Almost Wordless Wednesday: When A Building Catches Fire @32 below Zero

On Monday morning as I drove into town here in Duluth, a major fire was being attended to in the former West End, now known as the Lincoln Park District. After stopping at the library and a meeting elsewhere I attempted drive through the area and see which block the fire was on. After 35 years here I know that section of town pretty intimately. Today I learned it was the former Seaway Hotel, a.k.a. the Esmond Building.

The thermometer read 32 below zero at our house Monday, so I was imagining that in addition to the challenge of putting out the fire the firemen were also dealing with a risk of frostbite or serious exposure issues. 

For those in warmer climates, here are some photos I took today of the fire's aftermath. 

"Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice."

--Robert Frost

What do you say?

Open Every Day Till Christmas: Lots to See at Two Loons in the Lincoln Park District. Buy Local.

I started with this photo because (a) it's colorful, and 
(b) Somerset Maugham wrote a fun short story called
Mr. Know It All. 

I stopped in at Two Loons Gallery & Boutique in Duluth's Lincoln Park District to pick up a calendar for 2022. Yes, it's hard to believe we're turning the page on another year. For Christmas shoppers desirous to shop local, there are a whole host of shops in the West End, and places to eat or fetch a libation. The photos here are from Two Loons, but since we're just two weeks from Christmas, you should stroll the whole neighborhood. 

Today is a good day for it. It's Saturday, and here in Duluth every Saturday is a Small Business Saturday. Buy local and you'll be circulating your cash in the neighborhood. 

Aaron Kloss is a local artist who has gained a following. 
Here's a book he and Chuck Haavik partnered to publish.

Susie Newman, the Down Home Creator, has decorated 
goose egg ornaments and goose feather quill pens here.
Both have been popular, all of it home grown.

The Northland has lots of cribbage players, and almost as many
varieties of cribbage boards. Imaginations run wild and free.

Night lights, not bright lights.

A lump of coal, in the event you need to give one. If you give them 
a lump on the noggin could get you arrested.

A doll for doll collectors who have all the rest.

Scandanavians-R-Us here in the North Country

Jammin' with Boondock Enterprises

The store is overflowing with goodies and treasures. 

If you've never been, check it out.

TWO LOONS

Art, Gifts, Apparel and Decor

Open 7 Days a Week till Christmas

2025 West Superior Street

https://www.twoloons.mn/

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Scenes from the Teeny Weeny Miniature Cottage in Duluth's Lincoln Park District

 

The store as seen from the sidewalk out front.

Here's what you see inside.

NOW HERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING.

Check out this sign in the window across the street.

Go check it out yourself.

The Teeny Weeny Miniature Cottage is practically next door to 

Two Loons Gallery & Boutique