Secrets of the City

Note also the display ClearWay Minnesota (the former MPAAT) has outside the Food Building.

Unique.

Mrs. Lungs and I have pledged to try a new (to us) food at the Fair this year. Me: honey ice cream. Her: the frozen butterscotch cake on a stick (sold at the Scotch Eggs stand).

Bob & Company will be on the 5 p.m. newscast for Blimp 9 on Friday. Tune in, and live-blog your critiques…

Joe Kimball, buyout-taking Strib columnist, is continuing his popular State Fair blog at Minnesota Monitor this year. He says he’ll do five posts a day during the week and roundup posts on the weekend. It’ll deviate from MnMon’s public affairs approach: “t would get staler than yesterday’s cheese curds if we spent the next 12 days stalking the glad-handing politicians who find their way to the fair each year like bees to the cotton candy booth. Sure, if Chris Coleman burns his mouth on a corn dog or his non-brother Norm gets lost in Ye Olde Mill, I’ll let you know. But mostly we’ll just have some fun.”

I always liked Joe’s column on Saint Paul. He’s missed already by us dead tree media readers.

we’re currently deciding what to feed him.

I’m ticked to learn I can’t revise my poll, and hence, he may never get to taste the koolaid pickle

I read “deep fried oreos” as “deep fried placebos” initially. I’m a little saddened that I was in error.

Actually, Spam curds sounds kinda tasty…

I have always preferred my placebos lightly grilled with extra virgin olive oil.

And if you missed it, check out this MN State Fair video from 1988: