Sunday, October 28, 2007

Living in Minneapolis, MN

After I graduated from Michigan State in May 2005, I moved to Minneapolis, MN. I have to say I knew I would love living there even before I made the move. The city has culture, art, great architecture, awesome restaurants, lakes to enjoy and a fabulous nightlife.




I lived by myself for the first time in a high rise apt right downtown. I also chose not to own a car so walking was my main source of transportation, which was great! I definitely want to live in a city again in the future, it's an extremely fun lifestyle. (I hope to live in many different cities in my lifetime)


I figured since this is a travel blog I should also include places I have lived as well since living somewhere is an adventure in itself.


I have countless great memories living in Minnesota, I made awesome friends that I miss very much!! Here are some pics and captions to share.


Courtney and I when we dressed up like Ben Wallace and got on TV in MN and MI!!! Too funny!


The crew at the famous Shout House night after the MPD Holiday party, we had waaaay too much fun!!



Halloween crew posing with the Galactic pizza guy, LOL, hysterical!



Tim and I cheers-ing our yummy margaritas at Chevy's downtown!



My MPD friends at my moving away party, love these ladies!!!



Nicole and I going wild for JT at the Justin Timberlake concert, hahaha.



Marco and I pre-partying before a night on the town



Dan, Andrea and I on our way to dinner...which was a tradition for us:)



My cousins Kelli and Geoff, and Brian and I at the Art Festival when they all came for a Summer visit!



With Sarah, Patrick, Angela and Susan at The Newsroom



Courtney pretending to interview me in the press box at the Target Center, hahaha



Bunch of us hanging out at The Drink enjoying their free food for happy hour



My Nana and I by Lake Calhoun when she came to visit in Fall '05



Courtney and I showing our pride for the tree we decorated for Christmas:)




At The Annex bar with Kristy and Cherrey



Camping in Wisconsin with Jillian, Rachel, Tracey and Patrick




In my cubicle at Target Corp. with Karena, we kept eachother sane:)



At the MIA with my friend Johnny when he came to visit! Love this museum!




At the famous MN State Fair enjoying a deep fried Snickers bar, mmm, with Courtney and Gina



Haha, love this pic, we had a blast!




At the infamous Lodge bar lipsyncing "Since You've Been Gone" on stage, something memorable always happens at The Lodge, haha



Out to dinner at Bar Abilene (man I miss their home-made guacamole) with Rach, Jillian, & Sarah



One of my fav pics of all time...Halloween Party craziness with Tim, Kristy, and Dan...man did we have fun that night!!! (I'm on the right if ya can't tell:)




Out on the town with Lauren and Steph, love these girls!!




At the drive-in with Jillian, Rachel, and Dan, good times!

I will always love Minneapolis and the time I spent there....


"Good friends are hard to find, hard to lose, and impossible to forget." :)


-Danielle