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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, December 17, 2009,

I have a handful of favorite places that I like to hit when I go home to the Minneapolis area. And yeah, most of them may actually be restaurants and bars, but a few aren't; one in particular is the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I

t's a great place to get lost and look at some high class art for free. Yep, that's right, it's doesn't cost a dime if you're visiting the main part of the museum - special exhibits are extra.

Normally I drop in for an hour or two to bridge a gap that I have in...

A Bite Outta the Big Apple

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

New York City was amazing and I think I did as much of it as possible in a week with my friend turned tour guide Lisa.

I had some time Friday morning, before the wedding rehearsal and dinner that night, so I took the hour long train ride into Penn Station where we met up to head uptown a bit to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We only had a few hours to run through the hundreds upon hundreds of pieces of art, but I'm really happy we did it and can definitely put it down as one of my favori...

France ~ 2008

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

It's about one year to-the-day since I was in France on holiday with my father. It is a trip of which I have such fond memories. One of them occurred within our first few days in Paris.

We had just landed and were standing on the bus on the tarmac, waiting to be shuttled to the terminal to get our bags, when this man walks on and stands, holding on to the pole, right in front of me.

He surely looked familiar, but I wasn't positive at first so I waited for him to turn around again. An...