ard godfrey house

 i found more activities to do, one of them was touring the ard godfrey house in minneapolis in the afternoon. i had passed by it many times before and put it on my list after hearing it was part of doors open in may. i just needed to find a day where not much was planned. a small house, tour didn't take long, but thankful i finally made it. always good to do a museum or historic site tour every so often to feed my need for history. saw a piano and violin in a room near the front door. i went there after having lunch at mall of america, at a and w. there are two locations at this mall but they do not look identical. i think it was the first time i had been to the one on the south end of the mall next to a long john silver. in the evening i went to a meetup event, but this one was not at a micro-brewery. it was still at a drinking establishment though, a re-purposed building on the river near downtown st. paul, a former grain elevator. i liked reading the displays on the walls there about it and the importance of the facility on the river. saw a lady i spoke with last september there, we spoke a little more this time as i learned she is originally from france. during my walks i found 1 dollar 53 cents. throughout the day i watched some sports on TV. first was women's basketball, indiana beat chicago. then i had lunch at the mall. when i got back from the house tour it was spring football, birmingham beat san antonio in the league championship. i laid down for a little while during the game and when it was done i had some pizza and then went to the meetup event.