This week has been very refreshing.

We've been gaining two minutes of daylight every day and it has finally gotten to the point where I see slight amounts of daylight during my commute. In the morning it only ends up amounting to a little bit of light in the east as I get off of the bus. But in the evening almost my whole walk to the bus is in actual light. Sure the whole ride is still in the dark, but still - I see some actual light. Every single day! It's very exciting!

It also means as I cross the skyway between the downtown commons and Block E, I can actually see out the windows. As in this example, I can actually see the Grain Belt Beer sign that's by the Hennepin Ave. bridge.

Ah daylight. Very encouraging.

Watercolors in the Sky

One of the coolest things about skyscrapers with mirrored exteriors is how they reflect off of one another when it's sunny. They start to look like watercolor paintings on each other's sides. It's so cool. I caught a good shot of this one this afternoon from one of the print rooms in the office. I like how the building itself is so geometrical and the reflection gets all warped and watery. It makes downtown look almost dreamy.

Downtown Minneapolis

My current temp job is completely hourly and, obviously, doesn't include holiday pay. So over Christmas and New Years I put in some crazy amounts of hours to try to milk as much pay from this assignment as possible. A couple of nights I was at the office until 8 or later. The nice thing is this city is beautiful at night. There's an empty office right behind my cube that has a great view of the old Minneapolis courthouse. The Pillsbury building/sign and the Hennepin Ave. bridge (which I cross to get to and from work everyday) can also be seen further in the distance.

The old courthouse is one of my favorite buildings of all time. It's just so beautiful and I love having this great view of it everyday. And like I said, the city just gets that much prettier at night.