A Note from our President –

The colors have reached their peak and are fading fast. I hate to think that winter is right around the corner! Always sad to see fall come to an abrupt end. So, get out of the house this month for some fun with The Wanderers!

Halloween Recovery Potluck Happy Hour—share great appetizer recipes

Needlecrafters—meet to knit, crochet, or work on a craft project

Lunch Bunch—be sure to try the fantastic lemon ricotta pancakes Hell’s Kitchen

Games People Play—there’ll be fun and laughs at Elaine’s condo

Coffee Break—join us at Taste of Scandinaviain Bloomington

Night-Time Book Talk—discuss “The Woman Next Door”  

Flicks & Fun—see a movie and enjoy Happy Hour afterward

Holiday Cookie Exchange—bakers and non-bakers welcome

Live TV Studio Audience Outing—attend a Twin Cities Live show

We’ve already made fun plans for December.  See below for details and RSVP ASAP!

 

See you there!         Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

ACTIVITIES

           

HALLOWEEN RECOVERY HAPPY HOUR POTLUCK: Thursday, November 1st, 4:00-7:00PM—Friendship Village– Sunroom     

100 Highwood Drive, Bloomington

Recover from Halloween, relax with friends, and pick up some new recipes to serve during the holiday season at our Potluck Happy Hour.  Bring a favorite appetizer to share, a copy of the recipeand your choice of beverage. Really like a particular appetizer? Take a picture of the recipe or copy it to keep for your own use.

Note: No kitchen or microwave is available, so if you have a hot appetizer to share, please bring a warming tray, crockpot or the like.  Coffee, tea, water and some soft drinks will be available.

RSVP by Friday, October 26th, to KarnieM@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

NEEDLECRAFTERS: Mondays, November 12^th& 26th, 1:30PM—Patisserie Margo

4510 Valley View Road, Edina

Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, do bead work or any other portable craft?  Or, would you like to learn? If so, please join us on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 1:30 at Margo’s Patisserie, 4510 Valley View Road, Edina. Enjoy coffee, bakery treats, food, and great conversation.  Just show up!

 

WALKERS: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30AM—Southdale Center

Need motivation to get out and move before the holidays begin? Join us for an hour (3 laps) of walking inside Southdale–or as much as your schedule and legs allow. Gather at the bench outside Jimmy John’s just inside Hennepin County Service Center entrance on the East side of Southdale.  Just come!

 

LUNCH BUNCH:Tuesday, November 6th, 11:15AM Departure—Hell’s Kitchen

80 S 9th St, Minneapolis, just a half block off Nicollet Mall

Hell’s Kitchen is a fiercely independent, award-winning restaurant.  Their cheeky underground lair features locally sourced and uniquely inspired American-style cooking plus a vibrant bar with local craft beers, wines and cocktails. Carpooling is suggested as there is a fee for parking.

A carpool will leave at 11:15AM from Perkins Restaurant at Hwy.100/50^th. Or meet us there at 11:45. Email Sally@TheWanderersMSP.orgif you wish to participate and are willing to drive.

RSVP by Sunday, November 4th to JudyS@TheWanderersMSP.orgor CarmellaA@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY:  Monday, November 12th, 7:00PM—at the home of a member

9700 Portland Ave., Bloomington

There’ll be lots of fun to be had. Please bring a game and a snack, dessert or bottle of wine to share.

RSVP by  Saturday, November 10^th to ElaineK@TheWanderersMSP.org

Directions:  #494 east to Portland Ave. exit.  Turn RIGHT (S) and follow to 98^thStreet. Complex is on your RIGHT at NW corner of 98^th/Portland.

 

COFFEE BREAK: Wednesday, November 14th, 10:00AM—Taste of Scandinavia 

401 W 98th Street, Oxboro Center, Bloomington 

Taste of Scandinaviais special to many as we enter the holiday season. Try something authentically Scandinavian from the menu.

RSVP by Tuesday, November 13th to GailS@TheWanderersMSP.org

Directions: Hwy 35W South to 98th Street exit. Turn LEFT (E) to Lyndale to Oxboro Center

 

NIGHT-TIME BOOK TALK:Monday, November 19th, 7:00PM—Lunds & Byerly’s Mezz

The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

Hortensia and Marion are neighbors. One’s black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, and are living with questions, disappointments, and secrets that have brought them shame. And each has something that the woman next door deeply desires. Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility. But, one day, an unexpected event forces them together. As the physical barriers between them collapse, their bickering gradually softens into conversation, and the two discover common ground. But are these sparks of connection enough to ignite a friendship, or is it too late to expect these women to change.

Beverages at happy hour prices are available until 7:00PM.  Feel free to bring food or snacks up from the store.  Please come even if you haven’t read the book.
RSVP by Saturday, November 17th Sara5217@aol.com

 

FLICKS & FUN: Tuesday, November 20th, Afternoon Showing

A movie selection and location will be announced as we get closer to the date. Please contact Lynn Johnson with your suggestions for a movie or a happy hour location.

RSVP by Sunday, November 18th to LynnJ@TheWanderersMSP.org

  

HOLIDAY COOKIE EXCHANGE:  Wednesday, November 28th, 2:00PM—at a Member’s Home

Non-bakers welcome. Enjoy a cup of hot wild rice soup and a couple cookies for a late lunch. To participate in the exchange, please bring a dozen cookies to exchange and one-half dozen to share.

RSVP by Wednesday, November 21st to MaryH@TheWanderersMSP.org so she can announce how many cookies the bakers need to bake.

 

LIVE TV STUDIO AUDIENCE OUTING:Friday, November 30, 1:30PM Departure—Twin Cities Live

3415 University Ave. SE, St. Paul, MN 55114

Let’s be studio audience participants with Steve and Elizabeth on their popular 90-minute show. We will learn how to have fun with family, about great local restaurants and businesses, and hear stories about real people in Minnesota!  Enjoy refreshments at the studio and be “prepped” as to how to participate.

Afterward we will go to PHO 79 for Happy Hour/Dinner.  This Vietnamese/Chinese restaurant was rated “the Best in the MSP magazine!”  We should be back to Edina by 7PM.

A carpool will leave Edina 1:30PM. Or meet us there at 1:45

LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS

RSVP by Friday, November 16th to AnneS@TheWanderersMSP.org  Indicate if you plan to carpool and are willing to drive.

 

 

COMING UP

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December is a busy month.  Here’s what’s coming up with The Wanderers.  Make plans to celebrate the season with us and mark your calendar now!

HOLIDAY LUNCHEON:Tuesday, December 4^th, 11:30AM

The restaurant will be announced as we get closer to the date.

RSVP by Saturday, December 1^sttoJudyS@TheWanderersMSP.orgor CarmellaA@TheWanderersMSP.org 

 

CHRISTMAS COFFEE BREAK:  Wednesday, December 12th, 10:00AM—at a Member’s Home

The tree will be decorated and the Dickens houses lit. Please bring a favorite Xmas treat to share.

RSVP by Sunday, December 9^thto Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

BOOKS & BOOZE: Tuesday, December 18^th,  3:30PM—Cahill Bistro

7078 Amundson Ave, Edina, MN 55439, (952) 426-4196  (70^th at Cahill)

Winteringby Peter Geye

Winner of the MN Book Award, this highly acclaimed novelist gives us a love story that spans sixty years, generations’ worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed. The two principal stories at play are bound together when the elderly, demented Harry Eide escapes his sickbed and vanishes into the northernmost wilderness surrounding Gunflint, Minnesota—instantly changing many lives forever. He’d done this before, thirty years earlier in 1963, fleeing a crumbling marriage and bringing along his eighteen-year-old son, pitching this audacious, potentially fatal scheme—winter already coming on.

LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS—WITH A WAITING LIST IN CASE OF CANCELLATIONS.

RSVP by Saturday, December 15^thto AnneS@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

NIGHT-TIME BOOK TALK: Monday, January 21st, 7:00PM—Lunds & Byerly’s Mezz

The Last Mileby David Baldacci

Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row. He was one of America’s most promising football stars until at age twenty, he was convicted of the murder of his parents, just as he was about to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL. When Amos Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone confessed to the killings, he persuades his boss to allow him to carry out an investigation into the Mars murders.

 

A Note from our President –

Wow, what a September! We’ve been blessed with lots of summery days—but we’re holding our breath for fall to arrive. Come along with us and enjoy our Minnesota autumn, along with all the “colorful” and fun activities we have planned:

Lunch Bunch—Tuesday, October 2^nd, Emma Krumbee’s in Belle Plaine

Needleworkers—Monday, October 8^th, Needle & Skein

Coffee Break—Wednesday, October 10^th, Caribou Coffee

Fllicks & Fun—Tuesday, October 16^th, Edina Theater

Museum Tour—Monday, October 15^th, Bell Museum & Stout’s Pub & Grill

Books & Booze—Tuesday, October 23^rd, Cahill Bistro

Game Night—Monday, October 29^th, Richfield American Legion

See you there!         Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org

OCTOBER ACTIVITIES

WALKERS: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30AM—Southdale Center

Need motivation to get out, move, now that it’s colder? Join us for an hour (3 laps) of walking inside Southdale—or as much as your schedule and legs allow. Gather at the bench outside Jimmy John’s.  Located just inside Hennepin County Service Center entrance on the East side of Southdale.  Just come!

 

LUNCH BUNCH:Tuesday, October 2^nd, 11:15AM Departure— Emma Krumbee’s

311 Enterprise Drive, Belle Plaine

Tap into your spirit of adventure and join us for a beautiful drive to Belle Plaine. Fall is a great time to visit an apple orchard.

A carpool will leave at 11:15AM from the front of Target at Eden Prairie Mall. Please indicate if you wish to carpool if you’d will be willing to drive. Or, meet us there at noon.  It’s a straight shot down 169, just under 40 miles.

RSVP by Sunday, September 30^thto JudyS@TheWanderersMPS.org

 

NEEDLECRAFTERS: Monday, October 8^th12:30PM–Needle and Skein

5814 Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park. After we visit the yarn shop, we will have lunch at Panera in St. Louis Park. Plans are in the works for visits to:  StevenBe Yarn in Minneapolis; Black Cat Farmstead, a farm, yarn shop and gallery near Stockholm, Wisconsin; and The Picket Fence, needlepoint shop in Edina.

RSVP by Thursday October 4th to Sara5217@aol.com 

 

COFFEE BREAK:   Wednesday, October 10^th, 10:00AM – Caribou Coffee 

7101 France Avenue, Edina.

High quality coffee and food, delicious breakfast sandwiches and no worries about getting in the highway construction chaos!

RSVP by Tuesday, October 9^thto GailS@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

MUSEUM TOUR: Monday, October 15^th, 11:30AM Departure—Lunch/Tour of the “new” Bell Museum

Stout’s—1611 Larpenteur Avenue, W, Falcon Heights

Museum—2088 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113

The Wanders are going on a journey through space and time at the “New” Bell Museum. We’ll explore connections between nature and the universe.  On this 70-minute interpreted tour of the Bell Museum’s galleries, we’ll take a deep dive into the technology of space exploration and the diversity of life through the lens of their world-renown dioramas.   After the tour, explore other areas in the museum including the Touch and See room, temporary exhibit galleries. and the outdoor learning landscape.

Before the tour we’ll go to Stout’s Pub & Grill, 1611 Larpenteur Avenue, W, Falcon Heights – a fun, unassuming, awesome local pub with great food.  See their menu at stoutspub.com.

We’ll return to Edina about 4PM depending on traffic.

Tour Cost is $14 per person – and must be paid by Thursday, September 27^th

 

FLICKS & FUN: Tuesday, October 16^th, 1:50PM–Edina Landmark Theater/Salut Bar

50^th/France

“Colette” is scheduled to show at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16^that the Edina Landmark Theater. Meet in the lobby at 1:50 so we can walk in together.

Synopsis: Colette (Keira Knightley) marries a successful writer who pushes her to write a novel under his name. When she writes a bestseller about a witty country girl named Claudine, Colette and her husband become the talk of Paris, and she writes additional Claudine novels. Claudine’shuge success leads to a fight over creative ownership and gender roles. The film is based on a true story.  We’ll meet at Salut for Happy Hour and discussion.

RSVP by Monday, October 15^thto LynnJ@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

NEEDLEWORKERS: Monday, October 22^nd, 1:30PM—Patisserie Margo

4510 Valley View Road, Edina

Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, do bead work or another portable craft?  Or would you like to learn? If so, please join us.  We now meet on the second and fourth Monday of the month. Enjoy coffee, bakery treats, food, and great conversation. If you have questions contact Sara5217@aol.com 

 

BOOKS & BOOZE:  Tuesday, October 23^rd, 3:30PM—Cahill Bistro

7078 Amundson Ave, Edina, MN 55439, (952) 426-4196  (70^th at Cahill)

Digging to Americaby Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after thirty-five years in this country must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.”
Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport—the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian American wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate with an “arrival party,” an event that is repeated every year as the two families become more deeply intertwined.

RSVP by Saturday, October 20^thto AnneS@TheWanderersMSP.org

  

GAME NIGHT: Monday, October 29th, 5:00-7:30PM—Take a Chance at the Legion

Richfield American Legion, 6501 Portland Ave., Richfield    612-866-3647

This place is a hoot! Meet us for an unforgettable evening of food, cheap drinks and entertainment: Happy Hour (5-6PM), Dinner and the Meat Raffle (5-7PM). free BARGO (Bingo) 5-7:30PM and Live Music 7:30PM. Show up anytime between 5-7PM to partake in any or all of the above (no membership or fees required). The meat raffle: a quintessential Minnesotan bar tradition that plays out every night of the week in one working-class neighborhood’s watering hole or another. Though its origins are unknown, its existence is as homegrown as tater tot hot dish. Once only found in rural areas, they are now happening all over the metro area, from dive bars to hipster haunts. Buy a ticket for a dollar — the proceeds go to charity — and get a chance to win a big, shrink-wrapped package of raw, pink flesh.

RSVP by Saturday, October 27^th to Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org

Directions:Hwy. 62 East to Portland Ave. exit.  Turn RIGHT (S) to Legion on left. WE MEET IN THE DINING ROOM—ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS YOU ENTER.

 

COMING UP

NOTE THAT SOME RSVPSs ARE DUE IN OCTOBER!

(HALLOWEEN RECOVERY) POTLUCK HAPPY HOUR: Thursday, November 1^st—4:00-7:00PM—Friendship Village

Friendship Village Bloomington – Sunroom     8100 Highwood Drive, Bloomington, MN

Recover from Halloween, relax with friends, old and new, and pick up some new recipes to serve during the holiday season at our Potluck Happy Hour.  Bring a favorite appetizer to share, a copy of the recipe, and your choice of beverage. Really like a particular appetizer? Take a picture of the recipe or copy it to keep for your own use.

Notes: No kitchen or microwave is available , so if you have a hot appetizer to share, please bring either a warming tray, crockpot or the like.  Coffee, tea, water, and some soft drinks will be available.

RSVP by Friday, October 26th to Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org

 

THEATRE OUTING:  Thursday, November 8^th, 11:30AM—Lunch & Radio Gals at Masonic Theater

11411 Masonic Home Drive, Bloomington

Set in the 1920’s when radio ruled the airwaves and small stations thrived, Radio Galsis a charming musical about Hazel Hunt from Cedar Ridge, Arkansas, who broadcasts from her front parlor with her “all-girl” orchestra, “The Hazelnuts”. What comes over the local airwaves is an array of hilarious, toe-tapping songs. However, Hazel’s broadcasts are not always so local due to her habit of impinging on other frequencies, like NBC, attracting the attention of a federal radio inspector who’s intent on shutting her down. It turns out he has a fine tenor voice, plays a mean accordion and quickly becomes enchanted by the “Hazelnuts”.  From the creators of Pump Boys and Dinettes.    Price:  $45 Lunch and Show (11:30AM)    $25 Show Only  (1:00PM)

Menu:  Pork Chops & Stuffing in a Mushroom Cream Sauce

Scalloped Potatoes and Vegetable du jour

Cold Salad – Chef’s Choice

Dinner Rolls, Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Hot Tea

Dessert – Chef’s Choice (Slice of Cake, Pie or Torte)

Special dietary meals available by request (please notify us in advance)

RSVP by Thursday, October 18^th, with your check.  Contact Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org for instructions

Directions:  South on Hwy. 100 to Masonic Home Drive.  Circle past the main entrance and turn RIGHT on Masonic Home Dr. Parking and Theatre are in the rear of the main building.

 

NIGHT-TIME BOOK TALK:Monday, November 19, 7:00PM—Lunds & Byerly’s Mezz

France Ave. at Hazelton Road, Edina

The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors. One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, and are living with questions, disappointments, and secrets that have brought them shame. And each has something that the woman next door deeply desires. Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility. But, one day, an unexpected event forces them together. As the physical barriers between them collapse, their bickering gradually softens into conversation and, gradually, the two discover common ground. But are these sparks of connection enough to ignite a friendship, or is it too late to expect these women to change.

Beverages at happy hour prices are available until 7:00PM.  Feel free to bring food or snacks up from the store.   Please come even if you haven’t read the book.

 

HOLIDAY COOKIE EXCHANGE: Wednesday, November 28^th, 2:00PM—at the home of a Member

Non-bakers welcome. Enjoy a cup of hot wild rice soup and a couple cookies for a late lunch. If you want to participate in the exchange, please bring a dozen to exchange and one-half dozen to share.

RSVP by Wednesday November 21^st to Sally@TheWanderersMSP.org so she can announce how many cookies the bakers need to bake.

 

BOOKS & BOOZE: December2018—Wintering by Peter Geye

Winner of the MN Book Award, this highly acclaimed novelist gives us a true epic: a love story that spans sixty years, generations’ worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed. The two principal stories at play are bound together when the elderly, demented Harry Eide escapes his sickbed and vanishes into the forbidding, northernmost wilderness surrounding Gunflint, Minnesota—instantly changing the Eide family, and many other lives, forever. He’d done this before, thirty years earlier in 1963, fleeing a crumbling marriage and bringing along his eighteen-year-old son, pitching this audacious, potentially fatal scheme—winter already coming on.