I like to walk around during mid-day when at work to get out of the office and outside. Trying to keep my step-count up as well :). So I take a lot of photos with my phone - these aren't all from lunch-break wanderings, but a lot are. I'm not much of a city guy, truth be told, but Minneapolis is a great city and if you're a city person (but not the sort that wants to live in Manhattan or LA) you really should check out the Twin Cities - great food, beautiful old buildings and neighborhoods, really active arts community, lots of walking/biking trails, parks everywhere, and a generally welcoming atmosphere. It's cold, but there's also plenty to do during the winter both inside and out...
St. Paul is a great city as well - a bit more laid back than Minneapolis with a less active night scene, but also fantastic. The great part is that they are stuck together, so you can have both! The only thing that's not great about both cities is the mass transit system, but they're working on that!
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- Morning commute
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- Another cool old warehouse/factory (also being converted to condos)
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- Minnesota Fair – it gets a bit crowded
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- Inside Target Field
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- Minneapolis skyline from the South (I-35)
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- Looking out from a skyway
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- Interesting dead end in North Loop
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- Minneapolis from the roof deck of the Tractorworks Building
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- Washington Avenue North
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- Old warehouse / manufacturing getting converted to condos and nice retail
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- Minneapolis skyline
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- Storm front moving into town…
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- Rental bike station
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- Friends meeting for lunch at Be’Wiched deli
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- At the St. Paul Saints game
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- Duffey’s Paper
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- Rainy day
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- Duffey’s deck (down next to the tracks)
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- Roof deck of the Tractorworks building
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- Entrance to Target Field
About Alex Crittenden
I'm an Enterprise Account Executive with roughly 2 decades of experience working with growing organizations. My focus and experience is on driving sales, building strategic messaging and market positioning, and helping companies to grow. This is a personal blog and does not represent the opinions or feelings of any company that I currently work for or with.