September Has Entered the Chat
Your Minneapolis guide to calendars, caffeine & getting back in the groove.
Get It Together
Summer let us wing it.
September has plans.
Work picks up. School is back. Activities restart. Appointments multiply. And that thing you agreed to three weeks ago? It's apparently this Thursday.
You don't need a whole new system.
You need 10 minutes and a planner.
The Sunday Reset
- Look Ahead
What’s actually happening this week?
- Pick Your Three
What really needs to get done?
- Do Tomorrow Tonight
Work bag, gym bag, backpack—whatever has to leave with you tomorrow, put it by the door.
Keys. Chargers. Water bottles. Permission slips, if those are part of your life. Maybe even shoes.
Ten minutes now. Fewer “Where is my ___?” moments later.
Your Lunch. Or the Whole Office.
Need an easy lunch? Feeding a meeting? Trying to make everyone's day a little better?
Hen House Boxed Lunches are packed and ready to go, with plenty of options for every kind of lunch person.
- Classic Sandwiches
- Loaded Wraps
- Veggie Favorites
- Chicken, Tuna & Egg Salad
- Chips, Cookies & Fruit
Pick yours up. Have it delivered. Or send this to your office lunch hero and let them take the hint.
Lunch just got better.
See Boxed LunchesThe 2 P.M. Plan
Power through.
Morning meeting. Errand run. School drop-off. Deadline. Or that very specific afternoon moment when your brain clocks out before you do.
Meet the Hen House Protein Coffee lineup.
- Chai Protein LatteSpiced + powered up.
- Vanilla Protein LatteA classic with benefits.
- Iced Protein MatchaGreen means go.
- Iced Coffee + Vanilla Protein Cold CreamThe afternoon rescue mission.
Sit Less. While You Still Can.
We're all sitting more again—at desks, in cars, in meetings and, for some of us, at homework tables trying to remember fifth-grade math.
Before dinner and tomorrow's prep take over, steal 30 minutes outside.
- Walk around the lake.
- Bike the neighborhood.
- Hit a favorite trail.
- Take the dog somewhere besides the backyard.
- If you have kids, let them burn off the school day while you burn off yours.
Shoes on. Phones down. Go outside.
Go Find Fall
One tree turns orange... and suddenly we're all professional leaf forecasters.
“I think peak is going to be early this year.”
Sure, Dave.
Luckily, Minneapolis gives us plenty of places to investigate.
Theodore Wirth Park
Woods, trails and lakes without leaving Minneapolis.
Minnehaha Falls
A classic for a reason.
East & West River Parkway
Walk it. Bike it. Or drive with the windows cracked.
Boom Island Park
Leaves + river + skyline + room to roam.
Loring Park
For when your calendar allows exactly 37 minutes of fall.
Check the Minnesota DNR Fall Color Finder. Fall color doesn't happen everywhere at once.
Why We Love September
September might be Minnesota's best in-between.
Summer hasn't completely left. Fall is starting to show off.
Work gets back into rhythm. School buses are back on the streets. The calendar fills up.
And suddenly we're trading lake weekends for leaf chasing and winging it for a little more routine.
It's busy.
But it's a pretty great kind of busy.
So fill the planner. Get the work done. Then leave a little room for the good stuff.
Work hard. Eat well. Go see the leaves.
— The Hen House Flock
