Post in Winter Carnival Legend

2007 Jan 30 02:13 UTC

On Jan 29, 2007, at 4:28 PM, <email obscured> wrote:
>> Isn't Prospect Park in Minneapolis?
>
> Well, there's one there - but there's another one on the bluff
> overlooking
> Downtown Saint Paul on the West Side.  That name is the only one we
> have
> for what you might otherwise call "The West Side Bluff".

Well shucks, Erik. I had my hopes up for my neighborhood, but was not
unaware of the park on the West Side having driven past it in my cab
once or twice--hopes dashed again. Our Prospect Park is at a higher
elevation than your Prospect Park, though. We'll have to make do with
Loppets, pond hockey tourneys, and hollidazzles; but that's all
across the river from Prospect Park because--except the odd U of MN
hockey riot--not much goes on here in the winter... Oh, I was
forgetting the Fire and Ice Festival this Saturday night at our
little Luxton Park here in the Minneapolis Prospect Park
neighborhood: just a bonfire, horse drawn hayrides, skating, a little
food. If you'd be over-stimulated by the closing weekend of the
Winter Carnival with your torchlight parades, circuses, fireworks,
and your vulcan victory dances; you're more than welcome here
starting a 5:30 P.M., I'm sure.