MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- WINTER COLD

Midnight. Minneapolis.

Dinner at Hell's Kitchen amidst art and settings suggested by artist Ralph Steadman, with friends Mark and Karen, followed by a frigid late night out on the streets.

Minneapolis. Metropolis of the North.

THE FRIDAY (THE 13TH!) MARTINI

In honor of Friday the 13th, which has gone from being merely an unlucky day to a downright sinister one, today's martini comes from HELL'S KITCHEN in downtown Minneapolis.

Perhaps the sign on the left ought to read "*No* Exit"!

THE FRIDAY MARTINI!!!

It's that day again -- Friday!

End of the week for most of us.

Time to head home after work, relax, and open a...

(wait, that's not right)

...and shake up a cold one.



Much better.

This week's concoction comes to you from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pic of the Day: Shopping Overload

Inside the Mall of America, just a handful of miles south of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Airport.

The Mall is the largest shopping mall in the United States, comprising 2.5M square feet of retail space, and a complete indoor area approach five million square feet.

It includes an indoor amusement park and an oceanic aquarium.

Any way you slice it, that's a LOT of mall.

Pic of the Day: Alcoholic TMI?

Airport men's rooms are usually questionable affairs in the best of times.

Imagine my surprise at encountering this remnant of someone else's party at the Minneapolis airport last fall. Clearly they wanted to have a good time, but...in the men's room? At an airport where there are numerous bars?

I'm known for my collection of martinis, but they're always consumed in public and documented by my camera. This is something else again, and a picture is worth a thousand words.

As they say: Sign of a serious problem.