Perfect Duluth Day

Chinese Lantern Restaurant Fire of 1994

Special K Jan 17, 2014 9 Comments

(Duluth News Tribune photo of Jan. 16, 1994, Chinese Lantern fire)

Back in the 1980s we lived in Silver Bay, and my parents used to make special trips down to Duluth just to go to this place. Now they drive up from the cities to visit and we’ll take them out to eat at many of the fine restaurants we have, and they’ll always comment about how great the Chinese Lantern was and how there’s nothing else like it. Even when my wife worked at the Duluth Athletic Club, before the flooding closed it, she would always hear comments like, “This place is great, but it’s no Chinese Lantern.”

So what was it about that place that people still lament its passing 20 years later?

History, R.I.P., Restaurants Chinese Lantern

Photography

David Beard Jan 17, 2014 No Comments

I was in the Duluth Photography Institute last night. The current exhibit was a little spicy (about bondage) — but that’s what art institutions give us — something spicy to challenge the mind, right?

DPI

Duluth Spotify

De man Jan 16, 2014 1 Comment

I made a Spotify list with Duluth bands. Check it out if you want and let me know of any bands that I may have missed. Hope you enjoy!

Music

What to do when it’s really cold outside

Paul Lundgren Jan 15, 2014 3 Comments

Just when you thought you’d seen enough of those cold videos, Henry Reich of Hayward puts all of the activities together in one.

Videos Weird

Recommendations for residential plumber?

jschiff Jan 15, 2014 4 Comments

Does anyone have a recommendation for a fair and cost-effective plumber? I live in Lakeside and need the pipe connections to my gas hot water heater tightened and resealed. Project estimate of 1 to 2 hours.

Recommendations

More thoughts on Duluth neighborhoods

emmadogs Jan 15, 2014 23 Comments

All of the recent postings have reignited my interest in our city’s neighborhoods. Their unique aspects are really interesting. And there are so many things I still don’t know, even after living here for 20+ years.

Duluth-area Literary Vibe: Zines, journals and other lit publications from the region

David Beard Jan 15, 2014 7 Comments

I was at the Prøve Gallery last week and was happy to see a blossoming collection of literary magazines beside the small press books from Holy Cow! and the fine art. I thought it might be fun to catch folks up on the literary publications in our community.

District 2 St. Louis County Commissioner Special Election Result

Paul Lundgren Jan 14, 2014 2 Comments

With 11 of 11 precincts reporting:

Patrick Boyle — 2,783 (65.5 percent)
Jim Stauber — 1,465 (34.5 percent)

News and Current Affairs, Politics Election Information

Shipping Season Finale!

Rich Hoeg Jan 14, 2014 1 Comment

The tug, Heritage Marine, was busy breaking ice in a Duluth harbor slip in preparation for one of the shipping season’s last arrivals. Still photographs of the ice breaking may be accessed the NorthStarNerd’s Flickr stream.

News and Current Affairs, Videos

Going without garbage service

toyota200x Jan 14, 2014 14 Comments

I use Hartel DBJ as my garbage hauler and it is a great company, but I hardly produce any waste during a month. I am wondering if anyone in Duluth goes without garbage service. Can a person bring trash to a collection site and pay a fee whenever the garbage can is full? How about recycling? Are there places to bring those items?

I called WLSSD yesterday and they said they don’t take household waste and a person must have a provider to take away trash.

Uncategorized Queries

Ultimate Road Surfing: Duluth on Ice

Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) Jan 13, 2014 1 Comment

My 5-block walk to the store for a mug of coffee turned into an ultimate extreme epic insane sick street surfing session.

Outdoors, Videos Ice Skating, Weird

Duluth/Superior in the New York Times

emmadogs Jan 13, 2014 5 Comments

Twinned cities now following different paths

News and Current Affairs Media, New York Times

This week: two Parrs, a sleuth and a dude

Lawrence Lee Jan 13, 2014 1 Comment

Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

What will this week bring us? We’ve endured snow, frigid cold and ice. What’s next? Well, we all survived so we could see the season three premier of Sherlock tonight with a preview screening at Teatro Zuccone.

Tuesday you can get your civic duty on with a special election in the east and Mayor Ness speaking at the Kitchi Gammi Club on the future of Duluth.

It’s a busy week in the Parr household this week. You can see Charlie Parr at Fitger’s on Wednesday and then you can see his other half, Emily Lanik Parr, star in Good People at The Underground starting on Thursday and running for two weekends.

You also have a chance, only on Thursday, to see an encore performance of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove at UMD before they take the show to Lincoln for a regional competition.

Get yourself a white russian and watch a special midnight screening of The Big Lebowski on Friday night at Zinema 2.

There are several events this weekend related to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, including a talent show at Duluth East on Friday and a worship service at St. Mark AME on Sunday.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

Events

Don’t bother adjusting your antenna … KDLH is having transmitter issues

Paul Lundgren Jan 13, 2014 7 Comments

If you’ve been throwing your antenna around the room since the first segment of 60 Minutes on Sunday, give up. KDLH channels 3.1 and 3.2 are experiencing a transmitter outage. Engineers are working on it.

Update: You can temporarily pick up KDLH on channel 6.3 while technicians continue work to solve the issue.

News and Current Affairs

Duluth neighborhood boundaries?

J Henriksson Jan 12, 2014 21 Comments

I was just thinking, of course Duluth itself has clearly defined boundaries, but how about all the neighborhoods within? You always kind of know about where you are, but where does say the Heights turn into Kenwood or Norton Park turn into Morgan Park, etc. Are there even really boundaries? Thoughts?