I witnessed a robbery today. Sitting, eating lunch in the Burrito Loco a block or so east of Hennepin on Lagoon in Uptown, a guy came in and took a well stocked tip jar. An on-foot chase ensued, police were called and eventually arrived, events were discussed. Ain't life interesting.
I had a great visit with Jeffrey who came down from St Cloud last week for a few days, intersecting with my sister and her family from Arizona. We experienced a walk to Lake Calhoun, lunch at Barbette (a cafe I'd been meaning to try – I tried a tofu noodle concoction that was the best tofu I've ever had), afternoon at Mall of America (oh dear, yes, indeed, and the nephews had great fun on a few of the rides and saw the Lego Store). Next day, we went to the Como Park Zoo, and then lunch at a Korean restaurant I'd wanted to try, on North Snelling – not far from the old neighborhood near Macalester. Then Jeff and I went and played a round of disc golf (which is his big thing, I think, at least currently) at a course in Highland Park (off Montreal Ave) which is where I first encountered disc golf with Mark about 20 years ago.
I drove Jeff back to St Cloud, and saw Samara and co. off at their motel the next morning.
I've begun trying to scan old photos, and take new ones (finally bought a digital camera). I'm posting them on my website (https://jaredway.com will get you there [UPDATE 2010: this is no longer true. Some photos are on this blog host {but not well maintained}, and some others are on my facebook page – the preceding website link takes you to my "professional" site, now]). My ambition would be to get everything scanned before leaving the country in late August – not sure I'll get there, but I'll give it a try.