i went to the Christmas open haus at the Germanic American institute in st. paul this afternoon. i got a flyer about it at the Schmidt brewery festival. i ate before going there, but i liked getting some apple strudel there, just before they stopped serving food. i was pleased with finding a rathskeller as well, the 4th i have found in Minnesota and the third in st. paul. reminds me of what Dad liked to say when i was a youngster, 'you can find him in the rathskeller'. this was in the 'high-rent district' of the city, i ended up parking about a block away, near the james j. hill home.
i also went to the USA women's hockey game at the xcel center, a warmup for the Olympic games. the americans lost to Canada, 2-1, in overtime. it was scoreless after the 1st, and the USA went up 1-0 early in the 2nd. Canada tied it 1-1 near the end of the 2nd, and the winning goal was in the first minute of overtime. next game in this series is in Winnipeg in two days. i saw this matchup at the xcel 4 years ago. i got a program, and no surprise how many of the players are from Minnesota, as i recall 7. so it makes sense to have a game in front of the home fans. the 10pm news on WCCO said about 9,000 were in attendance, made sense as the lower bowl was nearly full and no seats were sold in the upper deck. there was a flag giveaway, and i noticed the box said 'made in china'. so i guess that flag-making is being outsourced too, i didn't get the memo. i claimed one of them after the game, even though i already had a few 'stick flags' i thought it was a little sad to see it abandoned.
'the simpsons' episode was about lisa attending Harvard. and her family doing her birthday celebration, of course this was familiar as they brought back the Michael Jackson song 'happy birthday lisa' for this event.
i also went to the USA women's hockey game at the xcel center, a warmup for the Olympic games. the americans lost to Canada, 2-1, in overtime. it was scoreless after the 1st, and the USA went up 1-0 early in the 2nd. Canada tied it 1-1 near the end of the 2nd, and the winning goal was in the first minute of overtime. next game in this series is in Winnipeg in two days. i saw this matchup at the xcel 4 years ago. i got a program, and no surprise how many of the players are from Minnesota, as i recall 7. so it makes sense to have a game in front of the home fans. the 10pm news on WCCO said about 9,000 were in attendance, made sense as the lower bowl was nearly full and no seats were sold in the upper deck. there was a flag giveaway, and i noticed the box said 'made in china'. so i guess that flag-making is being outsourced too, i didn't get the memo. i claimed one of them after the game, even though i already had a few 'stick flags' i thought it was a little sad to see it abandoned.
'the simpsons' episode was about lisa attending Harvard. and her family doing her birthday celebration, of course this was familiar as they brought back the Michael Jackson song 'happy birthday lisa' for this event.
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