The Big Red MTC buses! I remember being in college in Madison, WI when one day one of the red buses was stopped in front of the Union. Ah, I felt like I could jump right on it and be taken home to Minneapolis. I thought it was a shame when they moved to plain old white buses.
Cara Letofsky Seward Ward 9 Walt Cygan wrote: > For a lighter side topic: > > I have lived in Minneapolis for 24 years after growing up in Chicago and > going to college in Bloomington, Illinois (Illinois Wesleyan > University). My wife and I were talking at dinner tonight about things > that at one time (10 or more years ago) were defining things about > Minneapolis and the Twin Cities, which are no longer around today. We > came up with the following starter list: > > >> The Weatherball (What did the colors mean?) > >> OFBD (Old Fashioned Bargain Days) at Dayton's > >> Casey Jones and more specifically the Birthday Song (Happy, happy > birthday to every girl and boy...) > >> Burritos at Seven Markets (although I wasn't around for that) > >> Pony rides at Minnehaha Falls > > Additions??? What does this say about how things have changed? > > Walt Cygan (and Karen Stuhlfeier) > 12-5 > Keewaydin > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
