In the early evening. I went to see the Holiday Lights in Phalen Park in St. Paul with my date as I hadn't seen them yet this season. This is the final weekend for it if they run through New Year's Day.
We were given a pamphlet at the entrance, saying it was sponsored by the IBEW, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. It is in partnership with the King of Kings in Woodbury, apparently a Lutheran church. I know Christ was often referred to as the King of Kings. It is called a 'spectacular drive-through holiday light show'. The web address is 'lights in the park' and has the running time listed as November 20 to January 1. All of the net proceeds are to be donated to four different charities, one of them the Saint Paul Parks Conservancy. Most of the pages are advertising the four charities. Then there is a map, reminding us how the park includes Lake Phalen. There is a thank you for coming, and 'remember to turn your headlights back on' as we were asked to turn them off at the entrance. This helps with seeing and enjoying the lights. The back page lists more sponsors, including St. Paul's paper, the Pioneer Press. Each set of lights seemed to have a sponsor banner next to them. There was a wide variety of lights available, I liked one of a train.
In the early afternoon, we went to St. Paul's Union Depot to look around. My date hadn't seen it yet since it re-opened this month, though I have of course and it looks great. A security guard was on duty and had brochures available about the depot. I liked how somebody was so willing to help out.
I did a show at a place called the Icehouse in Uptown Minneapolis tonight, and I liked how one of my friends was also doing this show. It had an informal interview session after each comic did their jokes. Also saw two of my friends who were back from California, who were sitting in the upper level next to me. As I was preparing to leave at the end of the night, I was spotted by a crowdmember who asked about getting started in comedy. I advised them to try the open-mic shows, as there are some I regularly attend. I had just went to the bathroom and washed my hands when this happened, and recall this girl had some tattoos on her arm. I did many of the same jokes I did earlier in the week, though the interview session helped as I thought of another one. It was how I didn't see the circus as a kid, my first visit was to the Barnum and Bailey show when I was living in suburban Chicago. Some are likely surprised to hear this.
We were given a pamphlet at the entrance, saying it was sponsored by the IBEW, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. It is in partnership with the King of Kings in Woodbury, apparently a Lutheran church. I know Christ was often referred to as the King of Kings. It is called a 'spectacular drive-through holiday light show'. The web address is 'lights in the park' and has the running time listed as November 20 to January 1. All of the net proceeds are to be donated to four different charities, one of them the Saint Paul Parks Conservancy. Most of the pages are advertising the four charities. Then there is a map, reminding us how the park includes Lake Phalen. There is a thank you for coming, and 'remember to turn your headlights back on' as we were asked to turn them off at the entrance. This helps with seeing and enjoying the lights. The back page lists more sponsors, including St. Paul's paper, the Pioneer Press. Each set of lights seemed to have a sponsor banner next to them. There was a wide variety of lights available, I liked one of a train.
In the early afternoon, we went to St. Paul's Union Depot to look around. My date hadn't seen it yet since it re-opened this month, though I have of course and it looks great. A security guard was on duty and had brochures available about the depot. I liked how somebody was so willing to help out.
I did a show at a place called the Icehouse in Uptown Minneapolis tonight, and I liked how one of my friends was also doing this show. It had an informal interview session after each comic did their jokes. Also saw two of my friends who were back from California, who were sitting in the upper level next to me. As I was preparing to leave at the end of the night, I was spotted by a crowdmember who asked about getting started in comedy. I advised them to try the open-mic shows, as there are some I regularly attend. I had just went to the bathroom and washed my hands when this happened, and recall this girl had some tattoos on her arm. I did many of the same jokes I did earlier in the week, though the interview session helped as I thought of another one. It was how I didn't see the circus as a kid, my first visit was to the Barnum and Bailey show when I was living in suburban Chicago. Some are likely surprised to hear this.
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