A Brief Glimpse of Green

Duane and I typically try to take a trip "out of town" during winter break to get AWAY from the infernal cold and snow of Minnesota.  Flying standby, however, makes it a little risky.  This year,  due to EVERYONE trying to get somewhere warm, and nasty weather systems, and delayed/cancelled flights throughout the U.S. (due to those nasty weather systems), we decided to not even try.

We DID briefly entertain the thought of going to NYC to ring in the new year, but decided that getting up at 4:30 and trying to get to the airport in below zero temperatures was NOT very appealing.  Turns out it was a good thing we didn't go...with the impending storms, we would probably NEVER have made it back...

Not the couple to just "sit around"...we decided to take the next couple of days as a "stay-cation" here in the cities.  Today's trek involved lunch at coffee shop called "Groundswell" in St. Paul (at which I had an AMAZING black bean burger with sriracha horseradish aioli)...

...and a lovely, warm, GREEN meander through the Como Conservatory.

I LOVE the Como Conservatory!  The sunken garden is probably one of my favorite places in the twin cities...ESPECIALLY when the temperature outside is STUCK at -7 degrees!!!

 

 

 Tomorrow...we're off to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts...another of my FAVORITE places in the cities!!!

Here's hoping YOU are staying warm, and enjoying a lovely "vacation" too!!!!!