Day 55 - Lunch and dinner with friends
It is just one great day after another! We drove in to Minneapolis to the home of Bon and Rog (previously mentioned) as a meeting point. Then the "long-time girl friends" went out and lunched together and Gary lunched with the guys. I forgot to take photos at the lunch, but this WILL happen in the next several days! We talked and talked and I got caught up on all the news. While it was hot, the ladies' lunch spot was shaded and cool, in the charming Prospect Park area of Minneapolis.
Gary and I then departed and roamed around downtown Minneapolis, which has changed HUGELY since we moved away 23 years ago. We saw the new Guthrie Theater whic
h is soon to have its grand opening. Then we wandered by the fairly new Mill City Flour Museum. It is situated in what remains of the old Washburn-Crosby flour mill on St. Anthony Falls of the Mississippi. W-C became General Mills. This is a wonderful museum, particularly the views afforded at the top, reached by elevator, of the St. Anthony Falls area of Mpls. (pictured), which is undergoing great changes done in part by the Mpls. Parks and Rec. Dept. West River Road now extends through this area, and biking paths and walkways abound, which is true of the entire Twin Cities area.
We then drove to the home of more long-time friends, Fred and Gloria Sewell, whose home on
Cedar Lake is an architectural jewel. We had dinner on their patio overlooking the lake and talked for a long while. Great to be with them again. They have given up their motor home (we enjoyed several get-together's with them), because they are very involved in so many areas of the Mpls/St. Paul arts community. Their son and daughter-in-law are founders of the James Sewell Ballet in Mpls., their daughter, Laura, is an accomplished cellist who teaches and performs, and all of their grandchildren show signs of great talent as well. It is a wonderful family in every way!
Gary and I then departed and roamed around downtown Minneapolis, which has changed HUGELY since we moved away 23 years ago. We saw the new Guthrie Theater whic
h is soon to have its grand opening. Then we wandered by the fairly new Mill City Flour Museum. It is situated in what remains of the old Washburn-Crosby flour mill on St. Anthony Falls of the Mississippi. W-C became General Mills. This is a wonderful museum, particularly the views afforded at the top, reached by elevator, of the St. Anthony Falls area of Mpls. (pictured), which is undergoing great changes done in part by the Mpls. Parks and Rec. Dept. West River Road now extends through this area, and biking paths and walkways abound, which is true of the entire Twin Cities area.We then drove to the home of more long-time friends, Fred and Gloria Sewell, whose home on
Cedar Lake is an architectural jewel. We had dinner on their patio overlooking the lake and talked for a long while. Great to be with them again. They have given up their motor home (we enjoyed several get-together's with them), because they are very involved in so many areas of the Mpls/St. Paul arts community. Their son and daughter-in-law are founders of the James Sewell Ballet in Mpls., their daughter, Laura, is an accomplished cellist who teaches and performs, and all of their grandchildren show signs of great talent as well. It is a wonderful family in every way!
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