Treadmill 10K with no TV or music was surprisingly tolerable – just passed 100 miles for the month
Finally get to watch a Wild game on NBC Sports HD and it’s just terrible – may turn off the third period
Wonderful night with Chef Dan and Joe Toohey from Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Sunset Steakhouse, Fortune Bay
Beautiful presentation and excellent food by Chef Dan @ Fortune Bay Resort Casino
Today has been saved by the six course wine dinner at the Sunset Steakhouse
Apparently every new LG hotel television is sold out everywhere
Returning from vacation is always tough, but today has been brutal
I’m kind of over gettin’ told to throw my hands up in the air…
— Team
Safely back on Vermilion, but that was rough – heavy eyelids, snow-covered highways and a frigid refueling in Cloquet
Birthday dinner at the original @ Carbone’s Pizza
Best meet ever for the fish – she went six for six on PRs (including some huge ones)
Wait a minute, the Superior 100 ultra is actually 103.3 miles?
Summer throwback for birthday lunch – brats on the grill, baked beans, chips and a Coke
Almost perfect winter running day in Minneapolis – 11.5 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek and Harriet
The dog sticking his head out the window and wagging his tail while driving down I-35 in January is my new hero
My first (real) concert of the year was a good one. Nineteen-year-old British singer Jake Bugg put on a great show at First Avenue Friday night. It was a little on the short side, but that’s not too surprising, seeing as he only has two albums.
The hype is building for Bugg – the British tabloids are calling him the next Dylan and he is up for British Male Solo Artist at the 2014 Brit Awards. Local scribe Chris Riemenschneider tweeted last night that Bugg is the “real deal” and I was really looking forward to seeing him live after getting both albums for Christmas.
It was just Bugg, a drummer and a bass player, yet the sound was very full for a three piece. Two Fingers, What Doesn’t Kill You, Taste It, Lightning Bolt and Slumrise Sunrise were all great live and I was very happy to hear Neil Young’s Hey Hey, My My as the second song in the encore. His slow songs, like Broken, were a nice change of pace – too bad the First Ave crowd still can’t shut the hell up and listen.
We arrived just at the end of the first opener, The Skins, and couldn’t believe how crowded it was already. Guess you need to get there at doors now for sold out shows in order to get close. We did get a spot on the stairs next to the sound board, though, before the second opener started. The Albert Hammond, Jr. set seemed extra loud to me, which was actually nice compared to my last few First Ave shows. I thought several of their songs were quite good and heard the Current playing them today too.
Up next: Charlie Parr at the Cedar on February 1st.
Why must I be surrounded by frickin’ idiots?
— Dr. Evil
Proud dad – she went four for four today 🙂
Really wish mobile Safari could keep two bloody tabs open without having to refresh when switching apps
