tin whiskers vienna lager

 went to the st. paul saints baseball game this afternoon, and on the way there after i parked i stopped at tin whiskers. i am aware this micro-brewery is closing soon and wanted to get there one more time. i got a can of vienna lager, tasted good but i do prefer  lager. the minnesota twins game was on TV there, against the oakland A's. i was there long enough to drink the beer, then it was on to the stadium. the saints were playing the iowa cubs, and the saints won 9-2. a 3-run home run put them ahead for good, by a player who had just arrived. i was tired and wanted to stay out of the sun as much as possible so i didn't spend much time sitting in the general admission section. so i walked around a lot. i ate before i got there but i bought two items in the main souvenir shop, both were beer cozies, one for a can and the other a bottle. they were ones of interest during the off season so i printed a page from their website. it is the first of likely 10 games i will be attending this season so i wanted to pace myself, no need to get it all this early. i claimed some peanuts on the way out, consolidating 5 partial bags into a big one. 

it was an active day, especially before the game. i watched a DVD movie, 'american underdog', a redbox rental. i had seen it at theaters in january. i made a note of a song in it, searched it later on and found out it was 'change of time' by josh ritter. then it was time for errand running. first stop the post office, two e-bay orders picked up, the button was a big one. then to the copy store to get the saints ticket printed, as well as a closure notice from a movie theater in maplewood. then i dumped the movie, but at a walgreen and not the holiday gas station as it was closer to home on the route i was taking. then i got gas at a speedway. it was time for lunch, had a pot pie. i also heated up a strudel from aldi in the oven, starting early enough so i still had time to get to the game. after it i watched the news and went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. i watched some of a USFL game, but fell asleep. later on i went on a walk and found 80 cents. i found two bags of groceries as well, and claimed some of them. this included a box of girl scout cookies, 2 cans of tuna, and a can of chili. still hard to believe how much unopened, non-perishable food i see in the area. the items i didn't want i moved to the door in front of a food bank.