Figlio is gone, Il Gatto is now open. I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s a Parasol restaurant, so it should be safely interesting. I keep meaning to try it for lunch but I keep walking one more block to Cowboy Slim’s for the Tatertot Hotdish: I need to stop bringing Dan with me.
I’ve seen this view dozens of times and never could get it right — until now. I’ve even tried to shoot it with a bigger lens from across the lake. Hennepin is on a ridge and the neighborhood banks away from it. The curve is nicely obvious from Lake Calhoun.
OK, enough color deprivation. This is 31st Ave and Hennepin looking towards Calhoun. With an extreme wide-angle lens, this view turns into a wonderfully emphatic vortex of perspective. I really like the patterns salt leave on concrete. Oh, yeah, I faked a lot of color into this in post processing, I couldn’t help it: I need color!
They replaced the escalators as well, it’s actually a cozy place in spite of the missing Starbucks. There’s so much wrong with what I just said…
Check out the new spacious commons area at Calhoun Square. Very Mall. I barely recognize the place.
Calhoun Square Mall has been undergoing some big changes lately. Kitchen Window moved to where Border’s Books was. They now have their own deck for grilling classes. How cool is that? I need to take classes
Look closely, this minivan has a Toboggan Rack on the passenger side. I couldn’t believe it when it went by me. I had to hurry to the intersection to catch it. Good thing too, I was able to throw in the winter biker, Loppet sign, Happy Hour sign, Uptown Theater sign and all the other acoutrements of Uptown.
Somehow breakfast will never be the same…
The Minneapolis City of Lakes Loppet Cross Country Ski Race comes right through my neighborhood of Uptown. On Saturday night, they light up ice sculptures all around Lake of the Isles. They have already begun construction of the ice sculptures. These pillars are part of the space created in the Northwest Bay.
