The Nicollet Farmer's market is a great mid-day get away downtown on Thursdays...great produce and even better flowers and music. Last time I was down there, the Native American band playing outside of Neiman Marcus was fantstic (I've also seen them playing at the Lyndale market as well on saturdays.)
If you work downtown and your wife or girlfriend doesn't get fresh flowers on Thursdays during the months the market is going on, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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