Shoppin' the town

Minneapolis has this phrase, "do the town" that refers to shopping. You could say that on Friday and Saturday we "did the town".

Our shopping on Friday began with a trip to Selby Avenue's cooking/entertaining store, Savvy Host. Which evidently carries homeade pet food (but we didn't buy any). Then we went to a new chocolate store, that features Venezuelan chocolates. It just added another store from its base in Menomonie, WI. Virtually visit here. But do visit in person- they had samples even, and delectable treats with varying percentages of chocolate, so you could select dark, light, and anything in between. Plus, they make really good chocolate affordable, unlike some of the other chocolate stores.

On Hennepin Avenue we visited redlurered, Urban Outfitters, Gap, Borders, Kitchen Window, and a host of other places at which we "just looked". On Nicollet Mall, we visited Marshalls, William Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, and Jamba Juice.

For dinner we went to Basil's in the IDS Tower. OH- was our food good! I told Troy that it seemed like my food was just floating off my fork...into my mouth. I had Grilled Chilean Seabass with Citrus Butter, Lemon Scented Basmati Rice, Spinach, Red Chili Oil it was fabulous. Troy had Rib Eye Steak with Apple Wood Smoked Bacon Wrapped, Lemon Herb Oil,
Swiss Chard, Red Beet Reduction. This tasty food was eaten by us on the terrace over-looking polar bears (statues) that were meant to look as though they were swinging in the air, and the delightful Crystal Court Fountain. For dessert we had the "creme brulee sampler" which included vanilla creme, blueberry honey, and blackberry flavors of yes, creme brulee. Can we say Decadent?!
There will be pictures of the food on the blog soon.

While we were out on the town we walked everwhere, on the street and through the skyways. We were about to see the "Snow White" thing at Marshall Fields at 9pm- and then learned that the downtown Marshall Fields closes at 9. In our rush to reach the skyway before they closed their store doors we dashed out the wrong exit- and wandered further from our destination rather than nearer. It did yield in some good pictures though. I learned that the Palomino restaurant building has a great blue half circle thing painted on its ceiling- and I had a fun time photographing it while laying on a bench in the deserted courtyard. Getting "lost" was worth it in the end.