“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well” – Virginia Woolf

Whatever you do, if ever you get the opportunity, get your arse to Minneapolis to have bereakfast at Hells Kitchen. Yes the name is correct – it has nothing to do with Mr Ramsey. Bloody good tucker. In fact we’re probably going to double up tomoz.

Lynne’s feet are problematic. Fortunately most things are within walking distance. We are conquering the skywlks, which was important this morn as we had our first day of rain. Still got warm but. Another lazy start this morn after we missed out on last nights performance of the Brave New World theatre company. Apparenmtly we had the wrong address and turned up at the wrong venue.

The eateries here re renowned witin culinary circles apparently, but as with our experince you have to pick your mark. It appears any place with ‘steak’ in the name, or ‘steakhouse’ generally means higher prices. The alternative is a mixture of sandwhiches and fried staples which becomes monotonous and uninspiring. But we are finally sussing out the pretenders. We just returned from a great night at Barrios, a Latin American bar – beautiful tucker – we’ve been twice, and you know e don’t tend to repeat  venues.

After a sluggish start we parted ways today, with the little lady doing some serious shopping while I did the cultural thing and went to the Walker Arts Centre. L cam ehome with nothing while I had a feeling modern contemporary art does nothing for me. If you like the idea of a bloke perched on a platform 10 ft off the ground, sitting on a toilet in his jockstrap for days at a time, eating the Fianacial Times, and regurgitating on a diet of milk and tomato sauce….

L bought nothing, I was all the wiser, that’s the way they roll in Minneapolis. Still with a bottle of flavored Grey Goose for $32US, everyones a winner (a 1.5 lt bottle for $40?), yet single malts are pretty much the norm as we know it.

Love it.

BTW - as we travel tomoz to the wild west, internet facilities may be short, so stand by.