Coquito *Recipe from The Noshery Serves 6 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk 2 cups (1 15 oz can) cream of coconut (like Coco Lopez) 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cup white rum cinnamon sticks for garnish Mix all ingredients in a […]

The iconic “Spoonbridge and Cherry” and now the “Hahn/Cock” are 2 of the most recognizable sculptures in Minneapolis. Sure, I’ve been here tons of times but its still fun to walk through and see the art with the kids. We went during the middle of the day but I’d recommend early morning or evening in […]

We LOVE going to Franconia Art Park. Only about an hour outside of the twin cities, located in the scenic St. Croix River Valley, not far from Taylor’s Falls. Franconia Sculpture Park is a beautiful 43-acre outdoor sculpture park with active artist residency, and community arts programming. Open from dawn to dusk 365 days a […]

A favorite hike of ours is close to home and easily accessible by car or bike for us, PIKE ISLAND (Dakota name Wita Tanka). This is a hiking trail within FORT SNELLING STATE PARK. From the entrance of the park, follow the road to the Visitors Center. Once you park you will see trail maps […]

It’s Spring Break in Mpls. With the Stay-At-Home restrictions in place our goals are to get out into nature as much as possible and find new places off the beaten path to explore. Once such place is the Hiawatha Golf Course in Mpls. When it’s not in use for golf in the summer you can […]

Looking for something to do this weekend?! The holidazzle in Loring Park is free and open to the public. See their website for specific times. 2019 Holidazzle schedule: Thursdays through Sundays, November 29-December 22   According to their website, “This year’s Holidazzle features stories highlighting local people, products and places that showcase the food scene, […]

Love ’em or hate ‘em, depending on the week, we are die-hard Vikings fans. So when a good friend of mine wanted to do her family portraits at the USBANK Stadium I jumped at the chance! They are the biggest football fans we know so it was a perfect backdrop for their family. We went […]

TARGET FIELD tips + tricks to make your next game day a success The smell of fresh cut grass, long summer evenings and backyard BBQ’s. It must be baseball season. I love listening to baseball. I will put a game on for background noise and not really pay any attention to the score or who’s batting. It’s […]

DOORS OPEN MPLS 2019 What is Doors Open? “…it’s a weekend-long event that allows the public free, behind-the-scenes access to buildings in the City of Minneapolis that are architecturally, culturally, or socially significant.” I jumped at the chance to get behind the chain link fence that surrounds The Fort Snelling Upper Post when I saw […]