Lifestyle and real estate in Minneapolis. Twin Cities Living.

  What, there are like 7 more shopping days to Christmas?  Most of you probably think that Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota is where I go to get that shopping deed done.  No and no again.  I find the big malls in the Minneapolis area not the answer to my shopping needs.  I don't like the...

  Minnesota is the state of hockey.  Oh, you might think it is a saying, but we have kids up and skating by the age three.  At some time in their childhood boys and girls here play some form of hockey.  Some go down to the rink at the end of their block and play their own made up form of hockey. ...

               http://www.lynnhurst.org/ As the storm was hitting Minneapolis several days ago, I blogged about living in Minneapolis and our winter weather.  I got an email from someone who had moved to Florida.  They said my blog was a good reminder why they had moved.   Here is all that they a...

We are getting alerts every 15 minutes about the snow storm coming from the west.  Flagstaff got some 20 inches.  The plains are getting snow and blowing.  It is all coming our way. STOP. Minneapolis is a metropolitan area with many buildings to stop this constant blowing.  We have snow plows th...

  There is so much talk about the first time buyer, but I find now is the time to highlight the step-up move to a larger home.  Yes, there is the tax credit of $6500 if you have lived five of the last 8 years in your present home, but what if you just need more space?  Kids do grow bigger, we get...

  Here in Minneapolis we do have parades in December.  Target Corporation, headquarters in Minneapolis, sponsor a parade that runs through downtown Minneapolis from November 27 to December 20.  People volunteer to have lights strung on themselves and there are lots of lit floats.  Every evening M...

One can wish for a good value in a home and hope they can get it, but you need to take action to make that wish come true.  I have a new listing at 6336 Logan Ave S in Richfield that is a sweet deal for $155,000.  The neighborhood is close to Minneapolis and Edina with shopping and entertainment...

I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota and have more than enough good things happening to me here than you could imagine. We stole one month from winter with November being in the 50's and sunny most days.  Those of you who think I live in the tundra and life is snowy and cold, wrong.  We have four gr...

  It is not my fault that my outside Christmas lights got hung this past Sunday and Monday.  The temps were in the balmy 50's and I just had to hang them.  It was pressure I got from the above meteorologists.  These are the top professionals in Minneapolis telling us what weather conditions will ...

  Yes, buy in  "The Park".  Search for your new home now! The village was first settled in 1883 and really grew to be the suburb of today in the 50's and 60's.  People nationally know about St. Louis Park from the Cohen Brothers.  In their latest film" The Serious Man" they feature the community....