Rebeccah Parks Photography- Minneapolis Photographer

This month I wanted to get out and about and focus on one of the best parts of the Twin Cities- our public transportation! We have a Light Rail train line that runs in between Downtown Minneapolis, Downtown St. Paul, the MSP Airport and the Mall of America. There is also our North Star train line, which goes all the way from Big Lake in the north to Minneapolis- an almost 60 miles trip.

In addition to our trains, we have an extremely robust bus system with eco-friendly green buses, bike stations for use throughout the city and cars for rent by the hour. You really don’t need a personal car in the Twin Cities! Although, I have to admit I do have a car; but it’s a hybrid- so I feel like that has to count for something!

Come visit my city! Fly into MSP, take the train Downtown to your hotel, take a bus to Uptown for yummy eats and hop on a bike to do the rounds on the Lakes. While you’re here, give me a ring and we can meet up for some photos 🙂

Included in this month’s blog are photos from Metro Transit, Hour Car and Nice Ride MN.

Now head on over to Pics and Papers from the lovely Stacy to see what’s new in her town!

Month: May, 2014

Location: Anoka, Minnesota

Back again and this month the Minnesota snow is finally gone- yay! I had a session in Downtown Anoka and as I was waiting for the client to show up, I realized that there are so many awesome spots right there that I should do a Where We Live blog post on good ol’ Anoka, but seeing as Anoka has a ton of things that I could get carried away with, I decided to focus on one of my favorite things: places to eat!

Anoka, Halloween Capital of the World (no really, Google it) sits just north of the Mississippi River and was founded in 1844. Many of the original Downtown area still remains and the brick buildings have been turned into coffee shops, restaurants, bakeries and ice cream parlors. I highly recommend Avant Garden’s vanilla breve, the Chocolate Nirvana from Truffles & Tortes and a glazed Texas donut from Han’s Bakery!

Photographed in this month’s blog post are:

Two Scoops Ice Cream, Truffles and Tortes Desserts Cafe, Sweet River Candy Shop, Avant Garden Espresso Bar, Serum’s Goodtime Emporium & Wings, Pizza Man Anoka and the historic and iconic Han’s Bakery.

Head on over to Christa Paustenbaugh Photography to see the next post in this month’s fabulous circle!

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Stacey Carpenter - Wow! That is a lot of snow! This former Floridian has only ever seen 7 inches of the stuff. I’m sure you are going to enjoy spring that much more!ReplyCancel
Kelley K - I do not envy you, having that much snow on the ground still in April! It’s been in the 50’s and 60’s in Atlanta much of the Spring and we’ve all been complaining about how cold it is here. And that last picture is so dramatic – love it.ReplyCancel
WHERE WE LIVE: APRIL 2014 | SHEILA CLAPPERTON PHOTOGRAPHY » Sheila Clapperton Photography in Gaeta & Formia, Italy — serving all of your photography needs! - […] international ladies are in this group….and many are from the homeland of the USA!….click here to go to the next photographer’s blog post to take a little trip around the world. Next up in the blog circle: Rebeccah Parks Photography of […]ReplyCancel
Asheley - Hoping that spring arrives for you soon. I enjoyed these images, and the macro at the end is my favorite.ReplyCancel
Paige Wilks - Oh Rebeccah, Your images so perfectly convey being trapped inside and longing for spring. They are so so beautiful, but I know you want to see GREEN! P.S. My favorite is of your daughter in the window. 😀ReplyCancel
Sheila - BRRRRRRRR!!!!! So glad your thaw has started….well, supposedly…. Wonderful images of a winter wonderland!ReplyCancel
Melinda Meredith - As a native Texan, I can not imagine living with this much snow. You have captured it beautifully!ReplyCancel
Faye - Oh I’ve been there…used to live in Farmington. I know MN winters. It’s a winter wonderland. Can not wait to see your MN spring!ReplyCancel
JAYNE - I have to tell you Rebeccah, all I could think whilst scrolling through your images was ‘wow, what an amazing place to live!’ Snow like this is such a foreign concept to most Australians – so please know that your suffering through such a cold, snowy season and the resulting images is appreciated by me 🙂ReplyCancel
Christa P. - Oh that last photo needs to be blown up and framed! I know you all have had a VERY rough winter, but these are beautiful images!ReplyCancel
Samantha - Oh, this looks familiar to me! We have also had the world’s longest winter here. It finally melted this past week, and today we got another dump of it. Love that last image!ReplyCancel
Jen Reynolds - Seeing how much snow you still have in Minnesota makes me appreciate that Winter seems to be over where I live a little bit more. Hopefully spring will soon arrive for you. And that gnarled hand of winter is really kind of creepy- straight out of a Grimms fairy tale, the scary, original, non-disneyfied versions.ReplyCancel
Where We Live Blog Circle-May_Minnesota Photographer | Rebeccah Parks Photography | Minneapolis Newborn, Child, Family and Maternity Photographer - […] again and this month the Minnesota snow is finally gone- yay! I had a session in Downtown Anoka and as I was waiting for the client to show […]ReplyCancel