Lean into Your Fear: Whitewater Rafting on the St. Louis River

Marie Zhuikov Sep 10, 2022 No Comments

This story is from my personal blog, “Marie’s Meanderings.” When I write a travel post, because my blog’s name has the word “meander” in it, I usually open by saying I “meandered” here and there.

Well, I can’t use that term this time. It’s more accurate to say I reluctantly agreed to go on a whitewater rafting trip down the St. Louis River and promised to scream all the way!

It all started when my friend Russ, who is an experienced kayaker, won a silent auction item at a fundraiser for the St. Louis River Alliance in 2018. He won two tickets for whitewater rafting through Minnesota Whitewater Rafting, a local company that operates out of Scanlon.

Upon my insistence, we agreed to wait for the trip until the water was warm, to make it a more comfortable experience. Now it was August, month of warm weather and water, and I was out of excuses not to go. We gathered everything the company’s information sheet instructed rafters to bring: a dry change of clothes, snug-fitting footwear, windbreaker, towel, etc. And off we went.

Read More


Outdoors, Random , , , ,

Lake Superior Aquaman of Duluth Minnesota

Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) Sep 10, 2022 2 Comments

I’m just saying.


Art, Photos ,

Sydney Hansen – “Getting Somewhere Slow”

PDDTV Sep 09, 2022 No Comments

Duluth’s Sydney Hansen has a new single — “Getting Somewhere Slow” — with a video directed by Bo Allen of Bopro Video.


Music, Videos

Selective Focus: Labor Day Weekend Aurora

Paul Lundgren Sep 08, 2022 No Comments

This past weekend was aurora galora as the northern lights danced across Minnesota skies. Collected here are select images from Instagram.

Read More


Photos , ,

Monthly Grovel: Final Edition

Paul Lundgren Sep 08, 2022 No Comments
(Enter the amount of your choice.)

With the state of independent publishing being what it is, Perfect Duluth Day will no doubt continue groveling for donations for years to come. We’re going to start doing it in different ways, however, so this is the final “Monthly Grovel” post. Basically we’re just going to stop calling our grovel a grovel, but we’re also going to start providing a little more behind-the-curtain information.

Read More


Random

The Slice: Gateway to Madeline

PDDTV Sep 07, 2022 No Comments

The town of La Pointe created a Public Arts Committee that has spent the past few years working on a new sculpture for Madeline Island. Hear from artist Lisa Kosmo on how she was selected to design this piece and why it’s important to her.

In its series The Slice, WDSE-TV presents short “slices of life” that capture the events and experiences that bring people together and speak to what it means to live up north.


Videos , ,

Postcards from the College of St. Scholastica

Paul Lundgren Sep 06, 2022 2 Comments

Featured here is a pair of old College of St. Scholastica postcards.

Read More


History , ,

Five Movies that Almost Reference Duluth

Paul Lundgren Sep 05, 2022 1 Comment

Among the many silly obsessions on Perfect Duluth Day is the practice of noting whenever Duluth is mentioned in a mainstream film — which by our count has happened at least 26 times. But what about when the script calls for a Duluth namedrop and the director or editor nixes it? Well, there are at least five examples of that.

Here’s PDD’s look at movies that were supposed to reference Duluth but ultimately didn’t.

Read More


Random

Exploring Santa Fe U.S. Mail Railway Post Car 57

PDDTV Sep 04, 2022 1 Comment

Duluth Urbex takes a peek inside an abandoned railway post-office car in West Duluth.


Videos , ,

Lincoln Park trades print shop for restaurant, tea and spices

Mark Nicklawske Sep 02, 2022 1 Comment

JS Print Group moved into the Lincoln Park neighborhood about five years ago. The business then outgrew the location at 1927 W. Superior St. and moved this summer to a larger facility in the Central Hillside.
(Photos by Mark Nicklawske)

A fast-growing print shop has moved out of Lincoln Park for a bigger building and plans are in the works for two new businesses — including an Indonesian restaurant — to take over the prime Superior Street location.

Read More


News and Current Affairs, Restaurants

Video: Black bear rolling around in sawdust

PDDTV Sep 01, 2022 No Comments

This black bear in Voyageurs National Park, about 100 miles north of Duluth, is pretty happy to roll around in sawdust and also have a little back scratch on a nearby tree. The footage is from a Voyageurs Wolf Project trail camera.


Videos ,

Sexy 1938 Denfeld Beanie

Paul Lundgren Sep 01, 2022 3 Comments

Beanies are not likely to make any back-to-school fashion lists in 2022, but at some point in time Denfeld High School had a line of round, brimless, snug-fitting, maroon-and-gold skullcaps.

Read More


History , ,

Charlie Parr on Writing Songs

PDDTV Aug 31, 2022 No Comments

Charlie Parr shares insights with Kyle Orla about how he wrote “1922 Blues,” “Remember Me if I Forget,” and his songwriting process in general.


Music, Videos

Riding a Train to Duluth on YouTube

David Beard Aug 30, 2022 2 Comments

I love trains. So when this showed up in my YouTube feed, I was excited.

Read More


Videos

St. Louis River frogs devouring mayflies

Paul Lundgren Aug 30, 2022 1 Comment

Shot with a simple iPhone — little leopard frogs gobbling up mayflies on the edge of the St. Louis River in Duluth’s Riverside neighborhood.


Videos