Paul Lundgren Posts

Mexico Lindo soft opening at Fitger’s

Apr 20, 2010 20 Comments

The news of Mexico Lindo’s soft opening leaked out in the comments to an old post on this site, but I missed that. I was out and about, though, and saw from Superior Street that someone was eating at a window seat.

It was mighty busy in there for a sort-of-unannounced opening, but there was plenty of staff on hand to deal with it. Predictably, a few things were spilled and confusion with how to place orders on the computer was noticeable, but all in all things went very well. The food was great. The Lindos Special ($11.25) could feed three people.


Restaurants

Modest Home Makeover

Apr 19, 2010 1 Comment

Last summer/fall, the Extreme Makeover Home Edition TV show came to town to build a new home for the Huber family in South Range. It was a wonderful thing, but several commenters on this website wrote that those efforts should continue without all the TV cameras and didn’t need to be so extreme.

A little something called Modest Home Makeover was started around that time, with the goal of raising $150,000 to build a new home for Rick & Brenda Hallfrisch. Fox 21 News did this story about it …

I bring this up now because volunteer meetings and fund-raising events are coming up soon. You can read about all of them at modesthomemakeover.com.


Events, Videos

Duluth home-movie footage from 1938

Apr 18, 2010 5 Comments

This 8mm home-movie depicts a 1938 fishing trip to Duluth.


History, Videos

It’s not over yet, Netflix.

Apr 17, 2010 31 Comments

As Business North reports, the West Duluth Video Vision closes April 17. As the banners at Hollywood Video report, that store will be closing soon as well.

Other West Duluth video stores that came and went over the years include Mr. Movies, All Star Video and Late Night Video. The Redbox outside Super One and scattered convenience stores are the only movie rental choices in West Duluth now.

UPDATE: Video Vision owner Brian Augustine has changed his mind and will open a new location in the Spirit Valley Shopping Center.


News and Current Affairs

In 1975 rock was a man’s world, until …

Apr 16, 2010 4 Comments

The Runaways at Zinema 2, baybee!

Friday at 7:30. Live music by Shana David at 7 p.m.


Events

P.O.W. David Wheat’s return to Duluth

Apr 15, 2010 5 Comments

A tip of the hat to Andrew Krueger at the News Tribune Attic for spotting this Feb. 7, 1973, WDIO-TV broadcast on YouTube. Nice to have you back in the attic, Andrew.

David Wheat, many of you may remember, was a prison mate of John McCain’s in North Vietnam and campaigned for him in 2008.

This video includes cameos by pre-toupée Dennis Anderson and Mayor Ben Boo, among others. An hilarious ad for “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips” is at the end.


History, Videos

It’s like Homegrown has already started

Apr 15, 2010 2 Comments

Tonight
Homegrown Incubation Party at Hell Burgers
Kathy McTavish at Chester Creek Cafe
Teague Alexy at Carmody
The Good Colonels and Fearless Moral Inventory at Beaner’s
Usual Boomchucks and Fractals madness

Friday
Shana David is the Runaways
Ween covers at the Looch
Charity Hout at Carmody
Mynx reunion at Grandma’s Sports Garden
Etc.

Saturday
This will be a great start:

And then there’s:
The Freakin’ Gallery Hop
A Goddam Polka Jamboree at the Superior Moose Club
Mark Anderson Trio at Carmody
Bunch o’ Rappers at the Looch
North Shore Trio at Sir Ben’s
550 M.S., Little Black Books and Boomchucks at Quinlan’s
And so on.

Sunday
Junior Achievement’s Battle of the Bands at the DECC


Events

Live 2 Play silent auction carryover — Homegrown tickets and CDs

Apr 14, 2010 10 Comments


Last Saturday’s Live 2 Play concert featured a silent auction that raised a couple thousand bucks for youth music and hockey programs. One item from the silent auction is still up for bid …

* Two weeklong passes to the Homegrown Music Festival and two Homegrown CD compilations.

This package has a $66 value. Bidding reached $30 on Saturday, and then someone bid $100. No one bid after that, but the person who bid $100 never showed up to claim the items. Since this person also scribbled an unreadable name on the sheet and a number to a phone that no one answers, it seems only appropriate to reopen the bidding.

The starting bid is $30, the second-highest from Saturday. Do I hear $35? $35 anyone? C’mon folks, it’s a good cause, do I hear $35? This silent auction ends today at 4 p.m. Use the comments to this post to place your bid.


Music

Bedrock Bar / Tom’s Junkyard / Roby’s Bar & Lounge / Slippery Saloon / The Amber Flow — Timeline of a West End Bar

Apr 13, 2010 39 Comments

BedrockBar

The post “Minnow Swallowing Contest in Duluth” led to a discussion about where the Amber Flow Bar was located. The answer quickly emerged … 2023 W. Superior St.

Time for a little tavern genealogy …

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History ,

It’s a whole new ballgame in Minneapolis

Apr 13, 2010 13 Comments

Time-lapse video by MPR’s Laura Gill


Sports, Videos

Hip Hop Helps Homeless

Apr 13, 2010 4 Comments

News release from the College of St. Scholastica:

On April 23, Hip Hop and Human Dignity students at the College of St. Scholastica will throw Hip Hop Helps, a party to benefit Life House, a Duluth organization that serves homeless teenagers.

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Events, Music

Duluth’s Graffiti Graveyard

Apr 12, 2010 24 Comments

Video by Nathan Treanor.


Videos

Minnow Swallowing Contest in Duluth

Apr 11, 2010 14 Comments

St. Patrick’s Day, 1980. Quite a party in the West End.


History, Videos

Trinity of Spring: 2010 Edition

Apr 10, 2010 8 Comments

PortLand Malt Shoppe has been open about two weeks.
Gordy’s Hi-Hat has been open about three weeks.
A & Dubs is still boarded up.

As you all know, it is not officially spring until the full trinity of seasonal favorites is open. Anyone with an inside track on when A & Dubs will open, please report. The number listed in the phone book “has been disconnected or is no longer in service.” Don’t worry, I think it is normal for A & Dubs’ phone to be disconnected out of season. It usually opens in mid-May.

Of related interest:
* Hacienda del Sol will open its outdoor courtyard on April 14.
* West Duluth Diary Queen is open.


Restaurants

Proctor’s famous DWI chair up for bid again

Apr 09, 2010 2 Comments

It’s on do-bid.com.


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