Lake Calhoun

My husband left this morning. After I dropped him at the airport I went exploring.  A woman in my roundtable mentioned Lake Calhoun. 

Lake Calhoun is one of Minneapolis' largest lake, and Minneapolis' most popular. Lake Calhoun is immediately west of the fashionable Uptown neighborhood, and as such, is popular with the beautiful people and the cool kids, fitness enthusiasts, hipster families, and those who love people watching.
(According to http://minneapolis.about.com/od/lifestyles/a/Lake-Calhoun-What-Is-There-To-See-And-Do-At-Lake-Calhoun.htm). 

I dropped off my husband then hit the lake.  It's a 5k and it took me about less than an hour to walk it.  And, there were tons of people around.   Of course, it reminded me of walking the LSU lakes and all the people attracted to it.  The main difference was the weather was lovely.  The lake even had ice on it and I appreciated the chilled air on my brisk walk.

After the lake, I went to a few of the parks and walked around.  The opening session of the conference didn't start until noon, so I had some time.   I really wanted to see how they varied.  Which ones had the most people?  Why?  What were some of the things that drew people to them?  I keep thinking about infrastructure.  If you were to build it, what would you build? 

Anyway, I enjoyed my morning walk with the locals around their beautiful lake.