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 (nine years ago) link
:)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:54 (nine 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (six months 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 (six months ago) link
like are they buying the whole thing, it's nuts
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 23:50 (six months 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 (six months 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 (five months 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 (five months 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 (five months 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 (five months ago) link
We're a month out from being in Duluth. It looks like we are going to rent a car so I think we're going to do the drive up the North Shore one day. We will probably try to hit Glensheen Mansion as well. I am excited!
Still figuring out dinner the night before the marathon. We might try OMC Smokehouse out of convenience (right next to our hotel). Might be ok, but my wife prefers a cleaner meal (chicken breast, sweet potato, and greens) for pre-race dinner. Any deli/marketplace in that will have grilled chicken or other foods for takeaway that could be reheated in our hotel microwave/oven?
(Maybe I should just be less self-conscious about cooking in the hotel room?)
There are so many breweries and barbecue places (this is excellent)!
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 19 May 2024 11:55 (four months ago) link
*deli/marketplace in Lincoln Park area*
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 19 May 2024 11:56 (four months ago) link
Dunno exactly how close it would be but Whole Foods Co-op (not that Whole Foods) is my first inclination for something like that.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 19 May 2024 13:32 (four months ago) link