Once upon a time I may have felt a misplaced pride - smugness even - about Minnesotans. About our ability to cooperate and collaborate and generally be more sensible than most. But now that we’re on our SECOND state government shutdown those feelings are long gone. Also disappointing and sad? You may have heard the news but Cake Eater Bakery is closing. They will be hosting a farewell open house from 10am-4pm on July 10th. And this weekend their brunch special sounds intense. “IN CHEESE WE CRUST: a veggie lasagna made with grilled cheddar cheese SANDWICHES instead of noodles, layered with ricotta, eggplant, and zucchini, topped with parmesan.”
Let’s keep it rolling with five weird things for this dangerously hot Friday:
- Oh the strangeness of human rituals. “Baby-Jumping Festival Cleanses Babies of Sin“
- Clearly I am a fan of cephalopods but I don’t know about this 200lb octopus cake. It creeps me out.
- In other faux oceanic news, Tragedy on the Sea Nymph: An operetta for dogs, starring dogs is coming to Minneapolis. I would love to see some sort of battle of the bands with these opera dogs vs. The Rock Cats, who were also in town recently..
- Speaking of cats, Maru is in energy-saving mode. And I think most Minnesotans will be today too, with today’s stupid heat advisory.
- Bjork: ‘David Attenborough was my rock star’ - Singer tells of influence of ‘natural science’ on new album, Biophilia
And now we are headed into a long, hot holiday weekend. But this year we’re staying in town. We have plans with friends for brunch and BBQs and beach time and ping pong parties and to see bands. Not too freaking bad.
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