If that’s not enough for you, dig into the archives and check out the best videos of 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Most of the videos from 2005 and prior are not available in an embeddable format, but the ones that are (along with other vintage stuff) can be found on the Best Archival Videos page.
On the hiking trail at the end of Park Point, there’s an old cabin on the harbor side. Does anyone know the story behind this cabin? I read that there used to be several “settlers cabins,” perhaps this is the one remaining settler cabin? I can also of course speculate about blacklisted Finnish bachelors, but I suspect folk on PDD know the real story.
I have great seats (Balcony B, Row C, 7 & for Wilco on February 19. (See http://www.decc.org/entertainment/seatingcharts.htm) With fees, I paid $81.50 total. My five-year-old and I were set … and pumped … to go, but now we’re off to DW for that week. I’d love to break even on the deal. Let me know if you’re interested. tom@voller-berdan.com.
What do you do with your winter coat if you go to a crowded bar to celebrate the New Year? Pile it onto the coat rack that’s built to hold six coats but is loaded up with twenty and ready to fall at any moment? Throw it on the floor in the corner and hope for the best? Keep it on and sweat like crazy? Leave it in the car and suffer through the walk?
Thought I’d check here to see if anyone has any suggestions.
I’m looking to replace my ‘ol generic JCP winter coat with a “high quality” brand. Had been looking at Canada Goose but I’d like to stay away from down filled coats because of the cleaning issue. Anyone got anything they’ve found that really does the job with warmth along with a water repellant and/or water proof exterior? I realize warmth is relative but shoot some suggestions. Thanks.
Minnesota poet, essayist, memoirist and musician Bill Holm died earlier this year. (See PDD post from Feb. 26.) This MPR program features highlights from a tribute held at the Fitzgerald Theater on April 14, with Robert Bly, Emilie Buchwald, Barton and Ross Sutter and so on. Also, many clips of the man himself.
Not sure why I feel like the resident apologist for Lake Superior Brewery especially since I’ve never tasted the stuff but … somehow I am a big booster of this gem of a Duluth business and I was very glad to see them get some recognition. Who knows? Maybe this is a stepping stone to better and better things for them and our fair Lincoln Park. Congratulations Dale and boys.
So my holiday present was a draft kegging system …mmmm … no more messy bottling for me … my question is … where do I get CO2 … other than the over abundance of it in our atmosphere, how do I get the nice bottle I have filled?
Treasures of the Earth – Green Art & Goods Fair. Held at the Unitarian Church, 835 W. College St., Duluth – March 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A variety of local artists will have booths showing what they are making out of local natural materials (wood, stone, bark, fiber) or recycled material. There will also be a nature photography and nature art section at the fair. These earth friendly and earth inspiring items make great additions to your home, cabin or as gifts throughout the year. Come shop. You will find many creative and unique items at this fair. Local made is the way to go. If you are a Twin Ports artist who uses recycled materials or natural materials in your work and would like to participate, contact wendyupnorth@yahoo.com.
Jeremy writes music to please and inspire those he loves (a perpetually growing list) and to help him to remember his own life. At best each of us sleeps 8 out of 24 hours each day of our life. Subtract the forgotten years of childhood and the fog of senility and we’re left with about 50 years waking time. Most of that time we spend engaged in autopilot-type tasks and we can’t even remember what we ate for lunch 48 hours ago. Or did we even eat lunch? Who knows? Performing live music is the way Jeremy makes himself uncomfortable enough to remember a night forever. And a night full of friends and laughter and love is worth remembering. Some Mountain Dew types call it ‘feeling more alive’. Jeremy would settle for living more of his feelings.
Today’s report is from Lincoln Park. It was well packed down yesterday, and frozen rock-hard today. So, the speed on the way down is totally out of control, and the ride is full of solid bumps that threaten to permanently damage one’s sphincter ani externus muscle.
At the bottom of the hill is a giant slush pond. If you abort your mission and jump out of the sled, you increase the odds of experiencing the aforementioned injury. If you stay in your sled, get ready to be wet.
All in all, it’s still fun. And nine times out of ten, when kids crash into a tree and say, “I can’t feel my legs,” they’re just trying to get attention.
Merry Christmas. Let’s have a contest. The person who posts the best snow goon before midnight Sunday wins two tickets to Wilco at the DECC on Feb. 19.
UPDATE: Or maybe the slushy snow will all freeze after this is posted, making it impossible to build a snow goon and forcing this contest to be scrapped.
Does anyone have a key to the armory? I figure all of us non-native Christmas refugees could set up camp there and have our own non-family celebration. I’ll bring the Charlie Brown tree. Who knows the Linus speech? I recall driving 60 miles to Mankato during the Halloween blizzard to make it to an old college roommate’s house, knowing we wanted to be in the old neighborhood for four days of snow fun. It took 3 hours. I was younger, stupider, and perhaps not now as motivated to take on the weather with my car. Home is an hour south of the TCs. A string of 43 straight appearances will be broken. Lamentations?
This is our third winter in Duluth (so we still consider ourselves newbies) and we’re wondering if anyone could recommend a good neighborhood/area for Christmas light displays or recommend a good route. (Please be specific; I get lost easy, especially downtown.)
Overheard in Target, 10 p.m. Dec. 22 amid Christmas shoppers. I probably wouldn’t have thought this was so funny before I had kids.
Indignant college-age woman to second indignant college-age woman:
“It’s just so, like, what a freakin’ 6-month-old would say!”
Harkening back to akjuneau’s post from when the album was first released, here’s Bob Dylan’s video single from his recent “Christmas in the Heart” album. What’s your take on the visuals as well as the audio? Will you be popping this in the rotation during your family mixer?
Forecasters are calling for some big time Christmas Eve snow so this could be a classic opportunity to snowshoe downtown, get a great meal, celebrate the original meaning of Christmas and maybe even walk away with a gift or two for the kiddies. My favorite part? After years of being part of all kinds of spiritual traditions around the world, finally at this party I see people of all shapes, stripes and shades joining together as one. That is truly a beautiful very Duluthy thing for me and I’d love to see some of my PDD pals there, too.
for Wilco on February 19. (See http://www.decc.org/entertainment/seatingcharts.htm) With fees, I paid $81.50 total. My five-year-old and I were set … and pumped … to go, but now we’re off to DW for that week. I’d love to break even on the deal. Let me know if you’re interested. tom@voller-berdan.com.
