“What do you mean you’ve never seen the giant spoon with a cherry on it?!,” I exclaimed to B as we sat around my grandparents dining room table, nursing coffee on a quiet Saturday morning.
“I haven’t either,” my grandmother chimed in from the kitchen.
Incredulous, I knew we had our plan for the day: off to the Walker Art Center we would go, to see Minnesota’s most famous (infamous?) piece of art: Spoonbridge and Cherry.
Luckily, our timing couldn’t have been better: it was one of those perfect bright blue sky Minnesota days. We ambled up to the giant spoon (which was actually smaller than I remember it) & marveled at the many visitors taking Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-esque photos (pretending to bite the cherry, hold the cherry, flick the cherry).
We walked around the rest of the 11-acre garden, marveling at the various pieces of (giant-sized) modern sculpture & wondering more than once “how is that art?” (to each his own, we determined). B & I climbed up the stairs to the pedestrian overpass, which provided a nice bird’s eye view of the sculpture garden.
Admission to the sculpture garden is free & strolling along the hedge-lined paths almost feels like wandering through the Luxembourg Gardens. If you happen to be in Minneapolis on a beautiful day, it’s a great way to spend the afternoon.
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