Secrets of the City

MNspeak was better when we talked about the secret sex dungeons in NE Minneapolis…

This is actually pretty cool. I love the subversiveness of the concept, and the stealthy now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t attitude. It is so Elite, even the elite would be excluded unless you were uber-elite. It was a secret clubhouse, the presidential suite and the Bat Cave all rolled into one.

We don’t know that.

Thanks you so much for all the wonderful attention. Although Eric and I want to distance ourselves from the sinfulness of aspects of the space, it was pretty special, and I’m gratified to see it coming up. I remember that Craig Finn; who knew he’d be so inspired by what we did!

@Rat: Don’t know what? That the gallery was in, what were considered at the time, the most luxurious office space in the city? That is was a private gallery? That one had access to it only via a “secret” elevator?

I’m calling April Fools post on this one. a very well written one, mostly believeable, but a hoax none-the-less. the whole lapsed mormon heroin dealer / spotting the angel moroni just seemed too over-the-top hard to swallow. and the Craig Finn reference seems forced, too.

Max could confirm if Rachel’s IP is from a Utah-based host. Would that put your mind at ease, g?

maroons.

Check out the link to share your memories at the bottom of the article.

maroons.

besides, everyone knows farm accident was a FRICKIN BAND with possibly the hottest accordian player in the Twin Cities. Sorry, Dan Newton.

Rachel Haselbauer is a devout Mormon now living in Salt Lake City, but she JUST HAPPENED to be reading MNSpeak right now and had to put down her golden plates and magic underwear to comment. To comment on this major underground art gallery that has absolutely ZERO search results in Google that aren’t from 4/1/09. Yeah. Right.

well, at least you had noodleman sold.

Click the link at the end of the story to “Share your Farm Accident Stories here.” You will see that it is indeed very real and there are TONS of whispered stories about this place just coming to life.

Nicely done…

Brings back memories of when Skyway News would publish its Slyway News issue for the week of 4/1. Perhaps KSTP will do a “Farm Accident” story on tomorrow’s news like they did reporting on Skyway’s “underwater condos” piece. Now that was reporting… just get your stories from the free community paper!

Can’t believe I misremembered that one after only a few years… My coworker was the one who fell for the condo story. It was the return of “Three’s Company” being filmed locally that made the news, and both KSTP and the Strib fell for it!

And I wrote about how KSTP wrote about the Skyway News story! No, wait…That was when KSTP reported that a Three’s Company remake would be filmed here, a gag they reported as “real” after it appeared in the Skyway News on April 1, a day they were KNOWN to make up stories.

Then the best part? The Strib picked up on KSTP’s story, also reporting it as news.

http://www.citypages.com/2005-04-06/news/fools-rush-in/

AND, I just realized: Brauer was the editor then. It was his joke that KSTP and the Strib ate it on.

It’s really a shame that the tallest building in our state shuts off its one-of-a-kind panoramic view from all but those willing to fork out $45 for a thanksgiving meal or $10,000 for a wedding reception.

(climbs down off soapbox)

The IP is from Utah, if that means anything.

P.S. You guys are all MAROONS. Coconut maroons.

I love maroons.

Mmmm, maroons…

I’ll be eating plenty of coconut maroons next week.

kwatt…why do you hate capitalism?

I’ve always wanted to make coconut maroons, but don’t have the counterspace.

I hate capitalism for its freedom.

I love coconut and maroons. Just not together. Call me a segregator.

I’m an aggregator; coconut, chocolate maroons.

I’m also gullible. And a hopeless romantic.

I have a long-standing belief grounded in nothing that the top floor of our state’s tallest building should be more open to the general public. Mostly because I’d like to go up there sometime.

For a decade or so after the IDS first opened, there was an observation area on the top floor open to the public. Fortunately, going there is something I can put down on my “accomplished” list.

another perfectly good Bugs Bunny reference wasted.

kwatt I am totally with you. Want to start an angry-letter-writing campaign?

Isn’t there a pen store up there now, for which you have to make an appointment?

For a while, I worked in the former cafeteria in the basement of the IDS, and I believe I went up to the vacant top floor with some IDS overlords for a lunch.

Wait a sec, wasn’t “maroons” a favorite epithet of Maz?

kwatt, jane…if you (or anyone) wants to see the view, just pretend to be planning a wedding and call the Marquette hotel (612) 333-4545 for a tour of Windows on Minnesota. Just be ready with a date (far out and flexible will serve you best, as they tend to book up to 18 months out) and tell them you expect “around 250 guests”. Also make up a story about how you met because you’ll inevetably be asked on the tour. Also, tell them you want a tour @ 5:30 on a Friday

the pen store is INK, owned by Barry Rubin, and it’s on the 45th floor.
http://www.mspmag.com/style/stylemakers/peoplewhodocoolthings/39366.asp

yes, maz liked maroons.

Well, who doesn’t? They’re delicious!

1. How awesome is it that a guy can run a business about pens that is open boy appointment only?

2. just pretend to be planning a wedding There’s no way I could pull that off, they’d see right through it.

Especially if you have no ring.

Oh that would be hilarious though. If kwatt and I meet for the first time in the Crystal Court, and minutes later are up telling cheerful lies at the top of the IDS?

This is how you get around the ring. Call the IDS and tell them that you’d like to propose at the top of the IDS. Bring your “future husband/wife” and then when you need to propose, you “accidentally” forgot the ring. Oh noes! Too late, you already saw what you needed to see. Peace out. Then cut a hole in the box. Wait…

Governor Rybak will be there shortly:

April 3. 12:30 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS ECONOMY — Minneapolis Mayor R.T.
Rybak speaks to the Minneapolis Rotary Club about the state of the
economy and the city’s economic plan.

Location: 50th Floor, IDS Tower, 80 S. Eighth St., Minneapolis