What to know before heading to the Twin Cities
Just in case you happen to have plans to attend this week’s Republican Party convention in the Twin Cities, check out this humorous primer on the area that appeared in the Sunday Chicago Tribune.
I enjoyed it, but I might be biased. As some of you know, I’m a Minnesota native who grew up in Plymouth, a western suburb of Minneapolis, went to college in St. Paul and lived in Rochester (home of the Mayo Clinic and notable for being in the only county in the state without a natural lake) for eight years before moving to Kankakee County.
To describe my reaction at moving to the Land of Lincoln, I once wrote that “corruption is an institution here, but you can buy beer at Kmart on Sundays.”
In Minnesota, only liquor stores can sell liquor and they aren’t open on Sunday. If you’re desperate, you can drive to Wisconsin. I still think it’s cool that I can put “beer” on my grocery list.
