Bad news for Minneapolis tourism

Mrs. Bart and I just pulled the trigger on a trip to Minneapolis / St. Paul (the "Sin Cities" - if you don't get that reference then I have a DVD you need to borrow) in early September. Plus side: the weather should be nice. Down side: I don't have high hopes for their tourism options.

That's because when I pulled up the Convention & Visitor's Bureau web site, there was a big section encouraging locals to be tourists in their hometown. And as I've previously noted, that's a bad sign.

One thing I could do: visit my chosen suburb in the Twin Cities, Little Canada. Enjoy a crepe and some lacrosse.

Perhaps I could visit the office of new U.S. Senator Al Smalley. Stewart Franken? Whoever. The guy with creepy little Daschle glasses.

There's the enormous mall... intellectually it doesn't seem like a must-see, but maybe it's one of those "must be seen to be believed" things.

Any ideas? Any Twin City afficionados in the audience?

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