Minneapolis Archives

Grain Belt Painting

So, I paint. Mostly watercolor. But I haven’t in years – I’m a bit rusty. Anyway, here’s my first jump back into watercolor painting. I don’t think it’s great – but I’m gonna try to share my little projects here – regardless what I think about them. Hope you enjoy! Grain Belt Beer sign, found in…

All Star Thunderbirds!

It’s an exciting day in the North Loop of Minneapolis today! The MLB All-Star game is going on right now…and above is just a quick shot of the F-16 Thunderbirds that started off the game!

Historic Murrays

There’s something about this building that makes me travel back in time each time I walk by it – where the women are wearing huge bustle dresses with a hundred buttons and the men are in top hats and canes. Then I look up, see all the skyscrapers and am instantly snapped out of it,…

Doors to the Past

Every time I’m here I want to spend all of my time taking photos. So many ingesting nooks and crannies, all of them telling an old story. Several days a week we walk downtown to this amazing building to work. How I feel when I walk in the door: Inspired. @Coco, in the Grain Exchange…

2012 Snowpocalypse

This is not from today, obviously. But in light of the newly fallen snow this morning, I thought I’d dig up one of these from the dumping we got last month, seeing as I haven’t posted one yet! Was such a beautiful day! I think I spent 4 hours wandering, taking pictures that day –…

Welcome to the Foundry!

I am SO excited to introduce you to the Foundry! It’s a home goods store in the north loop with the most amazing and unique items in there – beautiful enough to wish I had several hundred dollars just to ‘blow’ there. The store owner (Ana) is incredibly sweet and friendly, going out of her…

Under the Rush

One of my favorite things about living in the Warehouse District is that we’re so close to the river. I grew up in a smaller city, so an extra bit of quiet is nice every once in a while. Do you have a favorite place of solitude in the city?

Changes on the Mall

There are some big things happening with Target downtown, one of them being the construction taking place on the Mall after acquiring a new property last fall. It sure will be an exciting couple of years as things change and take shape! More pictures to come as progress is made!