reveal your secrets!
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
guys i have lived in MN for twenty of my twenty-nine years and i think i've been to duluth like four times, the last being at least fifteen years ago
it's right there! how is that possible???
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
because you get there and realize you are in Duluth, so then you turn around and go back home
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Explains why Dylan left.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Doesn't explain why Low are still there.
<3 Duluth
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
car can't get up the hill
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
aw guys, it can't be THAT bad!
i've lived in BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
(I don't really have anything against Duluth and enjoyed the two times I visited as a kid but really don't have any desire to go back)
srsly it's a great town, just enough city-type aspects but some nice small-townyness too
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
gbx do you need suggestions? I have been going there like monthly for the past year while waiting for my gf to move here.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's been like 20 years, all i remember is burgers and shakes at grandma's sorry
― LA river flood (lukas), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
oh for real?
fuck yeah, gimme something to do for a weekend.
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Fitger's for local beerUncle Loui's Cafe for breakfastWhole Foods Co-op for food (note: not an actual Whole Foods, but an actual co-op)The Scenic Cafe for fancy dinnersZeitgeist for cocktails
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah I kind of reflexively and unfairly dislike small-town feel anything
― Mayor Hickenlooper and the liberal agenda (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
go out to the end of Canal Park for sweet sandy beaches, water on 2 sides, straddle the border of MN/WI
xp maybe you should go read another thread?
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
that sounds like a good day
xxp
― LA river flood (lukas), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
drive up MN61 for north shore goodness, also there is an awesome bike path for miles and miles
duluth is kinda magickal
it's a weird place
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
drive over the BONG BRIDGE to Superior, WI and giggle
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah mostly in it for the north shore. like, i basically have never been there??!?!?! we have a mini-maine 3 hours from the city and i'm all "oh i'm bored there's nothing fun to do outside yah yah yah"
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
why is MN the best place ever for bike riding. it really is.
― LA river flood (lukas), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
it feels kind of ancient, the north shore makes you feel small
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
check out some of the city's awesome hiking/biking trails, they're f'n everywhere
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i need to do more "real" road biking in mn
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
the path up the shore basically follows the path of 61
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit for real?
*googles*
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it's a rails-to-trails thing, it goes a looong way. Also the path of the Grandma's marathon iirc.
is fitzgers the super old restaurant, like 100 yrs old, that has the mural/border around the tops of the walls that has the cool fox hunting painting all around?
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that might be the Pickwick, but I am not sure. Fitger's is a hotel/brewery/restaurant/store complex.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
We went on a family vacation to Duluth and all we did was sit in our hotel watching Reagan getting shot, etc.
School friend had cabin by Two Harbors, totally gorgeous.
― stoic newington (suzy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
if there was better economic opportunity in Duluth I would srsly consider moving there
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
great place to watch a president get shot IMO
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
they have their own branch of Pizza Luce too
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm
i thought about doing a rotation up there, just to check it out.
i'm thinking about residency already, and while part of me wants to peace out from MN again and move to either NM or the PacNW, another part is like "fuck it, stay here," and is considering duluth as a possible target
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Fitgers is in fact totally awesome! Never would have remembered the name, but its in kind of a biggish complex on the main drag, right? kinda reminded me of a factory tall ceilings etc maybe?
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
there are a surprising number of hospitals for a town of 80k
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
welcome to minnesota
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man so many bizarro awesome things in the vicinity too. Devils cauldron! Magnetic Rock! Eagle Mountain!
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
it (Fitger's) was originally a brewery, now houses a brewpub + other stuff
full disclosure: my gf works there, for another month or so at least
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh duh, devils kettle, not cauldron
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
get smoked fishes here
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I was thinking of the Pickwick, not Fitzgers...the Pickwick is the super old restaurant...pretty midwest "supper club" food but still it's reaaally cool inside...here's a detail of the stuff around the ceiling I was talking about:
http://countrymouse.blogharbor.com/_photos/Duluth%20Horns%20Pickwick%20Pub.jpg
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_C._R._Magney_State_Park#The_Devil.27s_Kettle
more info about devils kettle. hooray for bizarre outdoorsy crap!
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
magnetic rock:
The trail goes through a burn area over exposed bedrock, then to deep woods and a strange looking monolithic rock with magnetic properties. Under normal circumstances, a glacial erratic (a boulder dropped from a glacial ice sheet) wouldn’t get much attention in Minnesota. They are, after all, just big rocks that you can find almost everywhere, including in people’s front yards. But this one is special, not just for its magnetic properties, but also for its appearance. The rock’s dimensions are 10 by 20 by 30 feet and it is shaped like a big monument that seems to have dropped out of the sky. Multi-colored lichens cover the rock’s surface giving it various shades of yellow and orange. Its magnetism comes from the mineral magnetite, common to the underlying bedrock of the Gunflint Iron Formation. Special attractions: The rock (bring a compass to test out its magnetic properties) and wildlife.
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I was going to go to a minor-league baseball game last time I was there (Duluth Huskies, iirc?) but it was rained out. 'Sposed to be a really fun, cheap, drunk (if you want) time.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the 2-3 universities in the area lead to a lot of good house shows/small-venue music.
^^^see that's what i assumed? like, city of 85k that is a college town has to be sorta fun, right? though tbh what is there other than UMD?
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
concordia?
St. Scholastica, I think? and UW-Superior (OK, not actually in Duluth, but cmon)
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Soup-town is like Duluth's little brother, that also happens to sell liquor later
every show i've played in duluth w/a band has been really strange and interesting
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if you like giganitic mechanical things there are regularly 1000-ft lake freighters to gawk at + a museum made out of a retired ship
xp oh man I wonder if you have played with my gf's band or any of her friends... I've seen some really strange and interesting stuff there too
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
that reminds me: Homegrown Music Festival in May is a rockin' good time
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2989273455_effcaa7318_o.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/3132627578_897e35950d.jpg
ok now note dude in front of rock to establish scale
http://www.ntoddblog.org/photos/minnesota/magneticrocke.jpg
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry i have become distracted by "weird shit in northern MN that has nothing to do w/duluth itself" ill stop now
neato!
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Who is the H.P. Lovecraft of Duluth?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
that guy
― goole, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i've always been curious about the band Father Hennepin, which i think was Starfire's band (the Starfire from the Low song)
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
idk re lovecraft, but the good old Glensheen Mansion is good for some creepy creepy times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glensheen_Historic_Estate
it is also crazy huge, and pretty well preserved. The furniture (attn museum curator dorks) is almost entirely the original stuff from 1908, not repros.
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^the whole street that place is on is amazing, big big houses overlooking the lake
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Duluth. I love being able to walk 4 blocks up a steep, steep grade and feel like I've gotten a good workout. I love the eccentric used bookstore. I love feeling like I'm in 1870s San Francisco. I love the Electric Foetus. I love that rocky, rocky beach just north of the Glensheen Mansion. I could spend hours there. Love it when the water turns rusty from taconite, and when the ice piles up on the shore. Ahhhhahahahhhahhahahh.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Used to go there every summer to visit grandparents and uncles ... iirc Grandma on one occasion had to chase a bear out of her garden (inside the city limits)
― Brad C., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
was wondering why you weren't on this thread yet tbh eazy
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Been busy, but now I'm daydreaming.
When I was in fifth grade, I wrote an 11-page heist drama that ended with a car chase, and the "bad guys" driving toward the Lift Bridge while it was raised, and, Smokey-and-the-Bandit-style, splashing into Lake Superior.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://image66.webshots.com/666/7/5/98/2658705980027605543BIhNqg_ph.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
stupid broken image
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9524/lastplaceonearth.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, yes, that's my impression of downtown Duluth, on that stretch near the casino.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah the crazy multibuilding bookstore is kinda unhinged and insane
i really need to get back up there soon
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
~road trip~
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Was just up there this past weekend, Wisconsin Point on the Superior side is a great beach but the lake is SO. FUCKING. COLD. I could take about 2 min before I had to get out and warm up + my lips looked a little blue.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw zak sally at the downtown minneapolis government center today
― i got what t.rex turok the mic right (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Something very Lovecraftian about the name Duluth. Does the city consist of windowless black monoliths?
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
not really but there are some imposing industrial structures
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Skyline-Duluth-20060330.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah yes, looks like the perfect environment for Elder Gods.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
where does the name come from? there's a Duluth, GA, too, which i have to think was there first.
― goole, Monday, 30 August 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
My contact lenses are from Duluth, Georgia! (made in Asia, but Ciba-Vision is headquartered in Duluth)
Always thought my lenses were from Low-ville, but they ain't, just looked it up because of this thread :-(
― StanM, Monday, 30 August 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
The city is named for Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the first known European explorer of the area.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Enger tower is up at the very top of the hill, looks really creepy, and is much taller than it looks in this picture. I can't go to duluth without going up it at least once: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bq7WvZXl3wE/SPwHAZ-rHSI/AAAAAAAABNA/PAwV7fZF7s4/s512/IMG_2612.jpg
Also, I think the best burgers in the whole area are at the Anchor Bar in Superior.
― Dan I., Monday, 30 August 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Insanely great view out of that thing
― Dan I., Monday, 30 August 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
xp YES, I had one on Saturday night! Their menu is kind of awesome in its descriptions of the food, i.e. the ham sandwich: "A good choice if you like ham."
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
good relevant site imo
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Goin' 2 Duluth 2morrow!
― dan m, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
envious actuallythis is perfect go to duluth weather atm
― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
bigtime
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Lake-Superior-Rainbow.jpg
― positive dental outlook (dan m), Friday, 14 October 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
duluth is amazing
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 October 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:15 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
this thread title is so lovecraftian, I love it
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Friday, 14 October 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
i fucking love it here
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
are you there? it seems like it'd be icy and dismal right now!
I want to go back there some day. I have only been once.
― mh, Saturday, 21 January 2012 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
it's icy and dismal in such a great way tho
― long duk dan (dan m), Saturday, 21 January 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^^for real. i ~thought~ it might be terrible to be here in the winter, but it's much better than the icy and dismal you get down in the cities. at least here there's the lake and the hill and the trees and the giant industrial structures to add some flavor.
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
icy and dismal giant industrial structures sound great, actually
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
dude I am totally planning a Day of Shooting here. Found a spot thats perfect---giant structures (and ships!) that's slightly overgrown, totally empty. Was gonna go today but it's overcast and would like to catch it in strong directional light.
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
sounds great! don't underestimate overcast days - if the light is still bright, it's like a giant softbox and makes everything kind of 'glow'
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Duluth is haunted
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Two things I remember about Duluth:
1. A terrible Chinese restaurant that was run by non-Chinese people who had, like, backpacked in China in the 60s or something.
2. They told me if I fell into Lake Superior I'd be dead in five minutes.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
they were right
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
I just remember there being some cool old industrial buildings, a day when I arrived there being a little over 80 degrees and the locals complaining about it being "so hot", and some murder mansion I toured!
― mh, Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
guys i am bored
i really like it here but i don't like not having friends and living out of a bag in a hotel. it is 730 and i just want to shoot the shit with bros somewhere but it's looking like another night of pizza + skyrim
can't go to fitgers because i have been grabbing a beer there after work like every other day and its making me feel self-conscious and everywhere else looks hell of local
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
Pizza Luce?
― Burritos are one of the things I'm nostalgic about!!! (Eazy), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
How long has that pizza luce been there? btw they are tasty
― mh, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
apparently there is a bluegrass jam somewhere downtown (stfu i like bluegrass) that could be dece
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
what this town needs is a burgeoning black metal scene
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
I kind of want to go to Duluth sometime
― mh, Thursday, 2 February 2012 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
I like it
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Burgeoning taconite scene
― Burritos are one of the things I'm nostalgic about!!! (Eazy), Thursday, 2 February 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
burgeoning red metal amirite
thirsty pagan in superior has shows and ok beermy gf liked the roundup on 4th street E
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 2 February 2012 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/enews/breaking/Duluth-Vikings-Stadium-Proposed-139025839.html
I loled
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
not a terrible idea tbh.
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
how much longer are you up there mang, trying to figure out a weekend to cruise up there with k. also are you blindingly busy so it wouldnt really matter anyway?
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm back now!
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
oh ha
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
lets get drinks soon then
I'm down
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLZBS3HCs-Y
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
PHC did a show up there last weekend
kinda don't know what to think of this story
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/27/grand-marais-older-men-pursuing-teen-girls/
the courthouse shooting that prodded (conservative) lawmakers into changing gun laws in courthouses stemmed from a sex crime case with its own p bizarre story
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Back in them days, it was acceptable," said Perry Wilson, who is quick to defend his friend Schlienz. "That's the way it was — 16-, 17-year-old girls; that was their boyfriends back then was a 25-year-old guy."
In Grand Marais, most people know Wilson by his nickname, "Proof," short for "Hundred Proof.""In this town all you need to pick up a 16-year-old high school girl is a nice-looking truck or a nice car."- Perry Wilson
Wilson, now 53, arrives at a local cafe unshaven, in sweatpants and a jacket. Over coffee, he said that in his 20s he could have been jailed for his own exploits with teenage girls, during what he calls his "heyday." But he stops short of admitting to criminal sexual conduct.
Wilson also is adamant that he and other adult men did not pursue the girls. He said the girls pursued them.
"That's the way it's always been since man was born. The younger girls chase the older guys. Everybody thinks it's the older guys chasing younger girls, [but] that's wrong," he said. "It ain't that way. In this town, all you need to pick up a 16-year-old high school girl is a nice-looking truck or a nice car."
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, I was about to paste the exact same section.
That guy is a treat
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I was in Duluth on Thursday. Found the Graffiti Graveyard.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, that is newsworthy? I thought that was somewhat common in every small Midwestern town ever. Meaning the 25 year old dude that can't get over his glory days and still dates the high school girls mostly because thats his peer group. I mean, definitely creepy and awful, but not particularly earth-shattering is it?
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Okay wait, I see now that this particular case was a dude even older than that and not quite the scenario referenced at the start of the article.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
No one said it was earth shattering
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
it's newsworthy because the courthouse shooting by the man convicted was a huge deal
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I should have withheld comment until I read the whole article. My first post was just after reading the headline and intro paragraph, which I think kinda sells the whole story a little short.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, this:
In Grand Marais, pattern emerges of older men pursuing teen girls
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Beth Kennedy first heard the stories 34 years ago.
Not long after she moved to Grand Marais with her husband and 11-year-old daughter, people in the community told her that older men were pursuing and having sex with high school girls.
"We started hearing about these 20-, 25-, 30-year-old men who were constantly at football games, around the teenage girls, and who somehow believed that it was a great thing to be sleeping with virgins," she said. "And I was aghast."
... doesn't really clue you in to the real story here.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
dazed-and-confused.jpg
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is pretty hard to judge tbh
the article goes up to the line in saying that 25+ dudes going after strings of -18 girls was a uniquely bad problem in grand marais. sure it happens all over but it turned into some kind of uh 'lifestyle' up there. that's sort of what the whole case implies, but who knows? as characterized by this journalist, there is an "entrenched minority" in the town that feels that schleinz was railroaded for something nbd. the city's legal/social organs thought it was something close a public health menace.
crazy stuff either way tho
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
The population of Grand Marais is 1,351 according to ye olde wikipedia. I'd guess the school district is a bit bigger, but still... that is not a lot of teenage girls in total
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
great bad weather pics
minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/29/photos-duluth-blizzard/
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.publicradio.org/content/2012/02/29/20120229_blizzard5_53.jpg
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
spending one year anniversary in THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY yall
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
boss
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
any decent websites about shows etc that might be going on that you can recommend?
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
honestly have no clue, even when I was up there I found it difficult to get a feel for what was happening where. when I went out, I typically went to fitgers.
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah :/
― goole, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
i've heard this place is good but i've never been
http://www.sceniccafe.com/
― goole, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
congrats btw!
btw if (when) you go there, say hi to barb for me. she'll be the loud old dyke (which is how she introduced herself i should note) sitting at the bar with the wall street journal. shes great she will prob talk to you first tbh
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
perhaps when it gets really hot this summer I will make a trip to the air conditioned city!
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
my gf's bff works at scenic cafe
jj check out http://www.perfectduluthday.com/
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
oh cool! thx man
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol here she is http://www.sceniccafe.com/our-family/wait-staff.shtml#page=W&id=4
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh heyyyy
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
(sorry)
naw dude go for it she is A+
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
word
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
there appears to be a record shop named "vinyl cave" in superior? maybe i must go to there.
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
superior is weird
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
used to have the highest number of bars per capita until v recently?
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:40 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
have fun! grandma's is stupid but you know that. go up the shore
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:48 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think that's lacrosse, wi - that's what friend was saying who was just up from
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
could be pretty much any small town in WI tbf
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
COATES
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
i know that at least for a little bit coates def had the highest number of strip clubs per capita
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
apparently this is right next door to Vinyl Cave
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3075/2842202424_14a8481f47_z.jpg
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/05/happy-homegrown-duluths-annual-music-festival-showcases-talented-tight-knit-community
need to make it back for this again sometime, such a great weekend
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
air conditioned city, i will see u tomorrow
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
why is it called the air conditioned city
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 May 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
2-B-1-ASK-1
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Midwest/Duluth-Geography-and-Climate.html
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
duluth, u r awesome
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 May 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently all the zoo animals are on the loose during flash flooding?
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/603023_3720103754591_994469233_n.jpg
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
ha o fuk!
npr reporter this morning said the cops had it under control.
― goole, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
wider ilx needs to see that picture, where'd you find it?
Reporter friend's FB page. Not sure where she got it (she's Mpls-based, not Duluth, so I can't verify for sure).
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, reports say it looks like all but a few "barnyard" animals have been recaptured or died :(
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3325923232673&set=p.3325923232673&type=1
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Johnson said many of the zoo’s animals have drowned, including all but one of the zoo’s barnyard animals. She said the zoo’s donkey, goats and sheep have died. She said it’s possible others have drowned, as flooding on the grounds have consumed some of the exhibits, such as the raven and vulture cages.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/234914/
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538628_190589321070498_915083053_n.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
really sad
ftr i didn't know there was a duluth zoo.
― goole, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/550830_10151823038050142_823325277_n.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
holy crap
― nuts spats (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
a friend is posting a lot of pics on fb
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/283729_444534708903552_70282728_n.jpghttps://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575653_444533935570296_300496340_n.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
jeez MN, very apocalyptic run-up to my trip here
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
whoa
― goole, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
crazy pics here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/statewide/archive/2012/06/photos-duluth-north-shore-endures-major-flooding.shtml
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/uAzYV.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
awww
― mh, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
skateboarding in the ruins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCrmw4goFYQ&feature=player_embedded
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
cool!
― goole, Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
every once in awhile it boggles my mind how the prevalence of cheap/free editing software and ubiquitous digital HD video capable devices have made it so easy to see amateur stuff that looks so professional
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
its crazy how many skate rats populate the streets of duluth, its like traveling back in time.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
fyi since i apparently never reported back, vinyl cave was awesome, new scenic cafe is the shit, and the thirsty pagan in superior had some of the best beer i have had in forever and was super cool. i would totally live in duluth if i didnt have to have yknow a job and stuff
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Jet ski Deluth, with bonus Nicki Minaj:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1Rm-j_iy4
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
i would totally live in duluth if i didnt have to have yknow a job and stuff
This. Although my searches have been somewhat fruitful of late in unearthing possibilities.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
that was awesome. i haven't been to duluth in ages, wonder how depressing it would be to see it now after all the nasty flooding.
― arby's, Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
It wasn't all that noticeable last week. There are some parts south of town, especially near the river, that got pretty messed up and a couple roads still closed, but overall I don't think most of the city was too flooded.
― your native bacon (mh), Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Air conditioned my ass. It was like 95 when I passed through last week and ate at a rather elaborate rest area with a crazy up on the hill.
― joygoat, Thursday, 9 August 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
i will totes be looking for jobs in duluth when the time comes
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 9 August 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
Forgot to update: Gonna be gettin' married in Duluth next year. :)
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
congratulations man! totally amazing place to get hitched in i would imagine.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
nice one
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Went to a Duluth wedding and, yes, it was a fantastic city to do it in.
The view, the wind, the groom's dinner in the rotating restaurant.
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Hi from the Hammond in Superior.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
Go to the thirsty pagan immediately, and if they have the anise saison, drink all of it for me
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Saturday, 13 October 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't make it to Thirsty Pagan unfortch. But I did sample some awesome wedding eats at Midi in the Fitger's complex and drink a lot of Surly at Luce, where we're having the groom's dinner. I fucking love the Twin Ports.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Monday, 15 October 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Also while wandering the streets of Superior I stumbled across the former headquarters of the Finnish Marxist newspaper Tyomies, something I had researched a little for a paper in college. My girl said that she had only ever known the building as a bar of the same name, which has since closed. There was a faded sign painted on the side of the building that said "DRINKING GETS DONE HERE" that initially caught my attention.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Monday, 15 October 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Loving these fast-motion videos of boats arriving/departing the Twin Ports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsN4ydT_Ql4
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1530309_10201128037034751_1806748996_n.jpg
― dan m, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
I am in Cloquet, like 15 miles away. This was the first gig I've ever done where my boss emailed me beforehand to let me know the customer was fully ready to come pick me up from the hotel in case my rental didn't start.
The temp this morning was -20'F with a windchill of 20+ deg below that
― An Android Pug of Some Kind? (kingfish), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PofmKxIwArk
― Dan I., Friday, 14 March 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Really weird, 'cause that must have been filmed not too long after the Glensheen murders!
― Dan I., Friday, 14 March 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Going to Duluth today :)
― dan m, Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
:)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/c0vNwf3.jpg
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 02:05 (eight years ago) link
Lift Bridge Operator job opening
― longform Gordon thinkpiece (Eazy), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 03:27 (eight years ago) link
http://www.oldpoliticals.com/ItemImages/000018/25877_lg.jpeg
― pratt truss it (dan m), Friday, 17 June 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
love this thread title, sounds like a lost jules verne novel
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 17 June 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
http://www.startribune.com/duluth-bear-enjoys-an-afternoon-snack-a-dip-in-the-pool/388328241/
bear conditioned city
― j., Wednesday, 27 July 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link
Haven't been to Duluth in too long. :(
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Welp, solved that, currently eating Pizza Luce and drinking Bent Paddle. This town never fails.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
Nice
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
love me some duluth
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:48 (seven years ago) link
http://www.citypages.com/news/watch-this-gnarly-1000-ft-freighter-whip-a-sick-360-in-duluth-video/461837323
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 4 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
excellent
― El Tomboto, Monday, 4 December 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Nice digs for only $1.2 mil
http://www.startribune.com/ultra-modern-1-2m-home-by-minnesota-s-most-renowned-architect-overlooks-lake-superior/475287433/#8
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
Second fire, larger than first, now raging at Superior refinery: https://t.co/FFWfm1sT7G— John Myers (@newsduluth) April 26, 2018
holy shit
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
― gbx, Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
"Now that working from home is widely accepted, more and more people are choosing where that home should be. For some people, that means places they feel are safer from the impacts of climate change, including Duluth."
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/01/28/how-much-is-climate-a-factor-in-where-people-are-moving/
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
don't have much to add about duluth but want to chime in that i did the MS150 once, which starts in cloquet. the night prior to the ride i found an attempt at a tourism brochure for cloquet, and the front featured a picture of the lift bridge, and read 'close to duluth... yet far enough away!'
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
apologies, it was not cloquet. it was proctor
i guess i do have duluth related insights, my dad grew up there, and his father worked on the railroad in proctor, which sounds like basically an alien existence to me. i never knew my grandpa particularly well and most of the memories i have of him were being scared of him. anyway, when he retired, with no musical background he ended up buying some kind of electric organ. after he passed and they were cleaning out his belongings, someone found a cassette tape he'd made. it opened with his creaky old voice announcing 'this... is my music...'. followed by ten to fifteen minutes of straight up drone music. i know i've heard this tape once, i know someone has it somewhere. i really really need to find and acquire this recording of grandfather folk-drone
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
xxpDoesn't matter how hot it gets in Duluth, it's air-conditioned!
― nickn, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
It's hard for me to equate 'climate refugees' with current tech workers who probably make their own keffir
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
lol
Awesome Final Jeopardy answer today. All 3 contestants got it WRONG. 2 guessed Green Bay, and the other Minneapolis. Not bad guesses, but no. pic.twitter.com/GxtC7zk6Nv— Bruce McGuire (@dunord) February 15, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:20 (two years ago) link
I disagree btw, Minneapolis is a bad guess
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:21 (two years ago) link
yeah who the hell thinks minneapolis is on the great lakes?
that said i don't think i would have gotten it right.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
I got my first vaccine shot last March in Duluth (no MN residency required) and explored the city for the first time in 15-20 years. Had no idea about the cool distillery/BBQ/taproom district that had sprung up since then.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah the west side of town is on the come up for sure.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 01:10 (two years ago) link
anyone know what the deal is with the Cargills buying up property on park point
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 22:56 (one month ago) link
they are billionaires and terrible people who are going to build some ugly shit hole compound is the sense I get
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 23:07 (one month ago) link
like are they buying the whole thing, it's nuts
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 23:50 (one month ago) link
Similar to the Monaco real estate guy buying up more than 13 properties in Carmel, CA.
I think I've only driven around Park Point, usually just to the end and then turning around, maybe gone to the beach there once.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 00:03 (one month ago) link
My wife is running the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth in June. We've never been. We're staying in the Lincoln Park area. Any current recommendations for dining? Looking for something casual and comfortable for Saturday night after the marathon. Breweries/Brewpubs with good food would work for this or at other times as well.
I'm also going back through the thread. I am way more excited than I was originally seeing all the enthusiasm for the city. Thanks in advance.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:24 (one month ago) link
Fellow Brit I bumped into here in Rochester MN sent me some recommendations he'd given some friends, if we were ever up Duluth way too. Dunno if it's any use but it's what I have.
https://www.vabenecaffe.com/https://northernwaterssmokehaus.comhttps://www.bettyspies.com/https://fitgers.com/restaurants-nightlife/
― continue without dissembling (Matt #2), Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:41 (one month ago) link
Va Bene is great, and hanging right over the lake. New Scenic Cafe is fantastic, but a little ways north up Highway 61. Duluth Grill is just south of town and nearly a mandatory stop for our family when we're heading that way. Love Fitgers for the old school vibe.
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:52 (one month ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations. Looks like some fun places. For Fitgers, which restaurant do you recommend?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 1 April 2024 10:58 (one month ago) link