Open the Gates – first big event
Only time for a quick dinner and some Black Orchid at Mystic Lake, but that was fun (and not too expensive)
Had a good burger for lunch at Haute Dish, but the burger game in town is so high now, it probably wouldn’t crack my top 10
…a vast, garish room that looks exactly like the inside of a Hummer-party limo as designed by casino bartenders…
— Peter Sieve
Solid five hours of “staff development” at Up-Down Minneapolis
It isn’t every day, though, that you get to meet a former vice president (of the United States of America)
How is it possible my inbox now has 5000+ messages?
Very nice job by the Aramark team today @ U.S. Bank Stadium
Got It by Marian Hill would be an awesome walk-up song
I’ve kicked the habit, shed my skin. This is the new stuff, I go dancing in…
— Sledgehammer
Red Rain is falling down @ Marcus Amphitheater
Sting sure has aged well
Kinda forgot just how big Marcus Amphitheater is (and this year it smells like Sea World)
Arrived safely at the new Potawatomi Hotel – rooms are very nice
Pit stop for lunch in the old college neighborhood @ Nitty Gritty – Madison
That was cool: on our way to Peter Gabriel at Summerfest, pass Eau Claire and Bon Iver’s cover of Come Talk to Me comes up on shuffle