The Mary Tyler Moore Statue

Yes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is my all-time favorite television sit-com. I remember Mom pointing out scenes of Minneapolis from the opening credits of the show as it played on our portable Panasonic television while she was cutting my hair in the kitchen on a summer night way back in 1970 or 1971. I was young enough to think that Mary actually lived here.

Photo by @mapledipped on Instagram as it appeared in Midwest Living magazine.

Lake Nokomis

I took this photo of Lake Nokomis last week on a very cold day. This is not far from the beach Mom used to take us as kids. 

Lake Nokomis

Dale and I took Athena around Lake Nokomis the other day. It was sunny and cool - a beautiful fall day. The beach Mom used to take us to as kids is to the right. You can see downtown rising above the trees in the center of the picture.

The American Swedish Institute Part 1

Mom and I went to the Swedish Institute today to look at their Christmas trees which are on display until January 8th. The tree pictured above was just outside the mansion's receiving room and was decorated with the traditional straw Swedish Christmas ornaments.

Bridgeman's Ice Cream and Restaurants Part 3

Another Bridge-

man's restau-

rant is located at 4757 Hia-

watha Avenue in Minne-

apolis. This one is still in business. Mom and I went about a year ago. I hadn't been to a Bridgeman's in ages so it was quite a trip walking in. It smelled exactly the same and looked somewhat like the old Richfield restaurant. I got a burger and chocolate malt and Mom got a tulip sundae.