Secrets of the City

Matt, somehow I really screwed up that link while trying to generate a registration-free link. The basic link is this. I thought I could link to this, but something apparently went screwy. Mea culpa.

It worked for me, but I changed it to the shorter link.

Want to see kids:

- Como Zoo
- Saints games
- MIA on Sundays
- Model train museum at Bandana Square

Don’t want to see kids:

- Nursing home

No kids – Ikea

hipsters don’t have kids.

See previous conversations about hipsters with kids here and here.

If you want to wear the wee beasties out, take em to Vertical Endeavors. Or the bluffs in Red Wing if you already know what the hell you’re doing.

But if you’re looking for artsy, the Walker is pretty damn good for kids.

I love strolling along Nicolette Mall and staying at the Sofitel in lovely Bloomfield.

I guess the NYT’s have cut the jobs of a bunch of proof readers.

Does seem like the Times is trying to get people to stop vacationing in NYC and start exploring Minneapolis with the spate of recent travel articles on mpls.

No kids at IKEA? You’ve got to be “kidding” me. The place is great for kids. Who needs an indoor playground in the winter when you can let them run and climb on everything in sight?

Granted, some are in the free kids daycare area, but I’ve yet to be in there without seeing loads of kids.

Of course they forgot to mention that your kid could get shot in downtown, but then again that’s great exercise, right?

Kids should be taken out behind the barn.

Of course they forgot to mention that your kid could get shot in downtown, but then again that’s great exercise, right?

walking in downtown minneapolis is still safer than driving to the mall of america.

Umm. Walking in Beirut is safer than driving in Minnesota. Period.

No kids – Ikea
I guess I should have rephased that. Ikea is a place to avoid if you fear and loathe the site of strollers, at least the last time I went. It was just too hard to shop with all the families clogging up the aisles and movind excruciatingly slow. My girlfriend and I vowed not to return there on a weekend, if ever again.

Pete, I’m with you. Quick in and out on a Tuesday at 8:00 PM is the way to go. The last time I was there, I went right to the shelving display to get the product number, down to the warehouse to load it up, through the checkout and loaded in the Civic Hybrid and back north on Cedar, all in 15 minutes. No children were seen at all.

Ooooo, a hybrid! Let’s all bow down to your bragginess.

You can’t just say “The Car” or “The Civic” it has to be “The Civic Hybrid”.

See, there are childless hipsters left.
Honestly, if I owned a hybrid I’d name drop it too. What’s the point if you can’t make a point about how you’re saving the planet. Sort of.

See, there are childless hipsters left.
Honestly, if I owned a hybrid I’d name drop it too. What’s the point if you can’t make a point about how you’re saving the planet. Sort of.

Loved the South Park episode where they lampooned the pretentious hybrid owners. Point being, if you’re going to be arrogant about it, you lose whatever moral superiority you thought you earned by buying one.

If you want to avoid kids, avoid Target. I feel that Target should be less family friendly. I don’t know when Target became the place for parents to bring their kids for the day, but the madness needs to end!

I was just impressed a car that size could hold Ikea bookshelves.

Assholes.

Hipsters and tasty granola parents (totally hot dads with tattoos up their arm just like the little punks of yore) take their kids to eat at French Meadow and let me tell you they are all there at approximately 12-1:30pm on Friday afternoons.

I vaguely jest, but every table was full and only three tables, I’d guess, were sans kid. My little brother, who is nine, digs sushi–so next time he’s up this nothipster will be headed to Origami where the sushi chefs are so nice to kids. =)

When I was nine, I was lucky to have a can of sardines. Today’s nine-year old eats sushi. (sigh)

speaking of Chiang Mai Thai (were we?), is there a Thai community in the Twin Cities? or are there just a few families here and there.

just wondering….

Is that what happened to you, buckwheat? A hard-won can of sardines and henceforth you swore to fight the Fight of The Right?

Makes sense.

I think Twins games should be less family friendly. Everything is kids, kids, kids. I actually think everything should be less kid friendly. Including the tax code. It’s time for single, childless adults to band together and demand the respect we deserve.

My Saturn can fit IKEA bookshelves and a twin sized bed –lot of smaller cars can fit that stuff if the seats fold down, its really not a monumental achievement– all you need is about 84 inces of horizontal space. (the length of many popluar items in the longer IKEA boxes) Look in your car manuals it will tell you how much interior space you have than look on the IKEA website for the product you are looking for, it will tell you the dimensions of the box.

My kids love the Hyland Lake Preserve Play Area off of Bush Lake Road in Bloomington — its awesome, its like a McDonalds playland on steriods, and they now have sprinklers too

Although I’m not a “hipster mom” nor do I strive to be a “soccer mom” or a “suburban” mom, but I find: http://www.twincitiesmom.com/ to be very helpful in finding outdoor and indoor play areas for my kids. We have tried almost everyone.

Baseball: the adult-oriented sport –thats funny…….. I just can’t see them turning the Metrodome into a 21+ club…. wet baseball jersey contest anyone

A co-worker put it to me this way.
Forget the smoking ban. There should be a child ban. Restaurants, public places, et al should be separated into people with children and (my favorite part) “child-free” people. Not childless, but child-free.
Imagine a section of the Metrodome where no children can sit….
Mind you it’s not like it…oh…segregation or anything.

In one of his movies a woman asked W.C. Fields something to the effect of “what’s wrong with you, don’t you like children?” and he said something like “Ah, well, it depends on how they’re cooked.”

seriously, what’s with the knee-jerk anti-hybrid ranting? It’s like someone kicked your man gwb in the balls or something.

It’s not anti-hybrid, it’s anti-pomposity.

The seats can’t fold down in a Civic Hybrid. The batteries are between the rear seat and the trunk, over the rear axle. That’s why I was impressed the bookcases fit.

And I’m no more arrogant about my vehicle than any Humsclade, Porsche or Harley owner. The difference is, my penis isn’t in need of an extension and I’m too young for a midlife crisis.

The difference is, my penis isn’t in need of an extension and I’m too young for a midlife crisis.

touche’ When I bought my first vette I was accused of needing to compensate. I laughed then too.

Corvette? Hmm….I have some gold chains and shirts with the top 4 buttons cut off, interested?

I’m also fairly certain that you need to be balding for the ignition to work on a vette.

“Do you know how it feels to fuck a stranger in the ass Larry?”

Sure, whatever you say, fellas.

where not to bring kids while in Mpls: Mnspeak

Kid free Metrodome…I like it. Especially since parents have to IMMEDIATELY get up and leave whenever their kids profess a need to pee or eat. Hello! I paid out the ass for this seat so please wait until the end of the half inning to leave so I can actually see the ballgame!

because YOUR MONEY IS ALL THAT MATTERS IN LIFE AND MAKES YOU BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE, right kevin?

I almost miss the days when the Twins were bad, I could enjoy a game in relative.

Now, the stadium is full, and it’s a constant stream of people up and down the aisles.

But that will be over in a few short years. A new stadium will be built.

And on Raindog66’s dime!

Tmayhem,

Be nice to Kevin.

You want him on your Trivia team.

There should be a child ban.

Reminds me of a Bill Hicks rant, where he can’t understand why airlines allow kids but not smoking. He ends up fantasizing that the kid that’s been poking him in the head opens the door and falls out, and says “well look at that – the smaller they get, the cuter they are!”.

I don’t think it makes Kevin better than other people, Tmayhem. I just think it makes him better than other people who have kids.

And MunsingW is right…don’t pass up the all-expenses-paid romantic getaway with Katherine Kersten just because you wanna prove a point. Priorities.

I don’t think it makes Kevin better than other people, Tmayhem. I just think it makes him better than other people who have kids.

Huzzah!!!

Take ‘em to a Block E stairwell to…meet the Vikings!

Classy organization, btw.