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My wife and I are looking for some fun day trips to take from the Twin Cities (that are still queer friendly outside of the metro area). We just moved here this summer from Texas where day trips were pretty much nonexistent. We are loving exploring the cities, but I love to just “get out of the city” and go for a drive!

We are looking for two different types of day trips (see below) that we could take as summer winds down and into the fall. TIA!

Day Trip Type 1- looking for a town with a scenic drive along the way. It has a cute downtown area with good coffee, cute shops, restaurants that sort of thing. Walkable for the most part once you get there. Bonus if they go all out for fall/halloween etc.

Day Trip Type 2- love getting out into nature but I am not a hiker. I have seen some cool spots but they seem to require a lot of hiking. I have some mobility issues and asthma. I am fine with walking paths or short “mini” baby hikes but no crazy stairs or steep hikes. So looking for day trips that are more accessible along those lines of being flat or easy/quick to get to the scenic spots.

I just happened to see a segment on the local Fox station while at the liquor store in Milwaukee and my ears perked up when Brian Ingram's name was mentioned. The Gnome was apparently robbed, and the news was running a piece about the number of burglaries he has gone through and the lack of response from the justice system. I know he's been in the spotlight for various things in the cities the past few years, so I find it very odd and suspicious that this piece would be running in Milwaukee where he does not have any affiliation as far as I know. Does anyone have any insight or theories as to if there's something going on here behind the scenes?

Never done therapy before, wife and I have talked about it but never took the step until now. 50’s, almost empty nesters, having a hard time living together as a couple again after 25 years of raising kids in a chaotic, busy, not horrible marriage. Just the distractions of having 4 kids around now down to 1 is throwing us for a loop and is forcing us to see the issues we’ve long ignored or didn’t know how to deal with.

Grew up in the old school “therapy is for psychopaths and criminals” household and never saw my parents fight.

I know a good therapist is supposed to tell you what you don’t wanna hear, and being the peacemaker and anti-conflict one of the pair of us, I’m usually blamed for and take the hit for the issues we’ve fight about. But dammit I’m scared of what’s going to come of it, and how do we/I trust this person to tell us what we need to do to learn to live together again in peace and be happy together?

I’m literally sitting in the parking lot before my appt waiting for my wife to show up and I’m rarely this nervous and scared.

Think I just needed to vent that somewhere.

I need to rehome my fur baby 😭😭😭 I love him very much but I can no longer support him fully. He needs lots of love and affection and I cannot give it to him without causing myself harm. I tried for 6 years and now it’s time for me to say goodbye. He already has an appointment with a shelter so I can relinquish ownership, so this post is for anyone who would love to provide him with the utmost care. He’s a little brat but VERY loving. He’s cuddly and affectionate and he needs lots of specific attention — shared space with view of you. It would be beautiful if he could have an owner who wants to spoil him as much as humanly possible because he deserves it.

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I live here currently but wanted to see what rights I have. So I was supposed to move into an new apartment on this upcoming Monday, but the apartment I moved into said that due to status of the apartment and current tenant issues I am not able to basically. They said i can move into another nearby complex though but I declined that offer and have signed a new lease to a different complex/rent company. I paid my deposit and rent for the time I will be living there this current month for the apartment I was planning on moving in. However because I cannot move in, are they required to give me my deposit and rent back that I paid? what are my legal options here if they push back? They haven't responded to my refund questions yet and I imagine they will tomorrow since its late today, but I want to be ready in the event that they push back about paying me back.

The city has just opened a 60 day public comment period about data center rules and regulations.

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Does anyone know why Best Buy removed their logo from the headquarters in Richfield?

Anybody know what’s going on? There was a HUGE backup with at least 30 cops.

It didn’t look like there was any major damage to your car but I got a pic of the license plate if you need it! And to the person in the white CRV with a Packers window cling - quit driving like an asshole in heavy construction traffic

It can't help that Edina Coffee Roasters has a very awkward disconnect from the Nine Mile Creek Trail. If you're biking, the trail connector just dead ends at Cahill and you have to turn onto the street to get in the parking lot since there's no sidewalk shortcut to hop onto from where the path ends, it's just grass and curb. Once you turn from the street to reach the coffee shop there's no bike parking at all, just a sloped fence to lock up. There's no infrastructure for walkers either, it's a parking lot entrance for cars and you just have to be extra careful entering or exiting by foot or bike. I just don't understand why businesses here don't bother to leverage their proximity to some of the metro's best trails, as though trail traffic isn't worth the effort.

Hi everyone! I am looking for a real deep tissue massage, bonus if it’s a couples massage! My partner and I have been trying to find a good place to get a deep tissue massage that really is deep tissue. I have ample amounts of back pain and am really looking for a masseuse that will get into it. We haven’t gotten one in a few years as it was the only one I’d ever done and it really left me considering if massages just didn’t work, they advertised as deep tissue but it was very light and they focused more on my legs than my back, which I had discussed was the main thing I wanted worked on. Any recommendations would be welcomed and so appreciated!

Har Mar’s indoor mall will likely be demolished if it can iron out a new contract with its largest tenant, Cub Foods.

The redevelopment has been in the works for more than four years and could dramatically alter one of Roseville’s best-known commercial properties. Yet city officials and developers have said little publicly about the plans.

Vacant storefronts now make up more than two-thirds of the center, fueling years of speculation about its future. That interest intensified in June when JLL marketing materials called for a “full scrape and rebuild” of the 63-year-old shopping center.

Correspondence between the city and developers show plans to raze some of the buildings to make room for more freestanding restaurants and shops, according to records obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

My lovely sister and her hilarious groom are getting married at Bavaria Downs in Chaska on August 30. They were not pleased with their engagement shoot (I saw the photos, they were awful and very amateur), and when she kindly expressed her concerns, the photographer quit on her. Yes, 12 days before the wedding. I am trying to help her source a talented photographer in a short amount of time! I know it’s a tall order. Please reply only if you have a helpful recommendation or a reputable photographer that can be available that day. Messages saying that it’s too late, good luck, etc. are not super helpful. Thank you guys so much!