I went to Minneapolis the last weekend of November for work. Life there is so different. Everything is indoors. We stayed at the Hilton downtown, which is 3 buildings away from Oracle. Most of the downtown buildings are connected on the 2nd floor by the skyway. I feel like we're little hamsters walking around. :-)
The restaurants there are fabulous. It's quite interesting to see 2 happy hours. From 4 - 7 for the office crowds and from 10 - 12 for the service industry. Some of the restaurants turns into a lounge/club on some nights with DJs and dancing. One of the places we had a blast was
Chino Latino. Of course the incigator that I am, I ordered sake bombs for the team. It was $10 a pop! However, it comes with a silly headband that we thought it was sooo cool. It was a great way to boost up morale and the group up.
We hit the jackpot by being there for the team holiday outing. We celebrated by going curling
Curling in Wiki. Yes, it's the "silly/boring" game that you saw on the olympics. I wasn't looking forward to it because I'm not very athletic and not to mention, I'm a klutz. It looked like an ice skating rink but you are on regular shoes with soft soles. Within the first 5 mins, I fell on my lovely butt in front of the Oracle employees that I didn't know. nice. Anyhow, it turned out to be a blast! I loved it. It's a great team building event. Kind of like bowling but with several "rocks" using strategic moves to beat the opponent. fun fun fun!
My God sister, Alice, also lived there. She's the hotty on the far left. Barry, my teammate/friend in the middle was bless by her single friends everynight. Here is a pic of Alice, Lily, Barry, Xing, and I at Zelo, the trendy Italian place.
She also took me to a really cool museum Walker Art Center. It's been so long since I went to a museum.
Overall, I thought MPLS is a cool place to visit. It's cold but there're alternatives to hide from the cold.
