suburban mall but amplified by about… a million. Not to mention that there’s a freaking amusement park in the middle of it all.<\/p>\n Craziness, right?<\/p>\n My 2 days went by in a flash. If I had more time, I would have loved to walk around the Uptown area, see the Lakes or even visit St. Paul. I guess there’s always next time. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I feel like I start all my blog entries like this but seriously… HOW IS IT ALMOST THANKSGIVING?! I don’t even know where the time goes (oh wait I do… it’s spent working… BLAH). Last week I took a few … Continue reading
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