Minneapolis photo walk

A very good/old friend of mine and I strolled the downtown Minneapolis area taking a few random photos along the way, and for the most part just took the most of a pleasant Saturday afternoon that is so rare this time of year. I enjoy seeing my friend very much, but this venture had the added benefit of getting me out of the house and permitting me to speak to someone that isn't myself for a change.

My friend is much more into photography than I am, so my simple point-and-shoot camera looked like a toddler trying out for the Olympics next to his highly sophisticated-multiple-lens-I'll-kill-you-if-you-touch-it-expensive camera. In my defense, most of my photos are of drunk people at parties making the duckface (see: duckface). Actually, it's probably preferred to have as cheap of a camera as possible in my case, judging that I usually just toss it haphazardly into my bag with no regard for protection. My electronics are a survival of the fittest sort. Come to think of it, nothing pertaining to me really screams sophistication.

Us! Post-Target trip

Tangent aside, the bus dropped us off at the north end of Nicollet mall, where we meandered down Hennepin/Nicollet until we reached the Target headquarters/Target store and realized that we were both freezing our ears off. Apparently wind chill is a real thing. Tell your friends.

A shot down the street downtown

We hopped into the multilevel Target to purchase a couple hats and further explored the mall area along the skyway system. We came out of the mall area around the south area of Nicollet mall and decided to venture East-ward along the skyscrapers. It was entertaining to me to go back to that first time that I walked around the big city, realizing that I lived somewhere with skyscrapers. My brand new college friends at the time and I went crazily from one skyscraper to the next, hugging the large pillars and generally freaking out. It was the first time I had seen something man-made that was so large, so close, in person. This venture being the second time that my friend had ever been downtown, he was in a similar state of awe that was reminiscent of this time for me. I truly felt like a local, guiding him along the streets and showing him (some of) the best things to see downtown.

Unfortunately, our walk didn't take us as far as the Target center/field or Metrodome as our bus transfers would have expired had we ventured far enough, and we were both too cheap to purchase another, so these excursions will be saved for a later date - hopefully with a team inside to watch.