Foshay reflected – cliché but I don’t care

June 9th, 2009-2:21 am -by- Legba

Some decent history of the building here.

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The wide view

June 9th, 2009-1:44 am -by- Legba

Click image to see it wide:

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Dinner and dinner and dinner

June 8th, 2009-2:06 am -by- Legba

Brit’s Pub, Minneapolis. Ate here a few times. They do pub food right.

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They have lawn bowling on top of the adjacent parking garage.

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Scottish egg – a hard boiled egg battered and deep fried:

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Fish and chips:

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And a pint of Guinness is required to wash it all down:

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Lunch

June 8th, 2009-1:58 am -by- Legba

Peter’s Grill, Minneapolis. Bill Clinton ate here once. The Yelp.com review pretty much says it all.

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Breakfast

June 8th, 2009-1:53 am -by- Legba

Calhoun Grill, Minneapolis:

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The Crystal Tavern is being filled

June 4th, 2009-9:51 am -by- Legba

Cheap and cold PBR in a bottle, and indoor smoking. This place really does have it all.

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St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Lou’s Fish Motel

June 4th, 2009-9:44 am -by- Legba

Fish check in, but do they check out?

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Twin Falls, Minnesota

Looking for the wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald

June 4th, 2009-9:40 am -by- Legba

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Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Campbell Mithun Tower

May 20th, 2009-9:12 pm -by- Legba

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Foshay Observation Deck

May 20th, 2009-8:21 pm -by- Legba

The observation deck goes all the way around, with telescopes at each corner. The cage is sized so that only a sideshow rubber man could climb through.

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There’s an old FM transmitter on top of the building.

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A trapdoor (locked with a bicycle chain) leads to a ladder for tip top roof access.

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