Prime Timers Minneapolis - St. Paul

9:00 AM - Saturday - Breakfast in Maple Grove
2021-02-06 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | The Original Pancake House, 6322 Vinewood Lane N, Maple Grove, MN, 55311, United States
Let’s meet up on Saturday February 6th at 9:00am at The Original Pancake House (6322 Vinewood Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55311, Phone: 763-383- 0888). This long-standing classic location for breakfasts never disappoints.

We MUST make reservations!
Maximum people to our party is 12 people – 6 per table.

Please RSVP by Thursday, February 4th with Ray by email here.
Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2021-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, United States
We have heard and have confirmed that the Longfellow Grille in Minneapolis has reopened. So circle Tuesday, February 9th on your calendar and join your fellow members at 1PM for a weekday lunch.
Longfellow Grille is located at 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis (at Lake Street & Mississippi River – MTC Route 21). Both on-street and off- street parking available.
We MUST make reservations! Maximum people to our party is 8 people. – 2 tables of 4.
Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

Please RSVP with Terry by 10 AM Tuesday, February 9th by email here.

10:00 AM - Saturday - Our Famous Saturday Breakfast
2021-02-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Saturday Feb. 13th 10:00AM
Bakers Square
2239 Ford Parkway
St. Paul 55116
MTC Routes 23, 74, and A-LINE
We MUST make reservations! Maximum people to our party is 16 people – 4 per table (2 tables and 2 booths). Please RSVP by NOON on Friday – February 12th.
Contact Terry by email here.
Wearing a FASK MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

8:55 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2021-02-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
Prime Timer’s MSP will have a breakfast meet up at Perkins, 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 9 AM.
Perkins Restaurant
8324 Lyndale Avenue
Bloomington, MN
Bus route 538

We MUST make reservations! Maximum people to our party is 8 people. – 2 tables of 4. Please RSVP by telephone or text by NOON Wednesday, February 17th.

Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

Questions contact Terry by email here.

2:00 PM - Thursday - Virtual Coffee at Wilde Cafe
2021-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Wilde Roast, 65 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Our Wilde Cafe discussion group is held monthly on Thursday from 2-4 PM at the Wilde Roast Café and will be held virtually.
For more information, Please contact by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-02-20 14:00 - 16:00
What: Swimming in the Dark
By: Tomasz Jedrowski
Host: Rick
Where: Zoom
When: Feb. 20 at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

“Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you’ll get a sense of

Jedrowski’s moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn
apart.” — O, The Oprah Magazine
“Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.” — Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of Communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on

opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of André Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst.
When university student Ludwik meets Janusz

at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon

becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-

consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks

in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.

Inhabiting a beautiful, natural world removed

from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive Communist and Catholic society,

the passion they share is utterly unthinkable. Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic

Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly coveted

government position. Ludwik is drawn toward

impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore

rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and

personal and political differences slowly begin

to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.

Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing

apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend

of romance, postwar politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and

intense, Tomasz Jedrowski’s indelible and

thought-provoking literary debut explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.

9:00AM - Saturday - Maple Grove Breakfast
2021-03-06 09:00 - 11:00 | The Original Pancake House, 6322 Vinewood Lane N, Maple Grove, MN, 55311, United States
Let’s meet up on Saturday March 6th at 9:00am at the The Original Pancake House (6322 Vinewood Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55311, Phone: 763-383-0888). This long- standing classic location for breakfasts never disappoints. From their website: “The Original Pancake House was voted by James Beard as one of the nation’s “Ten Best” breakfast restaurants in the category of “American’s Regional Classic Award.”

We MUST make reservations!
Maximum people to our party is 12 people – 6 per table.
Please RSVP by Thursday, March 4 with Ray by email here.

Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let's Do Lunch (ZOOM)
2021-03-09 11:30 - 13:00
The “Let’s Do Lunch” event is now Let’s Do Lunchbox”, a twice a month virtual event for seniors to connect over a delivered lunch and a
ZOOM meeting virtual conference. A separate email will be sent out prior to members once Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly has setup
the specific ZOOM meeting.
If you don’t have a computer or Smartphone, not to fear! Call Little Brothers and and they will get you set up!
Details to follow in the weekly email blast.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2021-03-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Elsie’s, 729 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Please join us for lunch on Tuesday, March 9th at 1 P.M. at ELSIE’S , 729 Marshall Street NE – Minneapolis. Choose either a sandwich, a full lunch, or a breakfast. There is free on and off- street parking.
Please contact us to reserve your place. Mask wearing before and after the meal required.
Please contact Terry by email here.
Reservations deadline is NOON on Monday, March 8th.
Hope to see you on Tuesday, March 9th.
MTC Route 11

10:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2021-03-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Saturday Mar. 13th 10:00AM
Bakers Square
2239 Ford Parkway
St. Paul 55116
We MUST make reservations! Maximum people to our party
is 16 people – 4 per table (2 tables and 2 booths). Please RSVP by NOON on Friday – March 12th
.
Contact Terry by email here.
MTC Routes 23, 74 and A-LINE
Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

8:55 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2021-03-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
The Weekday Breakfast returns to Perkins, Thursday March 18th @8:55am.
Bus route 538
We MUST make reservations!
2 tables of 6 / MAX = 12 persons.
Please RSVP by telephone or text by NOON Wednesday, March 17th
Questions contact Terry by email here.
Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

2:00 PM - Thursday - Virtual at Wilde Cafe
2021-03-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Wilde Roast, 65 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Our Wilde Cafe discussion group is held monthly on Thursday from 2-3 PM virtual on
For more details, Contact us by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-03-20 13:30 - 15:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: The Storm
By: Christopher Zyda
Host: Rick
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: March 20th at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
“Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his
harrowing fifteen-year journey in The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation, a heart-wrenching love story and coming-of-age tale during
the early years of the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles.
It all begins in early 1984, when Chris, a twenty-one year old UCLA English Literature major, risks ostracism when he comes out of the closet to his fraternity brothers just as the AIDS pandemic is beginning to explode in gay communities across the United States. Soon afterward, Chris meets and falls in love with Stephen, a graduate of Yale University and Law School, and the two of them build a life together as their friends start to fall sick and die from the spreading
storm of AIDS.
Stephen begins showing symptoms of AIDS in early 1986, and Chris faces a difficult choice as he is certain that he, too, eventually will be stricken by the disease. He abandons his writing career and attends the UCLA business school so that he can earn enough money to pay for healthcare during Stephen’s illness.”
Lambda Literary Review

11:30 AM - Friday - Let's Do Lunch
2021-03-26 11:30 - 13:00

9:00 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2021-04-01 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-04-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
Prime Timer’s MSP will have a breakfast meet up at Perkins, 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 9 AM.
Perkins Restaurant
8324 Lyndale Avenue
Bloomington, MN
Bus route 538
Questions contact Terry by email here.

We MUST make reservations! 2 tables of 6/Max = 12 people.
Please RSVP by telephone or text by NOON Wednesday, March 31st for the April 1st event and by Wednesday, April 14th for the April 15th event.

Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

9:00AM - Saturday - Maple Grove Breakfast
2021-04-03 09:00 - 11:00 | The Original Pancake House, 6322 Vinewood Lane N, Maple Grove, MN, 55311, United States
Let’s meet up on Saturday April 3rd at 9:00am at the The Original Pancake House (6322 Vinewood Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55311, Phone: 763-383-0888). This long- standing classic location for breakfasts never disappoints. From their website: “The Original Pancake House was voted by James Beard as one of the nation’s “Ten Best” breakfast restaurants in the category of “American’s Regional Classic Award.”

We MUST make reservations!
Maximum people to our party are 12 people – 6 per table.

Please RSVP by Thursday, April 1st with Ray by email here.

Wearing a FACE MASK is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

9:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2021-04-10 08:45 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Come join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul for our Breakfast Club. The group meets for breakfast on the second Saturday of every month at Bakers Square, so please join us!
The group meets at 9:00 AM. Baker’s Square is located at 2239 Ford Parkway (Highland Area of St. Paul – across from the previous Ford assembly plant, MTC # 23, 46, 74, and 84). We meet earlier because the restaurant fills up at 9 AM.
Come earlier and we will sit together. There is plenty of off- street parking, too. Arrive around 8:45, take a seat, and order from the menu as you like. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, perfect for greeting the day in the company of friends with that nice cup of coffee. Sparkling conversations (some bordering on the risqué), social fun, talking, discussion, jokes, laughter, and camaraderie characterize this event.
MTC Bus Route #23, 46, 74, and A-Line
We MUST make reservations! Maximum people to our party is 16 people – 4 per table (2 tables and 2 booths). Please RSVP by NOON on Friday April 9th. Contact Terry by by email here.
Wearing a face mask is required to enter (MN State Requirement) until the food arrives.

11:30 AM - Tuesday - Let’s Do Lunch Box
2021-04-13 11:30 - 13:30 | Zoom
11:30am – 1:30pm

The “Let’s Do Lunch” event is now “Let’s Do Lunch Box”, a twice a month virtual event for seniors to connect over a delivered lunch and a ZOOM meeting virtual conference. A separate email will be sent out prior to members once Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly has set up the specific ZOOM meeting.
If you don’t have a computer or Smartphone, not to fear! Call Dennis @ 612-746-0753 and they will get you set up!

2:00 PM - Thursday - Coffee at Wilde Cafe
2021-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Wilde Roast, 65 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The next meeting of the Wilde Roast group will be VIRTUAL via ZOOM on Thursday, April 15th from 2-3 pm.

Please contact us by email here for details and the ZOOM link.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: The Prophets
By: Robert Jones Jr.
Host: Rick
Where: Zoom
When: Apr. 17 at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Samuel and Isaiah are young slaves on a big cotton plantation “known by its rightful name: Empty,” and overseen by Paul Halifax and his wife, Ruth. The two slaves have been lovers for a while, stealing moments of tender passion in the hayloft of the barn where they care for farm animals. Other slaves know and don’t much care
that the two well-liked men are a couple. Amos, a slave-preacher who’s been tutored in the Bible by the pious, hypocritical Paul, decides to condemn Samuel and Isaiah to his flock. When Paul and his overseer find out, they devise a sadistic punishment for the lovers.”

— from Claude Peck’s review in the Star Tribune, Dec. 31, 2020

11:30 AM - Friday - Let's Do Lunch Box
2021-04-23 11:30 - 13:30 | Zoom

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch!
2021-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Taste of Scandinavia, 401 West 98th Street, Bloomington, MN, United States
On April 27th, we are heading South for a Weekday Lunch as we visit A Taste of Scandinavia Bakery & Cafe. It is located at 401 West 98th Street at Grand Avenue – Bloomington, MN
MTC routes 18E, 539, 535
Great dishes await and off-street parking near the door (remember the cafe shares the door with Jubilee Foods). So mark it down 1PM on Tuesday, April 27th.
To save a chair, please by email here by 10 AM that Tuesday.

9:00AM - Saturday - Maple Grove Breakfast
2021-05-01 09:00 - 11:00 | The Original Pancake House, 6322 Vinewood Lane N, Maple Grove, MN, 55311, United States
Let’s meet up on Saturday February 1st at 9:00am at the The Original Pancake House (6322 Vinewood Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55311, Phone: 763-383-0888). This long- standing classic location for breakfasts never disappoints. From their website: “The Original Pancake House was voted by James Beard as one of the nation’s “Ten Best” breakfast restaurants in the category of “American’s Regional Classic Award.”
Please RSVP with Ray by email here.

8:55 AM - Thursday - Weekday Breakfast
2021-05-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 8324 Lyndale Avenue, Bloomington, MN, 55420, United States
Prime Timer’s MSP will have a breakfast meet up at Perkins, 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 8:55 AM.
Perkins Restaurant
8324 Lyndale Avenue
Bloomington, MN
Bus route 538
RSVPs are required.
Questions contact Terry by email here.

9:00 AM - Our Famous 2nd Saturday Breakfast at Bakers Square
2021-05-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies, 2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Come join the Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul for our Breakfast Club. The group meets for breakfast on the second Saturday of every month at Bakers Square, so please join us!
The group meets at 8:45 AM. Baker’s Square is located at 2239 Ford Parkway (Highland Area of St. Paul – across from the previous Ford assembly plant, MTC # 23, 46, 74, and 84). We meet earlier because the restaurant fills up at 9 AM.
Come earlier and we will sit together. There is plenty of off- street parking, too. Arrive around 8:45, take a seat, and order from the menu as you like. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, perfect for greeting the day in the company of friends with that nice cup of coffee. Sparkling conversations (some bordering on the risqué), social fun, talking, discussion, jokes, laughter, and camaraderie characterize this event.
MTC Bus Route #23, 46, 74, and A-Line
RSVPS are required.
Contact us by email here.

1:15 PM - Saturday - Book Club
2021-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
What: Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi, and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life
By: edited by Vinnie Kinsella
Host: Rick
Where: Zoom
When: May 15 at 1:15 PM
Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.
Book Review:

Filled with tales about divorce, conversion therapy, misadventures in dating, overcoming, bigotry, and gender exploration, this collection paints a vivid pictureofgay,bisexual,and transgendermen experiencing their second coming of age.
Contact us by email here for the Zoom link.

2:00 PM - Sunday - Cribbage!
2021-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
We have started a new event! Cribbage!
It’s a fun sociable game, and it’s easy to learn. If you don’t know how to play, NO WORRIES!

Alan and others will be MORE THAN HAPPY to teach you. If you have a cribbage set, bring it along! Bring a dish or snack tray or beverage to share!
Location: Quatrefoil Library – 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis on the corner of Lake Street and 13th Avenue South. The library occupies a street level space in the Spirit on Lake Apartments
Contact Alan by email here with any questions.

1:00 PM - Tuesday - Weekday Lunch
2021-12-07 13:00 - 15:00
December’s Weekday Lunch will be held on Tuesday, December 7th at 1PM at Elsie’s located at 729 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis.
Plenty of both on and off-street parking is available. Food is good eating and home style with a fair price.
Please contact Terry by email here to reserve your chair at the table by Monday, December 6th. This is our last lunch in 2021.
I hope you can attend.
MTC Bus Route 11

2:00 PM - Thursday - Hill House Holiday Tour
2021-12-09 14:00 - 15:00 | James J Hill House, 240 Summit Avenew, St. Paul, MN, United States
Take a fascinating glimpse into a transformational time in history and hear stories that bring this 1891 house to life.

Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
Contact Bo by email here with any questions and reservation confirmation.
