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Ceremony

Semple Mansion

Cocktail Hour

Dinner & Dancing

After Party

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Day-after Brunch

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Our Wedding

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Prime City Location Rand Tower Hotel, Minneapolis, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, located in the city center, offers easy access to Target Field (13-minute walk), U.S. Bank Stadium (0.7 mi), and the Minnesota Orchestra (12-minute walk). Nearby attractions include Orpheum Theater Minneapolis (less than 0.6 mi) and St. Anthony Falls (17-minute walk). Comfortable Accommodations Rooms feature air-conditioning, private bathrooms, city views, and modern amenities such as streaming services, work desks, and soundproofing. Guests appreciate the room comfort and cleanliness. Dining and Leisure The modern restaurant serves American cuisine with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. Dinner and cocktails are available in a stylish ambiance. Additional facilities include a fitness center, bar, and free WiFi. Nearby Attractions Located 9.3 mi from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, the hotel is close to an ice-skating rink. Other nearby points of interest include Lake Harriet (5 mi) and Mall of America (11 mi).

Rand Tower Hotel , Minneapolis, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel

Prime Location Moxy Minneapolis Downtown in Minneapolis offers a central position with U.S. Bank Stadium a 3-minute walk away, Target Field 1.2 mi distant, and St. Anthony Falls a 7-minute stroll. The Minnesota Orchestra and Orpheum Theater Minneapolis are 1.2 mi from the hotel. Comfortable Accommodations Rooms feature private bathrooms with free WiFi, ensuring comfort and convenience. Guests enjoy amenities such as a fitness center, bar, and outdoor seating area. Convenient Services The hotel provides private and express check-in and check-out, a 24-hour front desk, and a elevator. Additional services include a 24-hour reception in English. Nearby Attractions Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is 9.9 mi away, and an ice-skating rink is in the surroundings.

Moxy Minneapolis Downtown

AC Hotel by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown is located in the Downtown West district in Minneapolis, 1640 feet from Target Field and 2.4 mi from US Bank Stadium. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Each room at this hotel is air conditioned and comes with a flat-screen smart TV with video-streaming services, including Netflix and Hulu. Some units feature a seating area for your convenience. You will find a 24-hour front desk at the property. A hotel restaurant and bar offer the guests freshly prepared meals on-site. The hotel is steps away from the Light Rail system, offering easy access to several city attractions, including the Mall of America. The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 7.5 mi from AC Hotel by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown.

AC Hotel by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown

Comfortable Accommodations Rooms feature air-conditioning, free WiFi, and modern amenities such as a work desk, sofa bed, and flat-screen TV. Family rooms and interconnected rooms cater to all guests. Dining and Leisure The modern restaurant serves American cuisine with vegetarian options. Guests can enjoy dinner and cocktails in a stylish setting. An indoor swimming pool, fitness center, and bar provide leisure activities. Prime Location Located in Minneapolis city center, the hotel is a short walk from Target Field and the Minnesota Orchestra. Nearby attractions include the Orpheum Theater and St. Anthony Falls. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is 9.3 mi away. Guest Services The hotel offers a 24-hour front desk, daily housekeeping, room service, and paid on-site private parking. Additional amenities include a business area, elevator, and paid on-site private parking.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown

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Why Minneapolis?

We really love it here.

Not because Minneapolis is some huge, world-famous city with a checklist of things you’re supposed to see. It’s more that everyday life here is just really good.The parks are a big part of why we love it here. Plus there are lakes all over the city, and they actually feel like they belong to everyone. They’re right in the middle of neighborhoods, easy to get to, and open for people to enjoy however they want. Since June 2026, we’ve been regularly sailing on Bde Mka Ska, just a 10 minute bike ride from our apartment.We also love that being outside here isn’t just a summer thing. Minneapolis really embraces winter instead of treating it as a season to get through. People keep using the parks, lakes, trails, and city all year, just in different ways. We’ve come to really appreciate that attitude toward winter — it makes the city feel alive even when it’s freezing, which it often isGetting around is its own part of why the city works so well for us. We bike places because it’s often genuinely the easiest way to get there, and between biking, walking, and transit, we can get to a lot of what we need without driving. After living here for a while, we ended up getting rid of our car altogether.Saint Paul is right next door, too. It has its own neighborhoods, restaurants, architecture, parks, and personality, but it’s easy to move between the two cities by bike or transit. We really do enjoy both cities (even though Minneapolis is definitely better).We’ve had so much fun exploring the food here. The Twin Cities are home to communities from all over the world, and that shows up in restaurants and dishes shaped by Hmong, Indigenous, Vietnamese, Mexican, East African, Scandinavian, and so many other cultures. There is always something new for us to try, and discovering all of it has been a really fun part of getting to know this place.Most of all we’ve been impressed by the kindness, courage, and resilience we’ve seen here.

Getting Around Minneapolis

Our biggest transportation recommendation: skip the rental car.Minneapolis is easy to explore without one, starting the moment you land. Light rail connects directly to the airport, and trains, buses, bus rapid transit, walking, biking, and rideshare can get you around the city from there. You can even take the train all the way to the Mall of America if that’s on your Minneapolis checklist.Public transit is also something we genuinely care about. We love that it makes cities more accessible, sustainable, and connected—and that it encourages us to experience a place alongside people whose lives may look different from our own. Getting outside our usual routines and comfort zones is part of what makes traveling somewhere new worthwhile.So if you’re able, we’d love for you to give Minneapolis without a car a try while you’re here. We think you may be surprised by how easy it is.

A small request from us: skip the rental carIf you’re visiting Minneapolis for the wedding, we’d love for you to experience the city without renting a car. You can take the light rail straight from the airport, and from there Minneapolis is well connected by trains, buses, bus rapid transit, walking, biking, and other options.This is more than a practical recommendation for us. Good public transit is something we care deeply about. It makes cities more accessible to people who can’t, don’t, or choose not to drive. It’s safer, better for the environment, and gives more people the freedom to move around their city independently.But one of our favorite things about transit is something a little less tangible: it puts us in the world with one another. Instead of moving through a city sealed inside our own cars, we share space with people whose lives may look completely different from ours. We notice our neighborhoods. We interact with strangers. Sometimes we have to get a little outside our comfort zones. We think there’s something really valuable—and really human—about that.At a time when it can feel especially easy to retreat into our own bubbles, we love the small reminder that a city belongs to all kinds of people, moving through it together.So, if you’re able, consider this our invitation to give it a try while you’re here. Leave the rental car behind, hop on the train or bus, and see Minneapolis the way we love to experience it. It would genuinely mean something to us.

We are providing transportation from downtown Minneapolis to and from the ceremony on the day of the wedding, so you won't need to worry about how to get there or where to park.

Transportation

Glumack Drive, Saint Paul, MN, USAhttps://www.mspairport.com/

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)

Follow signs at the airport for "Light Rail Transit" and take the Blue Line Light Rail all the way to Downtown Minneapolis.Download the Metro Transit app to purchase your ticket or day pass or use Tap To Pay with your phone wallet or a credit card when boarding the train.https://www.metrotransit.org/fares-passes/app/

Blue line to Downtown Minneapolis

The Twin Cities are well connected by public transit, with light rail and buses making it easy to get around Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the airport without a car.https://www.metrotransit.org/how-to/how-to-ride/

Metro Transit for getting around

Need a car for a few hours? Evie and HOURCAR are local car-sharing services that let you rent cars through an app. Evie is one-way, so you can pick up a car and leave it elsewhere in the service area, while HOURCAR vehicles are reserved and returned to the same location. Sign up in advance, as approval typically takes 1–3 days.https://hourcar.org/

Evie & HOURCAR

Moral of the story...You don't need to rent a car

Travel & Transport

A Note on Gifts

The main gift we’re asking of you is to come celebrate with us, which might involve traveling a long distance. For that reason, we are not making a registry, and we are not asking for cash instead.Of course, we understand that giving a gift can be a way people express love. If that is you—if giving us something would genuinely bring you joy—we will accept it wholeheartedly and with a lot of gratitude. And please do not think that a gift needs to be expensive, useful, or even something you can buy. We love to cook, for example, and a favorite family recipe would be a beautiful and generous gift. A letter, a story, or simply a memory would be something we would treasure.More than anything we want to celebrate our love with the people we love. The fact that the two of us made it here—to this life and to each other—is, in part, because of the people who have loved us, supported us, taught us things, made us laugh, invited us in, and shaped us along the way.