Posts Tagged ‘local flavor’

First snow of the season today–flurries from 11am until around 2pm. At least it didn’t stick!

The new I-35W bridge over the Mississippi opened today just over 13 months after the collapse of the old one.

Almost June and we have tulips! And the trees are flowering! And it’s almost 70 degrees F!

Current plants in bloom at Missouri Botanical Garden.

The forecast here?

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Thursday afternoon
through Saturday morning.

There remains uncertainty on the exact precipitation type
Thursday afternoon and night in portions of eastern and southern
Minnesota… including the Twin Cities metropolitan area… as well
as the Highway 8 corridor in west central Wisconsin. The
precipitation in these areas may oscillate between rain and snow
Thursday evening before changing to all snow during the early
morning hours on Friday. Accumulating snow is then expected on
Friday.

By Friday night… snowfall accumulations within the watch
area could reach 6 inches or more.

It was so nice yesterday. In the forties. I didn’t even have to wear a hat or gloves.

I thought it would be similar today, so I dressed not like an Eskimo. I found myself downtown with a temperature of -4F and a windchill of -25F.

That’s quite a drop. Not to be expected. But I should know by now to ALWAYS check the forecast before leaving home!

Thank God for the Skyway system.

It’s getting cold up here. Time to bundle up…

At the Minnesota State Fair, there’s lots to eat…

Whew! I thought I had photographed them all, but boy was I wrong. I missed:

• batter-dipped, deep-fried chocolate chip cookies on-a-stick
• sloppy joes on-a-stick
• cajun seasoned alligator sausage on-a-stick
• oriental lemon chicken on-a-stick
• pizza on-a-stick
• hand dipped caramel apples on-a-stick
• batter-dipped, deep-fried candy bars on-a-stick (Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeer)
• chocolate covered bananas on-a-stick
• pancake wrapped around sausage on-a-stick
• Kool Aid pickles on-a-stick
• rocky road scones on-a-stick (caramel, chocolate, marshmallow)
• batter-dipped, deep-fried fruit on-a-stick in a variety of the following combinations: grapes, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, strawberry, pineapple, apple, pineapple, banana, kiwi, peaches, cherries, pears, watermelon
• fried jalapeno pepper cheese on-a-stick
• Dixie wings on-a-stick
• leg of lamb (marinated on-a-stick)
• rueben on-a-stick
• shrimp (breaded, grilled, buffalo, popcorn, cocktaii) on-a-stick
• spaghetti and meat balls on-a-stick (don’t quite know how they manage that)
• deep fried spudsters on-a-stick
• blackened cajun steak-on-a-stick
• Puff Daddy on a stick (?)
• caramel apples on-a-stick
• frozen grapes on-a-stick
• cherries on-a-stick
• batter-dipped, deep-fried vegetables on-a-stick
• ice cream on-a-stick
• walleye on-a-stick
• catfish on-a-stick

Sorry you missed out, aren’t you? More fair stuff coming soon.

PS: Sorry for the poor photo quality :O(

Remember last year’s Minnehaha Falls post? I went again this year recently with my sweetie, Jeremy.

Everyone, this is Jeremy.

Jeremy, this is everyone, or at least some…