Comments on: Run Minneapolis: Xerxes & Washburn Aves N

By: Matthew Bribitzer-Stull

Matthew Bribitzer-Stull — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:07:55 +0000

Dear Ed – you’ve never met me, but I was the home owner out picking up leaves in my yard before my open house. A friend noticed this on your blog and sent me a link. If you don’t mind some shameless self-promotion, I can tell you that my husband and I are both runners and have loved living on the parkway for the past 7.5 years. Being able to run to the Mississippi, Theodore Wirth Park, Crystal Lake, and the Minneapolis chain of lakes (Harriet, Calhoun, etc) has been one of the best aspects of our location. If any of your readers are runners looking for a house, it’s for sale and our website is http://www.3954xerxes.com.

By: MeganG.

MeganG. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:45:25 +0000

Nathan is right – it’s the home of Carl Eller, although I’m not sure if he is a purple people eater or not, but that’s his home. Ed, that area that Carl’s home is in, big old estate homes, it’s sometimes called the Poorman’s Kenwood. I was just there door knocking the other day – if I had known you were running here I would have given you a stack of campaign lit to drop – ooppsss, I wonder if your anti-campaing lit, too, like phonebooks? LOL. Nice blogging, Ed.

By: Nathan Campeau

Nathan Campeau — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:22:18 +0000

I’m not sure, but I think I read someplace that a former Viking from the 1970′s Purple People Eaters lives in the house with the sculptures. Great day for a run! I love that area. Just watch out for flooding.