Just to be clear: if you’re directly underneath icicles like the ones pictured above, they’re potentially lethal daggers: at least one Minneapolis pedestrian was injured recently by falling icicles while walking below a downtown skyway. But, assuming you’re a safe distance away — and the icicles don’t signal ruinous ice dams — they’re actually quite...Read More
Spared a Blizzard (sorry) of Bad PR Just imagine: if the Twin Cities played host to the Super Bowl this year instead of last, thousands of out-of-town visitors would now be arriving to a minus 35° wind chill — headed towards as low as minus 60°(!) the next two nights. That compares with an air temp...Read More
On the Menu: “Fried Chicken Tacos”, “Baja Shrimp Tacos,” etc. It’s certainly a welcome change from the usual, empty streetscape in Downtown Minneapolis (especially in Winter): lots of pedestrians lined up to buy good food at what appear to be at least two dozen or so food trucks.* Most popular stretches: along Marquette and Third Avenue,...Read More
