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She's Melting!
January 27, 1947: Pictured here is F. J. Scully checking the depth of a puddle while going about his rounds at the melting ice palace in Highland Park, at the corner of Edgecumbe and Montreal Avenues in St. Paul. Officials hoped the temperatures would remain below freezing when they laid the cornerstone on January 15, but no such luck. Due to the thaw, the coronation of King Boreas, set for February 2nd, was relocated to Como Park Conservatory. Nevertheless, Vulcan, the fire king, and his cohorts stormed the ice palace on February 9, signaling the overthrow of winter by the forces of spring.
The ice palace is a signature feature of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. The 2023 Winter Carnival runs from January 26-February 5.
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2024 Winter Carnival Orchid Show
In the Twin Cities, there are two constants in life. Winter will always arrive eventually and none of the professional sports teams, save for the Lynx, will ever win a championship. This year is no different. The Vikings did not make the playoffs (I quietly grin as I’m a diehard Cheesehead) and the middle of January was frigidly cold even without having gotten any substantial snow thus far. As…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders: A Minnesota Mystery by Larry Millett #SherlockHolmes #Minnesota
Sherlock Holmes came to Minnesota to solve a mystery? In the hands of #LarryMillett, the #Greatdetective returns to the midwest two years after solving another #MinnesotaMystery #SherlockHolmesandtheIcePalaceMurders #BookReview #Audible #Mystery
Sherlock Holmes rides again in this delightful mystery, based on another newly discovered manuscript. The year is 1896, and St. Paul’s magnificent Winter Carnival is underway when Holmes and Watson are summoned by the city’s most powerful man, railroad magnate James J. Hill. It seems a wealthy young man has disappeared on the eve of his wedding, and his fiancee’ has suspiciously discarded her…
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Old Saint Paul Minnesota Postcard Collection - Snyder's Drug Stores Marching Club In The 1939 St. Paul Winter Sport Carnival by Joe Haupt
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What kind of holiday traditions do each of the ducks have?
Alright let's do this. I have been taking notes and I think I have everything worked out.
So, I want to start with Charlie!
We know from D1 that Charlie and his mom go to see the Ice sculptures every year. I did some research and this apparently is supposed to represent the St. Paul Winter Carnival. So, I think that is the Conway's tradition. Every year they go to the carnival. Maybe after a few years, the other Ducks join them.
Maybe Charlie takes Adam there one Christmas and they share a kiss too
Anyway! Moving on!
Every year Connie drags the boys to the Holiday Bazaar. She loves to see all the homemade gifts and try all the seasonal foods and candy. Jesse and Guy join her every year. However, all the boys on the team have joined her. Julie and Tammy love going with her too.
Russ had never had snow during the holidays until he went to Eden Hall. So, to celebrate he organized a huge snowball fight. They actually get a lot of the school involved and Russ even brings a large dispenser of hot chocolate for afterwards.
For Fulton, he loves to go and see them light the big Christmas tree on West 50th Street. He started going when he was really little and it continued until he was older. There's something magical about it for him.
Now I firmly believe that despite his hard outside exterior, Dean is a big old softie. So, I think his holiday tradition is collecting gifts for the disenfranchised kids of his area. He did it in Minnesota, too. His mom started it when he was little and he kept it going.
Adam's holiday tradition is a big dinner party. It's more of a family thing, but he still has to attend. He did manage to convince his mom to let his friends come when he was a senior in high school. He had convinced her they had matured(they had not)
Jesse like Dean is a softie on the inside. Therefore his tradition is working at a soup kitchen with his dad and Terry on Christmas Eve. He does it every year cause it makes him feel like he's doing something valuable for his community.
Averman is a simple man with simple pleasures. So, his holiday tradition is simple. He watches Christmas Vacation with his dad. His dad showed him the movie when he was five and he loves it.
I firmly believe Guy is the cookie baker. So every year he bakes a huge batch of Christmas cookies. They give them out to friends and charities around them. His favorite is gingerbread and it is a family recipe.
Julie has always thrown a Christmas Eve party with her family. In Maine, they would go to a cabin. However, she also threw one in Minnesota the weekend before winter break. They used Bombay's cabin and Adam said it was so much more fun than his parent's party.
Goldberg spent the first year in Minnesota reminding everyone that there were more holidays than Christmas in December. It actually made a big impact on his friends and they all stopped at his house during the 8 days of Hannukah to give him a gift. It became a tradition from then. They would meet up before his family did the candle lighting. He would tell everyone the story of Hannukah and they would exchange gifts.
Kenny is stoked to go ice skating on a real pond the first holiday he is in Minnesota. He loves it so much that he does it every year. He didn't tell the others at first. However, Luis asked where he was going one day and he invited him along.
Luis' tradition is all about food. Every year when he was in Miami his family would make tamales. When he was in Minnesota his mama would save a few to make with him when he came home for the holidays. However, it wasn't the same for Luis, so the Ducks got involved. Guy invited him to his house while his dad was making cookies and Kenny had called Luis' mom to get a list of the ingredients needed for Tamales. Luis was so touched he cried and it became a tradition from there.
Dwayne is the one who decorates the whole dorm building. He loves the holidays and they would always decorate his family ranch. So, it was just natural for him to decorate the place. It's rather cozy.
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What is your favorite indoors and outdoors activities during winter/holiday season? Do you have any tradition? How did it start?
I love outdoor Christmas markets!
It started when I went to the St. Paul Winter Carnival for the first time. I loved that it was a festival with long developed lore and traditions. And adult participated in all the dress-up and role-playing of good guys (winter) and bad guys (warmth) that went along with it.
"And so, for ten glorious days, there was Carnival and joyous celebration in Saint Paul — feasting, dancing, fun and frolic reigned over by Boreas and the Queen of Snows, the fairest maiden of the realm, along with the four Winds, who were each accompanied by a lovely Princess from the realm of Boreas.
…On the final day of celebration, Vulcanus Rex and his Krewe stormed the magnificent ice castle and confronted the King’s Guard. Upon the good counsel of the Queen, Boreas bade farewell to the people of his winter capitol in the interest of peace and goodwill, and returned to dwell among the gods of Olympus.
Seeing a vintage fire truck cruising down the street, and the crew all in their red jumpsuits hop off to cause "mayhem" and leave their "mark." (In prior years, that meant kissing people. In the modern era, I think the Vulcans just leave a smudge of ash on someone's cheek to represent a kiss.) The year I went also included a massive ice castle built from 25,000+ blocks of ice from a nearby lake. It was spectacular. I love the how the twinkling lights look on those dark northern evenings, making it feel warmer than the 0°F (-18°C) it really is.
In the following years this love was transferred to Christmas markets. I love the old world half-timber lodge look, the decorations and ornaments, the food. And it's the only place I will willingly drink wine!
I lived in Germany for two years, which is basically the world capital for Weihnachtsmärkte. It was glorious. I'm not huge into presents and shopping around the holidays, but I go all in for Christmas markets.
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Found a great photo of the St. Paul Hotel during St. Paul's Winter Carnival. That's our hotel next summer!
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Clarence Wesley Wigington (April 21, 1883 - July 7, 1967) was an architect, born in Lawrence, Kansas to Wesley Wigington and Jennie Mary Roberts. He was the fourth of twelve children. He was raised in Omaha, where he completed high school.
He secured a position as clerk in the office of architect Thomas R. Kimball, where he advanced from clerk to student draftsman, to junior draftsman. He opened his practice in 1908. He was instrumental in designing homes, churches, and some business-related structures in Omaha.
He moved his family to St. Paul, Minnesota. In May of 1915, he sat for the civil service examination where he registered the highest score. He is believed to be the country’s first African American municipal architect, a remarkable achievement given the few African Americans who were practicing architects, and the fact that he did not have a formal architectural degree.
He was promoted to the position of Senior Architectural Designer, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of that office, he could never aspire to be the City Architect, a political appointment.
The corpus of his work was in municipal structures, many occasioned by the City of Saint Paul and the Federal government through the Works Progress Administration. Another body of work reflected businesses, private residences, and religious buildings. Approximately 108 municipal structures in Saint Paul are attributable to him as a draftsman or in charge architect. An additional 48 structures, designed and/or built across the country, have been attributed to him. He is known for designing six ice palaces for the City of Saint Paul Winter Carnival, two of which were completed and two whose construction was halted by unseasonably warm weather.
He moved to Los Angeles, where he struck a friendship with Paul Williams, the most prominent African American Architect in the state. In 1950, he and Williams reactivated the California Chapter of the National Technical Association composed of African American architects, engineers, chemists, and draftsmen. In 1963 he and his wife moved to Kansas City, Missouri to live with their daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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Fearn (Alder; Tree of Pre-Eminent Lineage; Celtic Book of Days)
Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
Jackson Pollock (Artology)
John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)
Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)
Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)
Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)
Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)
Paulinus of Aquileia (Christian; Saint)
Peter Nolasco (Christian; Saint)
Peter Thomas (Christian; Saint)
Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)
Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)
Valerius (Christian; Saint)
Witch’s Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)
Premieres
Amphigorey, by Edward Gorey (Illustrated Book; 1972)
Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)
Boobs in the Woods (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
College (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)
Cryptozoo (Animated Film; 2021)
Dope (Film; 2015)
The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)
The Flat of the Land or A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 251; 1964)
Flee (Animated Film; 2021)
Hamateur Night (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)
I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)
The Invisible Monster (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #20; 1965)
It’s an Ill Will (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)
The Last of Chéri, by Colette (Novel; 1926)
La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]
Mack the Knife or Operation: Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 252; 1964)
The Mechanic (Film; 2011)
The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carleton (Novel; 1962)
Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)
My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]
Red Rock West (Film; 1994)
Scratch a Tiger (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)
Seal Skinners, featuring The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)
A Silent Voice (Anime Film; 2019)
Sissy Sheriff (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)
Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)
Tales of the South Pacific, by James A. Michener (Short Stories; 1947)
Too Hop To Handle (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)
The Vacuum Gun, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 35 & 36; 1967)
We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)
Today’s Name Days
Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)
Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)
Otýlie (Czech Republic)
Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)
Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)
Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)
Manfred, Thomas (France)
Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)
Haris, Palladios (Greece)
Karola, Károly (Hungary)
Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)
Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)
Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)
Karl, Karoline (Norway)
Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)
Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)
Alfonz (Slovakia)
Tomás (Spain)
Karl, Karla (Sweden)
Edward (Ukraine)
Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 28 of 2024; 338 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 4 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 8 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 18 Xin-Mao()
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 18 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 17 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 28 White; Sevenday [28 of 30]
Julian: 15 January 2024
Moon: 92%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 39 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 7 of 28)
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Ice palace at the St. Paul Winter Carnival, Minnesota (© Joe Mamer Photography/Alamy)
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This Week in Geek (1/22/24–1/28/24)
This week, take advantage of the warmer weather with a bevy of outdoor events, including the St. Paul Winter Carnival, ice castles, Powderhorn Art Sled Rally, Lake Harriet Kite Festival, and more!
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, January 22, to Sunday, January 28.
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Virtual Events
How to Grow Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes—Growing Vegetable Series
What: Educational
When: Monday, January 22, at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Zoom
While the winter creeps in, you might be thinking ahead to…
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um. i have set crew this thursday for my schools production of the little mermaid. i really like juice. in first grade my family went to the st. paul winter carnival and while we were waiting in line at a food stand i stepped on a dead pidgeon and i was scared of pidgeons because of that until about 5th or 6th grade and i can and will continue to hold a grudge against them till the day i draw my last breath.
#hell i’ll probably still hold it even after#haunting pidgeons from beyond the grave#im gonna give em so much trauma#asks and replies#fuck pidgeons
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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage MN Winter Carnival 80s pullover sweater.
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Quebec City: A Captivating Chronicle of a European Gem in the Heart of Canada
Quebec City, a radiant, historical gem nestled in the bosom of Canada, offers an intoxicating blend of culture, gastronomical delights, and engaging activities. It's akin to stepping into a charming European enclave, sans the Atlantic crossing. Its cobblestone streets, 17th-century houses, and the iconic Château Frontenac majestically presiding over the city almost trick you into believing you've time-traveled into a charming French hamlet.
Time to Travel: The Best Seasons to Visit
Quebec City thrives throughout the year and the ideal time to visit depends largely on your preferences. The city is transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland during winters, perfect for those seeking snowy adventures. It's also when the city comes alive with the Carnaval de Québec - the world's biggest winter carnival. However, if you prefer milder temperatures, the radiant fall colors or the blooming summers might be more enticing.
Journey to the City: How to Reach
Quebec City is conveniently reachable via multiple transport modes. The most common way to arrive is via Jean Lesage International Airport, with numerous carriers serving major North American and European cities. It's a quick 20-minute taxi trip from the airport to the city center. Alternatively, comfortable intercity trains and buses connect Quebec City to Montreal and other major Canadian cities.
Home Away From Home: Accommodation Options
From the grandeur of the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac to the quaint allure of Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City offers an extensive range of accommodations to suit all budgets. The city also boasts an array of bed and breakfasts, guest houses, and vacation rentals for those seeking a homely vibe.
A City of Wonders: Activities and Attractions
Quebec City teems with vibrancy and attractions. Meander through the historic Quartier Petit Champlain, uncover the history at the fortifications of Québec, and stand awestruck by the towering Montmorency Falls. For art connoisseurs, a visit to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is indispensable.
Delightful Delicacies: Gastronomical Adventures
A culinary journey in Quebec City is a feast for the senses. Enjoy traditional French-Canadian dishes at Aux Anciens Canadiens, or indulge in innovative cuisine at Laurie Raphaël. Don't forget to savor poutine, a quintessential Quebec delicacy. For dessert, treat yourself to the sinfully delicious maple syrup-infused treats.
Beauty and History: Sights, Tours, and Tips
A trip to Quebec City is incomplete without a Ferry ride across the St. Lawrence River, offering breathtaking city views. Guided tours provide insider insights into the city's rich history and hidden gems. Don't forget to explore the city's beautiful parks, including Battlefields Park and the Plains of Abraham.
Currency: Money Matters
While most establishments accept international credit cards, Canadian dollars come in handy for smaller outlets. ATMs are conveniently located around the city for easy access to cash.
Night Life: After Dark Adventures
Quebec City's nightlife is eclectic, with a plethora of live music venues, chic bars, and some of Canada's best craft breweries. Whether you seek a quiet evening or a vibrant night out, Quebec City will not disappoint.
Getting Around: Transport Options
Quebec City, given its compact size, is best explored on foot. Extended journeys can be made via efficient public transportation, including buses and trams. Taxis are readily available, and for the more adventurous, bike rentals offer a fun way to explore the city.
Retail Therapy: Shopping in Quebec City
Whether it's stylistic boutiques, artisanal stores, or bustling local markets, Quebec City offers a shopping experience for every type of shopper. Antique lovers should make a beeline for Rue Saint-Paul, a haven for vintage finds.
Quebec City's culture is deeply rooted in its historical past, traditional values, and strong French influences. It truly comes alive during its numerous festivals and celebrations. Experience the city's life through its street performances, characteristic architecture, and vibrant murals.
Quebec City's gastronomy is a delicious fusion of classic French cuisine and unique Canadian elements. Seasonal produce, innovative restaurateurs, and a love for comforting meals culminate in a culinary culture that's extraordinarily dynamic and ever-evolving.
From hiking scenic trails, ice-skating in Place D’Youville, to cruising along the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City caters to every adventure type and energy level. The city is a playground for outdoor enthusiasts, history buffs, art lovers, and foodies alike.
In conclusion, Quebec City offers a delightful amalgamation of old-world charm and modern conveniences. If you're seeking an experience that's distinct, culturally rich, and magnificently charming, Quebec City is the perfect destination for you.
Quebec City, with its deep-rooted history, enticing cuisine, vibrant celebrations, and friendly locals, promises an experience that's truly unparalleled. This city invites you to step into a fascinating French fairytale that's come alive, hidden right in the heart of Canada. Don't wait, let the story of Quebec City unfold and become an unforgettable chapter in your travel memoirs.
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