You might be from Minneapolis if:

• You might be from Minneapolis...
  
• If you complain about the weather but somehow you love how tough you are for living here.
• You pretend  not to be fiercely competitive
• you balance the arts with sports and other interests and you give a lot of standing ovations
  
• You like to read
• You know of someone going to a vigil for the cause of the moment
• You have traveled and you like to eat out at new "ethnic" restaurants
• You don't like to sit in the front row of any events and you avoid conflict at all costs.
• You pretend segregation doesn't exist and you know of at least one inter-racial couple
• you spend more money on sensible clothes as supposed to flashy trendy styles
• You spend more time cleaning and decorating your place than inviting friends over
• You feel superior to people in Iowa, the Dakotas and Wisconsin.
• You are generous with your money and you volunteer
• You think that sunny 40 degree weather is jogging weather

Sketches from the Walker Art Center sculpture garden (Frank Gehry fish) and the magazine room at the St. Paul Central Library