Monday, November 24, 2003
Travel story catch-up time...
We travel quite a bit. We're actually really bad about updating our sometimes travel-related zine with the stories of our travels. So, we're going to start working our way backwards with some brief summaries of the trips we've taken that we never got around to writing about before.
Minneapolis!
We went to Minneapolis in mid-November for our friends' wedding. As Margaret noted earlier, Minneapolis is one hell of a kick-ass city. It's also one hell of a cold city. Bob, who went to school there in Minneapolis but is originally from N.Y. and now lives in D.C., told us that the coldest it ever was there while he lived there was about -30. That's horrible!
We ate at an English-style pub called "Brit's Pub" one night. About a block away was a place called "Irish Bar". You can probably imagine what it was like.
We stayed at the Marriott, which I was actually boycotting although I can't remember exactly why. Something to do with it being run by wierd republicans and mormons. Hell, don't just believe me, do a search for "marriott hotel republican" on Google. All those republicans are having all their events at Marriotts.
The book of Mormon was in our room. Here's the first link I could find about Mormons and Marriott.
But, what's worse than the Mormons and the Republicans is the really wierd liquor laws they have in Minneapolis. I couldn't buy booze the night before my friend's wedding because they have to stop selling it at 8:00 on weeknights, and something like 10:00 on weekends. I kid you not! I even asked the guy at the front desk "What'll it take?". He mumbled something about "the cameras" and I huffed away.
Anyway, Minneapolis is a nice place, but completely not a place that's fit for human habitation. ¶ 10:00 PM
We travel quite a bit. We're actually really bad about updating our sometimes travel-related zine with the stories of our travels. So, we're going to start working our way backwards with some brief summaries of the trips we've taken that we never got around to writing about before.
Minneapolis!
We went to Minneapolis in mid-November for our friends' wedding. As Margaret noted earlier, Minneapolis is one hell of a kick-ass city. It's also one hell of a cold city. Bob, who went to school there in Minneapolis but is originally from N.Y. and now lives in D.C., told us that the coldest it ever was there while he lived there was about -30. That's horrible!
We ate at an English-style pub called "Brit's Pub" one night. About a block away was a place called "Irish Bar". You can probably imagine what it was like.
We stayed at the Marriott, which I was actually boycotting although I can't remember exactly why. Something to do with it being run by wierd republicans and mormons. Hell, don't just believe me, do a search for "marriott hotel republican" on Google. All those republicans are having all their events at Marriotts.
The book of Mormon was in our room. Here's the first link I could find about Mormons and Marriott.
But, what's worse than the Mormons and the Republicans is the really wierd liquor laws they have in Minneapolis. I couldn't buy booze the night before my friend's wedding because they have to stop selling it at 8:00 on weeknights, and something like 10:00 on weekends. I kid you not! I even asked the guy at the front desk "What'll it take?". He mumbled something about "the cameras" and I huffed away.
Anyway, Minneapolis is a nice place, but completely not a place that's fit for human habitation. ¶ 10:00 PM
