Right. For one, you're mostly talking about St. Paul. I don't mean to be
picky, but Minneapolis and St. Paul have completely different
atmospheres. For two, they don't build the ice castle every year. In
fact, they haven't come close to building a huge one in years. And I
really don't want everyone to think that all Minnesotans sit around and
look at ice all winter. I would completely disagree about the State Fair
too. It's disgusting and there are so many better things you could be
doing on one of our ten thousand lakes or at a great concert. Alright,
here's my disclaimer: I'm feeling argumentative this evening. Please don't
take that personally, that's just how I feel.
At 11:28 PM 2/21/00 , you wrote:
>minneapolis is pretty cool. That Dog sings about it and Briana lives
>here.....what could be better.
>michael
>
>yes minneapolis is splendid! i've always mentioned this whenever someone
>starts a thread about it....but now i can give some reasons why.
>during the winter - during the winter there's all this fun stuff to do.
>there has never been a christmas like a minnesota christmas. us fine
>scandanavian folks enjoy the ice castle which is....well...pretty fucking
>huge and costs millions of dollars to build each year. they put these
>beautiful pastel lights up against the ice and it gleams with a
>rainbowesque glow. i used to stand in the large crowd in awe at it wishing
>i could go inside and pretending what it'd be like. i'm such a dreamer :P
>we also have these ice sculpture contests near the capital (ok this stuff
>is in st. paul technically but it's all the same ;)) where these sculpture
>artists work on different figures and i think they're the only people in
>all of minneapolis who hope that it doesn't get warm. we also have these
>sweet sled type things where you can go down this really steep hill thing
>on a slide thingie and oh it's just fun and not quite the same as sledding
>in a park. i can't explain it but if you saw it you'd see why. we also
>have red and black vulcans who come up and kiss you at random. we're also
>home to the most awesome christmas parade ever which basically runs down
>where nicolet mall is. i love nicolet mall. i swear we're home of the
>most skyways in the world but i'm probably bullshitting then ;) we do have
>lots of skyways tho. OH AND DAYTONS! they turned the top floor of the old
>daytons into this neat thing where at christmas time you can see all these
>neat light shows and stuff..you walk through them.
>late summer - two words: STATE FAIR :P we were one of the first state
>fairs that sampled off "dots," the little bubble ice cream things. we also
>have that huge slide that you can go down and the butter statues that you
>can view from the dairy building.
>point being: if you wanna go to an awesome college and an awesome
>city..MINNEAPOLIS IS FOR YOU :P
>- amy
