I’ve been to 41 US states

Last weekend, Wisconsin, and this weekend, Minnesota, one state to the west. I’m in Minneapolis, to get a feel for the city while Sloane interviews for a job. It’s too bad we don’t have time for a longer trip—two of my remaining eight states are Minnesota neighbors: North and South Dakota. We stumbled right into the the Twin Cities marathon tomorrow—the other twin being St. Paul, the capital city—which we only realized upon texting our only friend in Minneapolis, who happens to be running the race tomorrow (go Jun!). Marathon weekend is quite bad for flight and hotel costs, but very good for seeing a city on its liveliest day of the year. Plus the Gophers are playing tonight (football), and the Vikings are playing tomorrow (also football), so it’s a Big Weekend. Like Milwaukee a week ago, it’s 60 degrees and the sky is blue blue blue. Yesterday we walked around Northeast (“Nordeast”) and St. Anthony Main, trendy neighborhoods on the north side of the Mississippi River, which cuts…