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Dennis Jansen

December 13th, 2011

St. Anthony Main

Scenes from the dog walk.

St. Anthony Main

St. Anthony Main

St. Anthony Main

December 9th, 2011

Gertrude the Rottweiler

I’m more likely to take Gertrude places because she doesn’t scratch up the upholstery of my car like a certain someone.

rottweiler

rottweiler

The cuteness is just a bonus.

December 8th, 2011

Hennepin signs

I love the signs in downtown Minneapolis.

Downtown Minneapolis

Downtown Minneapolis

I’m sometimes jealous of my friends who work downtown. I work in the suburbs and downtown offices seem so glamorous. I think it’s better this way though. Those same people thnk downtown is small and boring whereas it’s still special to me.

December 7th, 2011

Winter in Minneapolis

My Florida friends don’t understand it, but Minneapolis is really pretty during winter.

Nordeast Minneapolis

Nordeast Minneapolis

Nordeast Minneapolis

Nordeast Minneapolis

Maybe I’ll even make a road trip to see Bemidji in winter again.

November 19th, 2011

Snow day

And the snow came.

 snow Minneapolis

That’s the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, one of my favorite buildings. I haven’t seen the Occupy Minnesota protestors out there for a while. Maybe winter has done them in? Anyway, the building looks even better in winter.

Oh, and Gertrude loves the snow. Harley isn’t so sure.

 snow Minneapolis

November 13th, 2011

Off the highway

Sometimes it’s more fun taking the side roads:

Minneapolis Hiawatha

Minneapolis Hiawatha

Minneapolis Hiawatha

Minneapolis Hiawatha

October 30th, 2011

The bird

There’s some fun graffiti in Nordeast, I saw this today:

Graffiti

This bird is sprayed on the Hennepin Avenue bridge. It’s one of those easily missed pieces of street art that remind me of uptown.

October 3rd, 2011

Best Fall Ever 3: The Leaves a-turning

The leaves around Minneapolis are turning orange again and I actually bought a pea coat, this fall thing is mighty real.

Minneapolis Fall

Some of us are less amused than others.

Minneapolis Fall

Besides going to parties and cleaning up copious amounts of dog shit, the most exciting thing that happened this week was that I finally finished reading a novel!

I have not read an entire novel since the beginning of law school three years ago. And it’s not that I don’t read – I read more in the past three years than I did in the previous 21 – I just did not make time for fiction. Well no longer! I finished one novel this week and started another.

Okay, so it was a James Patterson book. WHATEVER. The page count was 464 and I’ll take my wins where I can. Who cares if the chapters are only 3 pages long? At least it didn’t have pictures…

And yes, the next book is by John Grisham. I’m slowly working my way back up to Dostoyevsky.

September 22nd, 2011

The Lower Trail

The dogs and I went down to the river ended up on the lower trail by the Stone Arch Bridge.

Lower Mississippi Trail

Lower Mississippi Trail

Lower Mississippi Trail

The views were nice, aside from the stray meth heads blocking the path. I think there was a body found in that park on The First 48 (episode 115)…but I tried not to think about that. I wasn’t worried about becoming another victim because of the size of my dogs, but I am convinced that they are going to find a body someday. Cue the Law & Order music.

August 31st, 2011

Hipster granny

I love Uptown hipsters.

hipster granny

That woman is in her late 20′s, but her style is late 50′s. Work!