Sunday, December 07, 2003
 Now that I'm back to burning the candle at both ends on Eastern Standard Time, here is the promised photo from the Twin Cities leg of my trip. Outside of the Marshall Field's in Minneapolis (yep, I shopped at three Marshall Field's locations in less than a week!), there is a statue of Mary Tyler Moore. A Salvation Army bellringer generously agreed to take a picture of Holly and me in front of the statue. He offered to pose with us afterwards, but we politely declined.
Minneapolis and St. Paul are nice places to visit, but it takes a special breed of person to live there. That breed is apparently "lesbian". I'm kidding...kind of...but I did notice and Holly and Chris confirmed that the Twin Cities seem to have a higher-than-average gay population. Perhaps that partially explains the abundance of cute little boutiques and other fine shopping establishments. The rest of the population explains the Mall of America. (Yes, I went there too.)
Anyway, as I was saying, life in the Northern Midwest is not for everyone. The temperature was in the 20's the days I visited, which to me is in the "localized Ice Age" range, while a dyed-in-the-wool Minnesotan would debate whether or not it's cold enough to zip up his coat. Consider that Holly and Chris didn't need a termite inspection on their new house because Minnesota is too cold for termites to survive, and that is really all I needed to hear to know that I will forever be just a visitor to that state.
The visiting, by the way, was fantastic. Catching up, shopping, eating, trash TV and more catching up---exactly the R&R I needed!
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