This trip began unofficially Thursday night when Jay stepped off a plane from San Francisco. The weather had been beautiful for two weeks, but winter decided to make an appearance again especially for him. We spent Friday exploring the sights of Minneapolis, which, excluding the Mall of America, took about an hour total.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed getting to do things I wouldn’t ordinarily do as a normal resident of the Twin Cities, such as driving through Frogtown, shopping at the Mexican cowboy store, and riding the rollercoaster at the mall. And why haven’t we been to Cafe Brenda before? It was great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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