Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Hows my little end of an era?

I have graduated from college, I got my letter saying I have managed to satisfy all of my requirements. Good.

That said, I have moved from Duluth as of Sunday Evening. It is a town through all of my love and hate for it, I will greatly miss. There are a lot of good things that the city has going for it that many other cities don't have. Despite how dirty Duluth is, its still very pretty. I always said that I loved the city because no matter where you drove you were guaranteed a pretty view of the lake and/or city. Now that I have moved I realized how much I will miss little bars that play anything but country music. I am going to miss greatly how often I saw hippies and how liberal most people's views were. I believe that I have moved to the edge of a choiceless segregated America loving right-winged society, I could be wrong, I've only been here for a day.

I have decided to put together a list of things I did while in Duluth that other people should consider crossing off themselves. Check it out:

*Go to Enger park during a thunderstorm.
*Dangle your bare feet off the edge of Enger Tower.
*See at least three very different concerts at Pizza Luce.
*Bike from wherever you live to the Park Point Beach.
*Walk to the end of Park Point.
*Visit Gooseberry falls and walk to the Lake from the falls.
*Use twinportsnightlife.com to drink around the area for cheap.
*Eat a Scone from the great Harvest Bread Company, in the morning.
*Boulder at the hidden Spot in Lief Erickson Park.
*Skip at least 100 rocks.
*Visit the graffiti graveyard with a camera, or a backpack full of paint.
*Learn about Duluth's History at The Depot.
*Have a fire on Wisconsin Point.
*Visit Sir Ben's on Celtic Night.
*Geocache in one of Duluth's 100+ parks.
*Try to find and explore at least one abandoned warehouse/building.
*Enjoy the Lakewalk in and out of sobriety.
*Walk into the middle of Heartly Nature Reserve and really enjoy it.
*Have a drink at every bar on Superior St. between 8th E. and 4th W.
*As a resident go on a Vista Fleet Cruise.
*Dive off the sunken building by canal park.
*Watch the sunrise over the lake in the winter and summer.
*Do your homework at Amazing grace every day.
*Drink Fitger's Apricot Wheat Beer.
*Make a late night adventure to Black Bear or Fond-Du-Luth Casinos.
*Eat at the Scenic Cafe.
*Sled Down 21st Ave. East.
*Tour Glensheen Mansion and grounds.
*Have a hot chocolate from Beaners on Centeral.
*Enjoy a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Shop on the Lake.
*Walk on Lake Superior, even if it scares you.
*Swim in Lake Superior.
*Attend a Movie in the Park.
*Swim naked in Lake Superior.
*Watch a huge ore ship go under the lift bridge.
*Enjoy the Haunted Ship once.
*Complain frequently about the condition of the city's streets.
*Vote.

Thanks for the memories!

5 comments:

FullaLove said...

Check, check, check and check. Thanks for this, it made me smile a lot. Especially because I did a good chunk of them along side you.

Much love and joy to you in your new adventures!

samma said...

ohhh, duluth was good to us. and it will never be the same without us!

anniemosity said...

epic.

Anonymous said...

your note made me cry, but i know that doesn't surprise you and it also probably doesn't surprise you that i miss you already, see you in september... but will talk much sooner

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to say I've done most of these. . .

Celtic night! I've heard a few people say it isn't their favorite. . .which is just insane, because it's easily the best.