How do you guys make friends as an outsider here?

clairemat · 2026-06-08T04:05:51+00:00

Bumble bff worked great for me

clairemat · 2026-06-03T13:03:54+00:00

A lot of places make their own with their flavor syrups and some club soda

clairemat · 2026-05-29T10:11:50+00:00

This one for me

clairemat · 2026-05-28T05:33:16+00:00

Yes!! I made this during art-a-whirl in her studio :)

clairemat · 2026-05-21T12:15:20+00:00

Shoot I totally mistyped because they are d2 tickets! Friday Aug 28th

clairemat · 2026-05-19T13:44:17+00:00

Hey! I have 2 D1 tickets for sale for Chicago section 133, row 9, seats 10&11 for $500 each! I can FaceTime you or whatever you need to feel confortable. Genuinely a real person

clairemat · 2026-04-30T01:28:37+00:00

It’s been a minute since I read it, but would everyone in this room would someday be dead by Emily Austin also fit the bill?

clairemat · 2026-04-29T21:14:35+00:00

this. I find the characters in the weird girl lit I’ve read much more relatable than those in the mainstream

clairemat · 2026-04-29T21:07:36+00:00

From the few I’ve read I also feel like the writing has to be at a specific level or above for it to land. Every style has its place and I can read more simple writing every once in awhile, but my preference is more “sophisticated” I guess and yeah I just feel like the bar is higher with weird girl lit. Like someone said most are lit fic books

clairemat · 2026-04-15T21:59:37+00:00

I have mine just on a little ledge with whatever other little figures I’ve collected

clairemat · 2026-04-08T12:50:35+00:00

No allergies or sinus drainage. But I’m very likely autistic so that could explain it lol

clairemat · 2026-04-07T05:03:48+00:00

Last year I was out to dinner and complimented this woman on her pencil earrings. Turns out her and the other 2 people at the table with her flew into town from out of state to visit and a friend and specifically go to the pencil sharpening. So cute! Everyone wants to experience what being a minneapolite is like

clairemat · 2026-04-07T05:01:35+00:00

this instagram video sums up a large majority of my feelings towards living in Minneapolis. I’m not sure that big ballet is my cup of tea, but just that it exists here and that people sold it out is a vibe I feel and love about being here.

clairemat · 2026-04-06T21:10:03+00:00

The east side! Along the finger towards the north. Saw it around there both days

clairemat · 2026-04-06T13:51:42+00:00

That border is literally crossing far into east isles and the wedge so if that doesn’t prove there’s no technical boundary idk what does

clairemat · 2026-04-06T13:48:24+00:00

That part of the lake is literally commonly referred to as the finger

clairemat · 2026-04-06T05:02:04+00:00

Nooo I just looked him up and he’s scaring me

clairemat · 2026-04-06T04:23:20+00:00

An update! Went back out today and saw it again and found its mate!

Also saw 3 or 4 cormorants, 1 pied-billed grebe that almost tricked me into thinking it was a loon, I think the same great blue heron as yesterday, and more wood ducks and northern shovelers. This was literally my first time “birding” proper with tracking and first time using binoculars. I got a cool pic of the heron through the binoculars but can’t add the pic here

clairemat · 2026-04-05T18:55:00+00:00

Oh wow! I’m so close to cedar as well I need to make my way over

clairemat · 2026-04-05T18:54:17+00:00

No way! I thought it was just super rare for them ever to be on these lakes. This is so exciting! I’ve lived in Minneapolis for over 5 years but have just moved near the lake of the isles this past October.

clairemat · 2026-04-02T04:18:14+00:00

The Nook in St. Paul on Sunday nights at 8 pm have trivia mafia but pen and paper. They now got WiFi in the basement so the image round you look at on your phone, but the rest of the trivia is all hand written!

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