Where in Duluth to engagement-ring shop?
I’m new(er) to the area and beginning my search for an engagement ring. Any suggestions for where to start in Duluth? I can Google all of the jewelers in the area, but does anyone have a particularly good experience or an opinion on the best place to start?
Allen R. Defends Gonzo Science HQ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtd-vUHtMA
More brother-on-brother nerf violence as Allen defends against attack inside Gonzo Science headquarters. Both men use a full-auto Stampede ECS. In addition Jim deploys an impenetrable “Captain America” shield.
Duluth band Trampled by Turtles on Late Show with David Letterman
Tuesday, April 24, 10:35 p.m., KDLH-TV 3.1
Late Show with David Letterman guests:
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Wendy Williams (The Wendy Williams Show)
Trampled by Turtles (CD, Stars and Satellites)
Three Song Sunday releasing CD May 1
Three years in the making, the long awaited album by Duluth band Three Song Sunday is finally coming out during Homegrown week on May 1.
Bars Near UMD and CSS Campuses
Is there a city ordinance that prohibits businesses in the neighborhood around the University of Minnesota Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica from having full liquor licenses? Why is it that the nearest bar to campus is Burrito Union and not something around Woodland or by V.I.P. Pizza? Anyone have any ideas on that?
House for sale by owner
Two-bedroom, two-bath bungalow on dead-end street in upper Woodland with one-car garage and nice shed. 1,170 square-foot home on 50×152 lot with a nice sized deck and fenced yard. Lower level family room, custom kitchen cabinets, refinished hardwood floors, new furnace, water heater, and electrical. Newer roof, vinyl siding, walk up attic, plenty of closet space, and other storage. Many pictures available. Contact me ASAP if interested because I will be signing with a realtor soon if I cannot sell on my own.
Ami (218) 731-1485
amilee.s @ gmail.com
Dragon Port Co-operative Gaming Society
The name isn’t set in stone. It’s my vision for saving the game space currently occupied by Dragon Port Games & Comics.
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Homegrown banners on PDD
I’m a little late this year, but here is the annual call. We’re looking for your Homegrown photos! The guidelines are the same as always. We’ll rotate Homegrown images in that extremely horizontal and hard-to-fit-a-photo-into space at the top of the page during next week’s festivities.
This week: nerd-in-chief rambles, women are people, country music, networked computers and an inconceivable movie
Here’s a smattering of things listed on the Perfect Duluth Day Calendar this week.
If you didn’t catch our mayor, Don Ness, at the Harbor City Roller Dames bout on Saturday you can hear him talk about “The Walking Subcaucus” at Nerd Nite 16 on Wednesday or have lunch with him at Tycoons on Thursday as he chats with the Chamber of Commerce about his “90 by 20” initiative.
Take Back the Night March is on Thursday because, apparently, this country requires a remedial lesson on women’s rights.
The Teatro Zuccone is being transformed into the Grand Ole Teatro on Thursday featuring some great local musicians playing originals and country covers. Yee to the haw!
If you are in the mood to virtually blow up things there’s a free LAN party at Lake Superior College starting Friday afternoon.
The Princess Bride is at the Zinema 2 Saturday morning so please put your favorite quote from the movie in the comments below.
So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know!
“Art for our Wild Woods”
Kate and I attended the benefit for Wildwoods Rehabilitation: “Art for our Wild Woods,” organized by Caroline Sneve Routley, April 22, 2012. Kate volunteers for Wildwoods, and I get suckered in once and a while. (more…)
Roller Dames First Loss of the Season
Last night, the Harber City Roller Dames earned their first loss of the season against Fargo. (more…)
What do the Cult, Bruce Springsteen, Garbage, Katy Perry, Coldplay and Run DMC have in common?
They were all available in special, limited edition releases for Record Store Day at Vinyl Cave. (more…)
World Book Night is coming up
World Book Night USA will be celebrated on Monday, April 23, which is also William Shakespeare’s birthday. On World Book Night, thousands of people all across the USA will give away free copies of one of 30 titles. That’s right, free books. It’s all part of an international effort to promote print books and literacy and reading. (more…)
Lake Avenue Café named “Best Restaurant Worth the Drive” by City Pages
City Pages‘ “Best of the Twin Cities” issue came out on Wednesday. Lake Avenue Café in Duluth took honors for “Best Restaurant Worth the Drive.”
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Brushing, Spring-time cleaning of medium yard, four hours
Looking for help with some weed whacking, machete, brush cleaning and disposal. One time only for four hours of medium/light brushing, disposal or bagging. Have gallery-quality ceramics to trade, or cash.
Duluth Album Releases in 2004
Greg Cougar Conley
For You
HDC Records
Jerree Small
Mobius
Available on CD Baby
Trampled by Turtles
Songs from a Ghost Town
Available on Amazon
Duluthish internet meme on the loose: “If Planet of the Apes Were Made in MN”
*Note: I couldn’t find the designer or provenance with any certainty. Here are the candidates. Please share if you know where to find and credit the designer and heck, maybe buy him a root beer!
Looking for a Yarn Bomber
We have a project and are in need of a Yarn Bomber. Please email jill @ lolldesigns.com if you are up for the challenge.
‘Where is Duluth?’
I stumbled upon an interesting Duluth factoid, courtesy of the Futility Closet:
In 1871 the House of Representatives was considering subsidizing railroads to serve the Midwest, including tiny Duluth, Minn. Kentucky representative J. Proctor Knott rose, produced a bucket of sarcasm…
Yet, sir, had it not been for this map, kindly furnished me by the Legislature of Minnesota, I might have gone down to my obscure and humble grave in an agony of despair, because I could nowhere find Duluth. Had such been my melancholy fate, I have no doubt that with the last feeble pulsation of my breaking heart, with the last faint exhalation of my fleeting breath I should have whispered, ‘Where is Duluth?’
Little did he know that Duluth was destined for greatness thanks in part to its railroad. Full speech here (along with annotated laugh track): The Kentucky Anthology
Gallery Progressive
I only got to four sites in the Gallery Progressive, because I stopped to listen to the pickup group of musicians at Carmody on Thursday. Only recently did I learn that they now serve Real Food, including sliders and hot dogs of five varieties, which solves an age old problem. We can sit, enjoy the tunes, and relax.
Among the sites I visited, Friends of Industry was the site where art was most alive — art was being created as we speak. (more…)
Repurposed Duluth Day: Art in the Alley
Art in the Alley is located across from the Red Mug in Superior.
[This article is the last in a five-part series profiling local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: North Shore Architectural Antiques, Sellers Auction, Retro Antiques, Central Sales.]
Tami LaPole Edmunds walks through her store and points out every piece of art, commenting and describing with passion.
“Those are just old castaway lamps, but you repaint the shade and it’s fabulous,” she says.
When the CD in the background begins skipping loudly she goes to its rescue, but she can’t help stopping to point out some jewelry while the jarring noise continues. (more…)
Does anybody know the history behind the Homegrown Chicken as a mascot?
Don’t get me wrong, the Chicken is cool, but I still don’t understand how it became the mascot. If anybody has any insight into this historical mystery, let me know.
Ted Nugent and Dogsledding
Reading of yet another rant by Nugent at a political rally (and an NRA gathering is a political rally) gave me a quick return to a recent trip. I spent my honeymoon in Quebec City early in January 2011. (Note: if you ever get the chance this is a great city to visit and is somewhat Duluthian in history and character.) But for a day trip my wife and I did a day long dogsled outing. We got to ride and have a driver slide us over the meadows and through the woods. It was quiet enough to carry on a conversation with the driver. (more…)