17 bus driver in Uptown Minneapolis rolled past the stop while I was reading a book :(
I jumped on the E Line BRT, got off in Northeast Minneapolis and walked to the closest 17 stop
Guess what! I made it to the transfer and it was the same 17 bus and driver. I stay transitmaxxing, undefeated
Walgreens seems hellbent on creating the worst customer experience possible at the Uptown Minneapolis location
Pitchfork reader score off to a great start 🫠
The new-ish Metro Transit route 17 buses have charging ports 🥳
Weren’t you on the clock
Today’s transitmaxxing adventure in Minneapolis:
• 17 bus 🚌 from the Wedge to Northeast Mpls
•🚶to Marty’s deli 🥪
• 🚶 back to stop, 17 🚌 to downtown
• Transfer to Blue Line train 🚊 to the Mall of America
• Blue Line 🚊 back downtown
• Transfer to E line BRT 🚌 back to the Wedge
Why is this Minneapolis 311 form stuck in 2010 UI/UX hell
I reached a new high of pettiness today: Reporting the city of Minneapolis to its own 311 form for failure to remove snow/ice on its sidewalks along Mueller Park
Man next to me on plane is licking his fingers
Where’s a Minneapolitan to scream in the winter without a car? Looking for winter screaming locations
That awful “You’re 60 she’s 30” ad in downtown Minneapolis (8th St and 3rd Ave) has been replaced with something much more wholesome
Boo to hostile architecture, anti-homeless benches at new Metro Transit E Line bus shelters in Minneapolis 👎
There was a trio of Chris Evans movies playing on my flight: Me watching Materialists and then two people watching Gifted and Knives Out in the row in front of me. What % of the Delta movie selection stares Chris Evans
Maybe our global tech infrastructure shouldn’t be so reliant on a single company…
I didn’t know the Minneapolis Convention Center’s auditorium looks like this, that’s crazy
Marty’s Deli needs to stop creating beautiful sweet treats that tempt me so viciously
Chicago in the summertime is so tantalizing
This is my take on where Uptown is, though I accidentally cut off the area around the Bde Maka Ska pavilion on the east side of the lake.
I live by the Uptown Diner. I think I live in the Wedge/Lowry Hill East but I tell people I live in Uptown if they look confused
This news headline from 2021 lives rent free in my mind; “In hospital room, a CNY mom says goodbye to her teen who loved cars and couldn’t outrace Covid”
We tried the Minneapolis 'Broad City' challenge, aka walking across the city from the top to the bottom that's trending on TikTok. I loved seeing 12 miles of the city on foot, despite the rain! Would you try it? @startribune.com www.startribune.com/how-to-walk-...
They can’t keep getting away with this
“I always tell the kids, ‘So when you see pigeons on the sidewalk, or in a playground, remember that some of these birds have the blood of heroes in their veins.’ ”
“He arrived wounded through the breast, and with his right foot nearly severed but the tube still attached. The message was read, the artillery corrected, and the shells stopped hitting the men of the 77th and started hitting the Germans.”
The pigeon Cher Ami supposedly saved the encircled unit of more than six hundred men later known as the Lost Battalion, who were part of the 77th Division of the U.S. Army during WWII.
I’m cooking for one person and Aldi has me feeling like the subject of an elementary school math problem.
“Johnny has 7 lemons and 6 onions. How many soups of 2 lemons and 1.5 onions can he make?”
I'm calling it. The next papal streaming obsession: "The Young Pope" starring Jude Law as a very naughty American pope
“Las Vegas didn't have a single inventor, but several individuals and events contributed to its development. Moe Greene is credited with the idea of building a city as a desert stopover for soldiers. Bugsy Siegel played a significant role in building the Las Vegas Strip”
Google’s AI overview is presenting fictional lore from The Godfather as real history. Moe Greene is a fictional character lol
W 25th St and Humboldt
The Minneapolis tulip house is back in bloom 🌷
Xcel Energy Center exterior superimposed with the Portillo's logo, plus Chicago-style hotdogs, Italian beef sandwich and chocolate cake
My offering for the new Xcel Energy Center naming rights: the Portillo's Center or alternatively, the Portillo's Glizzy Superdome
