The Final Stretch continues in Lowertown ⚾️
Better late than never
The question that most people seem to be asking is ‘What will Morris do now?’
- Color of Success
Hey there, ump
Reflections
The pre-Saints menu @SaintDinette just can’t be beat ⚾️ 🍔
It’s been way too long
When I see clickbait like this, I just know everything on that page will be what I had today
Extra sweet!
Tasty CHX ✅
Need a break from The Summit
These guys are pretty good too 🐢
I could listen to these two forever 🎸
Pre-Turtle Pit Stop
A Cody in his natural habitat
Fall in Northfield
Thanks to @yagyaraman and Atomic Data for a great afternoon of socializing and information sharing at Allianz Field
Fzzblt’s Futuristic Flip
Beautiful sky in the AV
Sunny Shore Lunch with Keri
Hello again, Uncle Franky
Minneapolis Cider Co. ✅
Baseball Night in Minneapolis
Verified Cat 6 ✅
My dinner date
Lunch at BK’s Capital Grille
OK, this Metallica tribute album of covers is pretty awesome
Twenty fewer runs compared to last night, but the weather in Lowertown is perfect for baseball rn
These should work great
Market twilight season
$2 shirt with $50 purchase
One birdie amongst the struggle
How is that tree still standing?
Doobie Brothers at the Grandstand
Before I forget all the details, here is a short post about the Doobie Brothers show at the Minnesota State Fair. Our original tickets were for the 2020 version of the fair that never happened, so we just held on to them. This is the second time I’ve been suckered into buying seats on the “floor” that are really much worse than being farther back in the actual grandstand structure (the other was Stevie Nicks). Fool me once…won’t get fooled again.
Of course everyone was excited to have Michael McDonald rejoin the band after a 26 year absence, so it was heartbreaking to get the notice a few hours before the show that he would not be performing. When they said openers Dirty Dozen Brass Band were also scratched, I figured it had to be a serious health issue and hoped everyone was OK. Ross Raihala at the Pioneer Press and I exchanged some private messages and he initially thought it was 50/50 health and 50/50 band fight (spoiler: it was COVID).
The show started promptly at 7:30pm and overall we were entertained. You can find the Ross review here, while the Star Tribune sent Jon Bream. Colleen and I loved that Bream caught both the Prince tribute by saxophonist Marc Russo and the ZZ Top moment by Johnston, Simmons and McFee. Reported attendance was 11,461 and here is the setlist from setlist.fm (which is also after the jump, along with a handful of very bad photos).
Windows ✅
Sky tonight was sublime
Cub is ready for next month
I’m just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones. And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones…
- I Contain Multitudes
An Intro to Cecil’s
After Donald Ross, Pete Dye is the architect I most wish I could’ve met and interviewed
The Morrissey Cinnabon
Best win of the trip
Snagged a Yardbird reservation
Best slot experience ever?
Raiders Nation
Viking lost in the desert
Viva Moz Vegas!
I’ve been dreaming of a time when the English are sick to death of Labour and Tories…
- Irish Blood, English Heart
Pre-Mozzer dinner @ Bouchon – vive le Thomas Keller
Resorts World Vegas is…
The King of Sportbooks
Paper BC sighting
Circa had some cool stuff 😎
Harry Bosch would approve
Buckaroo Bison Basin
Woodstock flies again
There was a lot to unpack in this one – well done, Mike White
We could have Saturday brunch @SaintDinette every week forever ❤️
#SashSpritz
There’s the man and there’s the monkey. And somehow, you gotta be man enough to face down the monkey…
- Mark Mossbacher
Searching for treasure
Goldy is still smiling
So they flipped my parent’s old house 💵💵💵💵
Post site visit Zantigo stop
Construction proceeding 👍
Still a sucker for good social media food specials @brunsonspub
In every city, in every nation. From Lake Geneva to the Finland station…
- West End Girls
It was different this year, but the traditions continued on @mnstatefair
