Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2015

06.27.2015 The search for Paul Bunyan


Ever since moving to Minnesota, seeing Paul Bunyan was at the top of my list. Even as I asked the locals about where to find him, nobody seemed to hold the same fascination. Turns out he lives far from the city. This really all began as I watched the movie 'Fargo' as my "get to know Minnesota" film before moving here. As well, to me, he was the iconic Minnesota thing to see. There's also his buddy the blue ox, but he's just the sidekick. 

Monday, April 20, 2015

04.18.2015 Mall of America Mirror Maze


I found a group-on for a mirror maze! Tickets were purchased, and co-workers were recruited.

We were given plastic gloves so as to not dirty and smudge the mirrors and entered though a thick black curtain. The place is dark, and looks as though there are an infinite number of pathways, but it was more like an infinite number of tricks.

This was surprisingly difficult to get through! Everyone went in thinking, "This is for kids, it's going to be like a cheap funhouse" (Actually, I went in thinking, "Yaay!") All the mirrors were angled so you couldn't tell if your friend in front of you, around the corner, behind you, or just in the mirror, so we really did walk in circles for a while...I was leading the group, so that did not help either but luckily (or unluckily?) we stuck together. Shamefully, even the kids that were in the mirror maze figured it out and got out before we did.

Obviously we eventually made it out, I stopped looking for directions and we soon found a new pathway to the exit. But for the record, if you put me back in the maze again, I still wouldn't know how to get out.

Also! This place would make for a very dangerous (and exciting) game of tag..!

Monday, February 16, 2015

02.16.2015 Ice Castle at Miller Park



Mom came to visit, so other than running errands and trying to prove to her that I'm living and doing well in Minnesota, I took her to the Ice Castle! Yeah, it looks like a gimmicky tourist trap, but we rarely get to do these things together, so I got tickets and we went in the early evening to see the castle in daylight, warmed up in the car for 30 min and then returned to see it lit up at night.