Sip dessert
Like cake? Order the off-menu Tres Leches martini at Masa (1070 Nicollet Mall Mpls, 612-338-6272). The concoction is based on vanilla bean-infused tequila and topped with fresh lime zest. No fork required.

Monique Lhuillier
Spring is coming! Prepare with the garden-inspired layers of Monique Lhuillier's spring 2011 collection available during a trunk show at the Flagship Salon (3928 west 50th St, Edina, 612-929-0747, through Saturday, appointments requested).

Accessorize
Live, from Minneapolis...It's Thursday night! So get out to Picky Girl (6 to 9 p.m., 949 Grand Av, St. Paul, 651-698-4107) for happy hour, giveaways and shopping with local designers Annie Fink, Karin Jacobson for Julian Capelle, Nelle, Post- and Vintage City Classics. Plus Nicole Richie's House of Harlow line makes its in-store debut. As if that's not enough, local label Calpurnia Peach will be there with two new exclusive dress styles.

See art
Free fashion show! Free art show! Free fun! Get your fill of pop-meets-high culture at Third Thursday (6 to 9 p.m., Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Av S, Mpls, 612-870-3131). Tonight's installment features a presentation with designs by Emma Berg, Laura Fulk, Raul Osorio and Samantha Rei, which were inspired by pieces in the museum. Then shop trunk shows with Ruby3 hats, Urban Junket handbags, Helen Wang jewelry and Retrospect Designs jewelry, which are not free...if you find something to buy.

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