Hey, all. I just found the little flyer about this site on my mailbox and I'm
super excited about the possibility of communicating with neighbors. We live
in D2, so I'm probably going to frequent the spin-off group.
Just the other day, my partner and I were saying to each other that we wish we
could go around asking all our Eastside neighbors to share any best-kept secret
sort of stuff about living in this part of town. It takes us so long to find
things on our own!
Here are the handful of things we know and love after living here for 8(!)
years. We want to spend more time getting to know our neighbors and our part
of the city. I don't know where the technical geographical boundaries of the
Greater Eastside lay, so sorry if I mention things that aren't genuine
Eastside.
I wouldn't have know about the Eastsider breakfast special at The Little Oven
unless the folks I bought my house from had told me about it. We go there just
to get the special.
In 2010, we discovered The Strip Club and their fantastic burgers and
cocktails. I work at a church, though, so it's hard to talk about the place
without having to explain at length.
In addition to Lake Phalen, we also love our little Frost Lake because several
migratory birds stop and sometimes nest there. Our neighbor is the volunteer
Park Steward and she organizes clean-ups and weed-pulls.
We love the folks at Kendall's ACE Hardware. For a while, you could recycle
#5-7 plastics there, with the help of a Girl Scout Troop. Is that still the
case? Excited about their new location on Phalen Blvd.
The East Side YMCA is fantastic, as is Vertical Endeavors -- only way to
survive January and February, for us.
We're super grateful for the ENDC's help with the lead paint on our windows.
Replacing the windows with grant support allowed us to parent foster kids.
The dog park at Arlington & Arkwright is a great little community amenity, too.
What else do we love? The Vento Trail, the Hmong shopping center on Johnson &
Phalen, the annual Waterfest at Phalen. Oh, and even though it's technically
in Maplewood, we're totallly delighted to have found (late in life) the Plaza
Theater with it's $2 second-run movies and affordable popcorn. Woo hoo!
We love our neighbors. Folks take care of each other.
What do YOU love about the East Side? Where are all the gems hidden? Wax
poetical here.
super excited about the possibility of communicating with neighbors. We live
in D2, so I'm probably going to frequent the spin-off group.
Just the other day, my partner and I were saying to each other that we wish we
could go around asking all our Eastside neighbors to share any best-kept secret
sort of stuff about living in this part of town. It takes us so long to find
things on our own!
Here are the handful of things we know and love after living here for 8(!)
years. We want to spend more time getting to know our neighbors and our part
of the city. I don't know where the technical geographical boundaries of the
Greater Eastside lay, so sorry if I mention things that aren't genuine
Eastside.
I wouldn't have know about the Eastsider breakfast special at The Little Oven
unless the folks I bought my house from had told me about it. We go there just
to get the special.
In 2010, we discovered The Strip Club and their fantastic burgers and
cocktails. I work at a church, though, so it's hard to talk about the place
without having to explain at length.
In addition to Lake Phalen, we also love our little Frost Lake because several
migratory birds stop and sometimes nest there. Our neighbor is the volunteer
Park Steward and she organizes clean-ups and weed-pulls.
We love the folks at Kendall's ACE Hardware. For a while, you could recycle
#5-7 plastics there, with the help of a Girl Scout Troop. Is that still the
case? Excited about their new location on Phalen Blvd.
The East Side YMCA is fantastic, as is Vertical Endeavors -- only way to
survive January and February, for us.
We're super grateful for the ENDC's help with the lead paint on our windows.
Replacing the windows with grant support allowed us to parent foster kids.
The dog park at Arlington & Arkwright is a great little community amenity, too.
What else do we love? The Vento Trail, the Hmong shopping center on Johnson &
Phalen, the annual Waterfest at Phalen. Oh, and even though it's technically
in Maplewood, we're totallly delighted to have found (late in life) the Plaza
Theater with it's $2 second-run movies and affordable popcorn. Woo hoo!
We love our neighbors. Folks take care of each other.
What do YOU love about the East Side? Where are all the gems hidden? Wax
poetical here.
