Not quite the Halloween Blizzard of ‘91, but true to character for Minnesota.

I'll be staying in downtown Minneapolis in mid-November and I'm looking to purchase some albums. I'm mostly interested in metalcore, thrash, post grunge, and progressive metal. I've been to Electric Fetus before, but I'm interested to see if anyone has suggestions for metal specifically. I'm willing to take the transit as far as I need to. Thanks in advance, Go Loons!

Looking for an improv class.

I would take a picture, but it would make me cry. It’s snowing. Gorgeous weather until today.

SORRY parents and kids.

Muahahaha 😈 The sky was glowing last night.

Newly renovated Northstar Center just opened with a cafeteria and coffee shop, and next to the cafeteria is the new iteration of Walkin' Dog. Fun throwback for us office drones.

My daughter’s kindergarten class isn’t allowing costumes on Halloween. That was always my favorite school day as a kid. They say, “Too much of a distraction”. What a missed opportunity: Life is full of “distractions”. Halloween is important to my culture and enjoyed by the vast majority of MPS families.

I wouldn’t be so annoyed if the curriculum wasn’t so rigid: 95% focused on math and English text scores. They don’t even have time in the day to read a book to the whole class (my kid’s teachers words, verbatim). The whole vibe is pretty soulless.

I’m pretty close to pulling my kid and going somewhere else. Halloween tipped me over the edge I guess

So apparently the new season was filmed here!! Anyone know people on the show, any drama etc? So curious and can’t believe I had 0 clue until they announced at the season 7 reunion.

Yes I had it on yesterday but people seemed pretty bent out of shape about it.

Going to be away from the holidays and I'm looking for some who will be willing to stay I out apartment and watch our needy dog. Any pointers would help!

So recently my soon to be 9 year old and I made invites for 5 friends.

She gave them out. I only had 1 mom reach out to rsvp. The others have yet to respond.

I emailed the school asking if they could forward a copy of the invite to the girls parents ad I don't have any contact info for them in case the kids forgot to give them invite to their parents but they told me they couldn't do it.

It's just a bit frustrating there's no way to contact them I guess. I feel bad for my kid because it's her one party. I've never thrown her one before.

Is it gonna be weird having one friend there? I'm just bummed out for her.

Just moved here and I have a question.

We just moved into a rental unit at the start of September.

Before we had even paid our second month's rent, our landlord 1) sent us an email asking if we were thinking of renewing 2) when we weren't sure (duh, we just moved in), he immediately started scheduling tours "for the next school year." This unit is in Marcy Holmes, but is not specifically student housing and we really did not see this coming.

I work from home and he is literally going to get me fired. I can't have people in the room when I'm working with sensitive data and 24 hours notice is not enough time to make sure I won't be on a call with a client. I've already gotten in trouble for moving around meetings super last minute.

He's scheduled 3 this week, including two tomorrow. One of them is from 5:00-6:00 pm.

I think this is super insulting and ridiculous, and I obviously won't be renewing now (we had been planning on staying, what a dipshit), but is it legal?

I've been renting for 10+ years at this point and have never had a tour anywhere this close to the start of the leasing term. Two or three months out, sure, but we literally still had boxes everywhere when the first person came to see the unit.

Edit: I'm contacting Homeline

Edit edit: Y'all contact Homeline if you're dealing with this!

They gave me a sample email and a few different routes to proceed if he doesn't stop. They agree that he's crossing the line for a couple of different reasons. It might be different from my situation, but you can always ask!

edit edit edit: Does anyone know if there'a grassroots organization here working with these kinds of issues? If not, DM me if anyone wants to help me organize Dinkytown/Marcy Holmes. We were labor organizers in Texas and have a lot of experience with this kind of thing. I would LOVE to hold these landlords accoutable.

Some tips for anyone finding this thread:

1. RECORD, RECORD, RECORD

Minnesota is a one party consent state. That means you can record anything with only one party's approval (good news, you're a party!). Record phone calls. Record conversations. People with bad intentions will do anything to avoid written communication because they don't want you to have proof.

2. Organize

As of January 2025, there are enhanced protections for tenants ability to organize. The more people on your side the better.

3. Know your rights

If you do anything to blatantly interfere with your landlord's ability to conduct business, they can take you to court. Leave the porn playing for another time.

You do, however, have the right to convey truthful information to prospective tenants. And remember, RECORD.

As long as your unit is in compliance with the lease, do not let your landlord tell you to make it "show ready" or any variation of that request. You're LIVING there, let it look like you are.

5. HOMELINE

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but when I was in financial ruin, I abandoned my car in a parking garage downtown. Obviously the parking manager wants to collect the five years of parking, but at this point, I don’t need the car and it would cost me half of what I paid for the car. Does anyone know what happens if my car gets impounded? Can I just let it be impounded and get sold by the city?

I seriously don’t want or need the car.

Please help!

I’m hoping to buy a piece of art at an auction that closes soon. However, item pick up is Friday in Plymouth, and I unfortunately will be busy the duration of the pick-up window. I need it to be picked up between 11-3 and delivered to my house in south Minneapolis anytime that day.

Does anyone have any advice on using a courier service or moving company for this type of situation? Any advice would be great!

I'm looking for some sweaters for winter (I know I'm kinda late 😅). I want to poke around some secondhand stores, but I know most of them are not the most fat-friendly in terms of stock that they carry. I think I'm actually down to a 1x in men's sizes, and maybe a 3x in womens? Ofc women's sizes are...not as consistent. So, I was just wondering if anyone knew of any :3 Or even just some regular stores that have more reasonable prices. I want to buy a few, so I would rather not pay too much for one garment 😅 Thanks!

I was stuck in Dallas on a business trip. A cold rainy Dallas on a business trip. It wasn't even a warm Dallas on a business trip. I could have at least enjoyed that.

Then I came home to a snow emergency parking ticket. I got none of the "I was there" bragging rights, just a chunk of pain. Nothing but pain.

It crushes my soul a little bit more every time someone mentions it. Every allusion brings the death of yet one more small bit of my normally joyous soul. I grieve. Yes, friends, I grieve.

This was taken last week. One of my favorite views near MIA this time of the year.

Looks like MnDOT plans various improvements next year on 394 between 100 and 94. Starting Fall 2025

I really hope they can fix the infamous zipper merge to 94. But you can only make the tunnel so wide.

https://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/i94-i394minneapolis/index.html

City staff are proposing rebuilding the blocks that touch 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Roads would be open to all traffic, including buses. The streets would also include bike lanes and widened sidewalks with boulevards for green space and memorials.  

The city has so far allocated a little over $5.5 million to the project; staff said they’ll know the exact cost once they finalize the construction plans.

Many community members were skeptical of the plans at a meeting on Tuesday night. Nickey Robare lives nearby and participated in several of the city’s feedback sessions.  

“It feels like really misplaced priorities,” Robare said. “Tearing up a street that has been a global memorial to victims of police violence is not going to bring us healing.”  

Robare said they would rather see the money put towards services like housing and health — a sentiment many activists repeated. 

Read the full article here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/10/30/minneapolis-announces-next-steps-for-george-floyd-square-some-residents-remain-skeptical

Hey! My gal and I are going to Les Mis thanksgiving week and are staying overnight. I’ve been told there are some great pizza places downtown. We are going to the show and staying at Chambers. Anybody know the best place to get an after-show pie? Thanks so much, friends

Called them all day yesterday they didn't pick up

A hunk of chuck would be ideal, but I can get creative with anything similar! I'm guessing that mornings (shortly after opening) are the way to go, in terms of timing; I'm also guessing that Aldi or Cub would be my best bets? That being said, I could be completely wrong; I work weird hours and don't have the energy to hit up more than 2-3 stores per day, so it'd be nice to get feedback from people who are either in a similar boat or who work in grocery stores. Thank you in advance for any tips! :)