It's down by Diamond 3—right where you left it in Powderhorn Park during May Day yesterday!

I grew up in a place where playgrounds often consisted of one rusty set of board swings in a treeless field, where the wind would cut you in half.

But in my dreams was this.

Amanda shows off her bike (among bikes) before commuting to work downtown. We are so biker chic in PoHo. Our pedal-friendly 'hood (so close to the Greenway), and our strong quads are evidence as to why Minneapolis finally ousted Portland this year as the Number One "Best Bicycling City" in America. [http://www.bicycling.com/topbikefriendlycities/slide2.html].

Nick, a foreman for Minneapolis Public Works, supervises a road repair crew as they fill potholes along 31st Street, between Bloomington and 11th. As we (and our car suspensions) know, PoHo potholes grew to sinkhole sizes during this "freeze-thaw" winter. The city responded by nearly doubling the number of crews citywide. (There's usually six; the city has ordered up 10.) They'll be patching our street craters for the next three weeks, so cancel that class action lawsuit you and your neighbors have planned and instead give a salute, shout, or hug (if it seems appropriate) to your city's workers. And send in your tax forms in this week.