I woke up this past Sunday to a wonderfully sunny, albeit windy, spring day. There were blue skies and fluffy clouds and I had the whole day stretched before me. As I sat, enjoying my coffee, I noticed my cat, Bert, stretched out in a patch of sun just at the foot of my chair. Relaxation was written all over his face and I couldn’t help but feel the same.
That morning I was meeting some girlfriends at French Meadow Bakery in Uptown. I had heard so many times that their breakfast burrito is the best in town, yet I had never eaten there. I am usually the one who speaks in extremes, so that fact that I’ve had not only one person, but several people, tell me to try their burrito, I felt I had no choice. I did not even go inside the restaurant to browse the menu, rather one of my girlfriends put in my burrito order, while I basked in the sun and saved our table. The day could not have been better.
My burrito arrived, topped with a mild salsa and diced scallions. To my delight, there were also sides of a spicier salsa, a cool sour cream sauce and a mix of black beans and corn. The combination of these accompaniments with the fluffy egg, soft tortilla and barely-there hashbrowns nearly melted my heart. The coffee was also quite tasty and free refills were available, making it easy to enjoy a couple cups while catching up with friends.
Our next stop on this lazy Sunday, was to head to Art-a-Whirl. We browsed the studios in Northeast Minneapolis, of course making just a couple purchases and mentally noting a few other things to keep our eye on. I will have to remember to return on First Thursdays, when the studios are also open - so many great, unique things to look at and to buy.
The last adventure of the day was a quick bike ride down the River Road to Longfellow Grill to enjoy a Summit and a little time with Kyle. The drawback was that there were no chairs open in the sun. So we shivered a bit, drank up, and hopped back on our bikes, headed home after a long, lazy day.
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by katiejocannon
Filed under: Entertainment, Food, Shopping
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