Safe at Home

After breakfast at the hotel in which two eggs, toast and bacon were not on the menu, (I had to ask if they served that selection and yes, they did.) I used downtown Minneapolis' wonderful Skyway system. For those who have never been to the Mpls., there is a very extensive, interconnected web of walkways at the second-story level. Given this morning's 20 below wind chill, it was wonderful to walk to Target to Neiman Marcus (around six blocks) and never once step outside. I could have done it in shirt sleeves and that's the way everyone in the Skyway was dressed.

I wonder if the Skyway was mandated or did it come from the businesses downtown themselves. Incidentally, the Nicolett Mall is closed on Sundays as Mpls. is one of the only, if not only, major cities with a Sunday closure law.

Incidentally, how far Saks on the Mall has fallen. The Saks corporate office has closed a number of underperforming sites across the country and the Mpls. site was one of them. However, it was closed as a Saks 5th Ave. store and reopened as an Off 5th store. The store immediately upon opening was disheveled and in disarray. I've seen TJ Maxx stores better organized and more ordered.

Anyway, packed up the Progeny, ate lunch at the Union at a Chik-Fil-Let and hopped in the car. The Progeny almost immediately went to sleep. I remember those days following finals, so I turned the music down a couple notches and let him go for the four hours home. It's nice having him home.