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"Opened at 5:30 AM Christmas morning. Great for me and others who work. Not so great for the Starbucks' workers who have to be here."

"Been coming here on holidays for over 30 years. I still remember the first trip out here."

"Home of the Jerome Turkey Co. now part of Jenny-o. My father-in- law was Mayor in the '70s. Check out the awesome Community Center w/ gym, pool, weight room, hot-tub, sauna, & theater."

"Great sliding hill on the SW corner of the park. Kids flock there every winter."

"My mom, Phebe Hanson, introduced the founders of Milkweed, Emily & Randy, to each other in my kitchen in the East Isles neighborhood."

"My mother was a founder of the Loft in an actual loft above Marley Russof's bookstore in Dinkytown. Many of the early meetings and parties the Loft held were at my house in East Isles."