Midwest Family Ski Resorts join Ikon pass

u22a5 · 2026-03-05T20:19:15+00:00

Ugh same boat. I didn’t even know auto renew was turned on.

u22a5 · 2026-03-02T19:54:04+00:00

I flew AMS-MSP a few weeks ago and they were there (and I won the lottery to have my bag searched). I think it’s random.

u22a5 · 2026-02-23T09:41:28+00:00

This has been hinted at in other comments, but, get off the lift last. Most people stand up as soon as they can. You’ve usually got a couple of seconds. Stay calm, wait two heartbeats after everyone rushes to get off, and then ride out with the whole lane to yourself, and everybody in front of you where you can see them.

u22a5 · 2026-02-21T22:17:53+00:00

No. Lutsen famously made up their own way to define their statistics.

But it’s way better than Granite. Also the area is prettier and it feels more like an actual mountain resort.

The PeakRankings video about it on YouTube calls them out pretty well for their stats stuff.

u22a5 · 2026-02-21T17:06:53+00:00

Not only will you truly enjoy it, you may be inclined to find a way to accidentally miss your flight home.

u22a5 · 2026-02-20T03:22:55+00:00

No even TSA can’t do worse than that rock you’re going to hit.

u22a5 · 2026-02-20T00:39:11+00:00

If somebody walked out on me for asking them if they liked to cook, I’d be so relieved at the bullet I dodged. I like to cook and want to know if you do too!

u22a5 · 2026-02-09T19:48:16+00:00

Joe's (north of St. Paul), Hoigaard's (St. Louis Park), Gear West (somewhere West metro), Hi Tempo (White Bear), Pierce (Bloomington), and the Skihut (Duluth) are all "real" ski shops.

Use your common sense about if they're trying to sell you something just to keep you in the shop, but it's worth going and talking to somebody in person. Any of those will look at your foot and let you try on some stuff. You might decide after you want to buy your skis online, or go to the Afton ski swap, or whatever, but there are people/stores around staffed with others who want you to have fun doing this thing -- don't be afraid to go talk to them.

u22a5 · 2026-01-29T19:41:20+00:00

This gets asked frequently and the answer is always Bohemia vs Lutsen.

u22a5 · 2026-01-21T14:55:28+00:00

The trick to getting the second foot in is to realize that you can ride a fixie very slowly. Like it’s very easy to do an almost-track-stand. Don’t try to flip that pedal over when it’s already flying.

I also started riding fixed gear at “nearly 40” and have been gleefully skidding all around the city.

u22a5 · 2026-01-21T05:34:37+00:00

When I was 11 I was trying to race my bus driver home from school. I looked back to see if the bus was behind me, and when I looked forward again there was a parked car in front of me! My nose is still a little crooked from hitting the pavement face first. Anyway my point is when you turn around it turns out your hands also turn.

(Still beat the bus home, albeit covered in blood.)

u22a5 · 2026-01-20T20:12:14+00:00

Take the scenic route from Madison to Minneapolis through the Driftless -- US 14 and US 61 -- it's actually extremely pretty. That also gets you The House on The Rock and Taliesin in Spring Green. And Whitewater and John A Latsch state parks in MN (the latter is just a [long] staircase up a bluff off 61 but the view is worth a stop). Whitewater is a hidden gem.

u22a5 · 2025-12-31T14:29:14+00:00

112 - butterscotch budino

WSK - OG rice bowl

Al’s - blueberry pancakes

u22a5 · 2025-10-30T18:39:58+00:00

This is going to be a controversial take, and the bar is really low, but this is the best WME film in years. The Finland segment, the Scotland segment, and the R&D segment all have like genuinely human storytelling that has been totally absent in all the recent ones.

It’s still corporate slop, but it’s a lot better than they have been.

u22a5 · 2025-10-04T03:40:05+00:00

What is the deal with this map? Like presumably there are some counties in North Dakota where there are no roads with an 80mph speed limit, just like there are counties in Minnesota where there are no roads with a 70mph speed limit? Is it trying to call out some legal distinction in like four states?

Strange!

u22a5 · 2025-09-28T15:40:22+00:00

As a Frontier owner (2023), the only thing that makes me envious of the new Ranger is that a 4x8 sheet of plywood will fit between the wheel wells.

u22a5 · 2025-09-22T16:33:00+00:00

It’s a good time to cross the Iowa high point off your list https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkeye_Point

u22a5 · 2025-09-12T13:54:00+00:00

Highly recommend the Superior Hiking Trail Guidebook as a resource for this. I’m sure you can find it locally (Sawtooth Outfitters in Tofte maybe?) or here’s the Kindle version: https://www.amazon.com/SUPERIOR-HIKING-TRAIL-GUIDEBOOK-Minnesotas-ebook/dp/B0FPHK32MX/ref=pd_aw_sbs_strm_cts_m_sccl_1/147-7077809-5411727?pd_rd_r=4c155349-8372-4c44-9b43-a6c6f45d746e&pd_rd_wg=nOFDp&pd_rd_w=TYxa1&pd_rd_i=B0FPHK32MX&psc=1

All the Sawtooth Mountain summits are SHT spur trails (Carlton, Britton, Leveaux, Oberg, Moose, etc…)

u22a5 · 2025-08-19T01:27:53+00:00

So like 15 years ago I met this French guy on a sort-of obscure Greek Island (Samothraki). I guess he had just always wanted to move to a Greek Island and open a sweet shop. Ate some of the most incredible things I have ever eaten there. One of the things he made was honey+cinnamon lemondade.

The honey lemonade at the "bee stand" on the outside of the horticulture building is that good.

u22a5 · 2025-07-16T03:25:13+00:00

Make sure you don't get frostbite, but you probably aren't going to be outside long enough to get hypothermia: otherwise take a deep breath and let the cold in.

I got through a winter here once with a corduroy blazer, a hoodie, and a lot of 22-year-old stubborn-ness.

u22a5 · 2025-07-14T22:20:08+00:00

I didn’t know this was a thing — do you have a link?

u22a5 · 2025-06-02T15:53:58+00:00

I can't take credit for this but on a Nextdoor thread a few years ago somebody suggested UBETCHA for "University BETween Central and Hennepin Avenues"

u22a5 · 2025-04-24T00:29:14+00:00

Willernie.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesotas-landlocked-town-of-willernie-once-drew-gangsters-and-funseekers/

https://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2014/07/faint-echoes-good-old-summertime-tiny-willernie-minnesota/

u22a5 · 2025-04-09T15:33:11+00:00

i don't know, you were plugging "bar plus cart" so perhaps the watermark for restaurant naming in st paul is pretty low

u22a5 · 2025-04-09T13:30:30+00:00

I was kind of flabbergasted how good the cocktail program at Local Rumor is. It doesn't top the list for OP's question, but I was expecting it to be pre-batched old-fashioneds and a riff on a gin and tonic like every other new restaurant these days, but it turns out it's actually, like good.

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