Scary-ass IGT slot monkeys @ Grand Portage

Two Dots has the best art and design

Best iOS game ever

Add in Star Wars and it was a great time to be a nerdy kid

First time back here since it re-opened

Not my favorite section

But still surprisingly low for how late I was starting on the west coast

Not as good as 112th, but I’m happy

FINALLY

Especially May the Fourth

Those levels were interesting

Back at the end again

One of the best themed Disney rides ever

Best iOS game ever?

Keep your feet dry

That bunch took a while

More levels to come…

That was a tough one

Thanks for sticker #1, SK

Thanks, BK (and PK)

Plenty of levels to get three stars on, though

This app has it’s moments

If you know, you know. If you want to know, hit me up at dk@7minutemiles.com.

Best iOS game ever, no?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie_architecture

They just don’t come off

Getting my office current again

End of the road again

They have the meats

Union Station, Chicago

One of the best capitol buildings in the country, IMO

Hiawatha bike trail

Radisson Duluth seems a bit frozen in time

Was this really a brand (and did Red Dwarf steal it)?

Stupid time sucks…

I think some of that neon needs to be covered up

Would love to go back to Disneyland Paris

…to have this as my office throne

Landmark Center (but just on one side)

Art is all around

Pretty sure this is the same carpeting from when I was in junior high down the street

Glad that sign is back

When I heard that Mia was doing a Guillermo del Toro exhibition, I immediately thought of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy and was super excited to go see it. Once I got there, I realized 1) there are a bunch of del Toro movies I’ve never seen and 2) everyone in Minneapolis seems to love the guy – it was absolutely packed.

At Home with Monsters is divided into multiple themed rooms that had a mix of movie props and artwork primarily pulled from his personal collection at Bleak House (his home in Los Angeles). It was easy for me to feel a connection to the director: vintage Disney artwork from Mary Blair (and many others), a comic book wall, Ray Harryhausen props, Marlon Brando bronze bust, Edward Gorey prints and a recreation of his personal “rain room” with an Edgar Allen Poe wax figure. How could I not love all that?

Open now through May 28, get your $20 tickets online here (while they last).

P.S. – Forgot to mention one other thing from the exhibit that really resonated with me: one of the signs said that del Toro was taught from an early age to keep a journal – notes, sketches, keepsakes, souvenirs. This site serves the same function for me – now 7,649 posts and growing…

World of Wheels 2017, Minneapolis 

United Crushers, behind the Gopher Stadium

The NorthernLights.mn choo-choo wrap

Top 3 worst for sure – maybe #1

North side of the Rayette Lofts, St. Paul

Let’s 🌮 Bout It

That really says it all, doesn’t it?

Deep in the heart of Texas @ NRG Stadium

Rayette Lofts, Lowertown, St. Paul

So fancy!

Mississippi riverfront before the JNUC 5K

Club Purple Deck, Minneapolis 

…a vast, garish room that looks exactly like the inside of a Hummer-party limo as designed by casino bartenders…

Not what I expected…

USBS signage

Personally, I’d leave it that way

Love this design – Skol Vikings

More scenes from the skyway tour

Diagrams @ Hippie Moderism

One of my favorite items @ Hippie Modernism

Hippie Modernism @ Walker Art Center

Coming Soon…Katniss

The kid in me loves this

West side entrance on my walk across downtown 

Des Moines: Hell Yes

Mountain Dew – filled by Stan and Claire

This mask freaks me out – Myopia @ Mia