How the hippest Minnesotans live, love, and take their coffee.
Which one are you?
The Club Hopper | The Empty Nesters | The Young Socialite | The Man with Money | The Hipster Parents | The Art Student |
Two Men and a Baby | The Philan- thropist | The Culture Vulture | The Newly Single | The Urban Refugee | |
Native Habitat | Eden Prairie | riverfront condo | Wayzata | downtown Minneapolis | St. Louis Park | Whittier, Minneapolis | Crocus Hill, St. Paul | Kenwood, Minneapolis | Linden Hills, Minneapolis | Woodbury | Grand Marais |
Favorite Haunts | anywhere on First Ave. –except First Avenue | The Dakota, Minneapolis Public Library | exhibit openings at the Walker | Bellanotte, Wild games | Wild Rumpus, Sebastian Joe’s | Nye’s | Lake Harriet, Children’s Museum | Minneapolis Club | Jungle Theater | Bellanotte, any Life Time Fitness | North House Folk School, Sven & Ole’s Pizza |
Preferred Weekend Activity | drinking, dancing, sleeping | avoiding the kids’ phone calls, NYT crossword | mani/pedi | preparing for Fantasy Football draft | Mill City Farmers Market | pondering existential angst, smoking | shopping at the Room & Board outlet | brunch | swooning over Osmo | speed dating | skinny- dipping |
Shops for Groceries at… | parents’ refrigerator | Lunds | Byerly’s | Simon Delivers | Trader Joe’s | SuperAmerica | Whole Foods | Byerly’s | Linden Hills Co-op | Cub Foods | backyard garden |
Shops for Clothing at… | Lava Lounge | Macy’s, Eddie Bauer, Chico’s | Len Druskin, Galleria | Nordstrom | Target, Urban Outfitters | Ragstock | Banana Republic, H&M, Gap Kids | Neiman Marcus | Bibelot | Forever 21 | Ben Franklin |
Can usually be seen drinking coffee at… | Uptown Diner | Dunn Bros. | Starbucks | all hours, day or night | Caribou | Spyhouse | Starbucks | French Meadow Bakery & Cafe | Zumbro Cafe | Caribou, Starbucks, Dunn Bros. | World’s Best Donuts |
Preferred method of transport | taxi | Lexus | Mini Cooper | BMW 5 series | Volvo XC wagon | fixed-gear bicycle | Subaru Forester | Mercedes- Benz | Toyota Prius | Jeep Liberty | snowshoes |
Workout | tanning | ballroom dancing | yoga | training for the TC marathon, ultimate fighting | elliptical machine in the basement | pottery wheel | running during lunch hour | Pilates | power walks | spinning | chopping wood |
Guilty Pleasures | Kenny Chesney | Mystic Lake | Lord Fletcher’s | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | Wal-Mart | Garrison Keillor | voting for Tim Pawlenty | fur | Famous Dave’s | Reddi-wip, straight from the can | chain-saw art |
How I spent last Saturday night… | When was Saturday again? | Minnesota Orchestra concert | LEAD party | working | lecture at Unitarian church | RollerGirls match | prank calling Michele Bachmann | Smile Network event | dinner at Café Twenty- Eight, movie at Lagoon | Googling ex-flames | gazing upon the Northern Lights, curling |
Last iTunes download | Pussycat Dolls | What the hell is an iTune? | Fergie | Big & Rich | Arcade Fire, Raffi | none, due to pending litigation over “free” music | Dreamgirls soundtrack | Tony Bennett | Paul McCartney | Shakira | This American Life |
Favorite Eateries | Chicken ’n Waffles, Pizza Lucé | The Lex | Lurcat, Chambers Kitchen | Morton’s, BANK | Punch, Crema, Don Pablo’s | Jasmine Deli, White Castle | Birchwood Cafe | La Belle Vie | 112 Eatery | Chino Latino | Angry Trout Cafe |
Media Diet |
The Onion, MySpace .com | Star Tribune, NYT, CNN |
Cosmo, Vanity Fair, Grey’s Anatomy | Wall St. Journal, Colbert Report, Entourage | The Daily Show, City Pages | Daily Kos, MNartists.org | NYT, Dancing with the Stars | O: The Oprah Magazine, MPR |
NYT, Countdown with Keith Olbermann | Lost | North Shore Radio, two-day-old NYT |
Pet Issue | smoking ban | immigration | “death” tax | capital gains | Iraq | gentrification | marriage | education | libraries | prenups | condos |
Weekend getaway destination | Apple River | the cabin | Florida | New York | Wisconsin Dells | St. Paul | Grand Marais | Palm Springs | BWCAW | Vegas | Mall of America |
Garrison Keillor is… | the bouncer at Myth? | date night | Lindsay Lohan’s costar | what I send my parents to | a member of our PTA | dead to me | in need of some “manscaping” | a close friend | the best of times/the worst of times | available? | so close, yet so far |