Stay and hang with queers in Minneapolis

Loring Park is Minneapolis at its gentlest, a pond in the middle of town with the queer crowd spread out on the grass. Walk over the bridge to the Sculpture Garden, then follow the river to the Stone Arch Bridge for sunset over the falls. After dark, head down Hennepin Avenue to The Saloon, the gay bar that has kept the dance floor going for nearly fifty years.

At the end of June, Pride fills Loring Park and the parade passes right by The Saloon. Any other weekend, a lap around the lakes is the whole plan.