Dang, it’s good to be home.
It’s been a long week on the road in Minnesota. Been visiting several suppliers and attending a business conference in wonderful Minnesota Convention Center. Lots of medical device companies displaying their stuff. Lots of sales people glad to talk with you and give you pens & bling. After walking the convention all day Wednesday, my dogs were barking.
The Minneapolis-St Paul area is pretty nice although the weather was sketchy at times. Rainy & cooler, but was a nice break from south Texas. We left this afternoon in very nice temps but the forecast was for much colder weather and rain/snow this weekend. There was a ton of Canadian geese all over the place up there. I just can't wait for them to get down to our neck of the woods. We definitely ate way too much during the week and I was out running everyday to try & work some of it off. Couple of very nice restaurants in the area. The Jax Café was a great spot. Excellent steak & seafood. Been in business since 1933 and was, at one time in its history, a funeral parlor (ok, queue the jokes: The food was to die for. People were just dying to eat there.). They even print up your name on a match book if you make a reservation. All of the places we ate had great food and I will definitely have to run a few more miles this next week to pay for it.
Found a little postcard at the airport on our way out just to capture the essence of Minnesota. We were not able to tour much of the area but there is much to see & do. I cannot believe that I was in Minneapolis and only a mere 100 miles away from the Spam Museum. Terri, you must tell us more about it.
It’s been a long week on the road in Minnesota. Been visiting several suppliers and attending a business conference in wonderful Minnesota Convention Center. Lots of medical device companies displaying their stuff. Lots of sales people glad to talk with you and give you pens & bling. After walking the convention all day Wednesday, my dogs were barking.
The Minneapolis-St Paul area is pretty nice although the weather was sketchy at times. Rainy & cooler, but was a nice break from south Texas. We left this afternoon in very nice temps but the forecast was for much colder weather and rain/snow this weekend. There was a ton of Canadian geese all over the place up there. I just can't wait for them to get down to our neck of the woods. We definitely ate way too much during the week and I was out running everyday to try & work some of it off. Couple of very nice restaurants in the area. The Jax Café was a great spot. Excellent steak & seafood. Been in business since 1933 and was, at one time in its history, a funeral parlor (ok, queue the jokes: The food was to die for. People were just dying to eat there.). They even print up your name on a match book if you make a reservation. All of the places we ate had great food and I will definitely have to run a few more miles this next week to pay for it.
Found a little postcard at the airport on our way out just to capture the essence of Minnesota. We were not able to tour much of the area but there is much to see & do. I cannot believe that I was in Minneapolis and only a mere 100 miles away from the Spam Museum. Terri, you must tell us more about it. Speaking of Terri, ya’ll need to jump over to her site and congratulate her on getting her photo published (kudos). I was one of the lucky ones to have won her blog contest (lucky guess) and she awarded us with some really neat prizes. Now, I am not as technically savy to try & produce a vlog, so ya’ll will have to settle for the attached pictures. Love the card (did you do that photo?) and the mug. The perfect match to your Friday posts.
Many thanks, Terri!
1 comment:
Glad you had a good trip. Figures you'd be here during a rainy week. We had a couple of really icky days, didn't we. It's not cold yet though. I ran this morning and it's beautiful outside. A little cool, but not cold.
I have personally never been to the Spam Museum. Must make a note to go check that out one day, LOL!
I'm glad you enjoyed the prize, and yep. I took that photo. It's the flowers from one of the giant hastas in my back yard.
Good to hear you got home safely. Have a great weekend!
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