Selling Sno-Cones at the Beach

apres moi le deluge

Well, it's snowing unbelievably (think Nor'easter) and the U closed for the day at 2:30. That's pretty unusual, supposedly; they pride themselves on tough Lutheran doing-the-job regardless of the weather. It's an open question whether the U will be closed tomorrow, which is sort of interesting, because our departmental recruitment weekend starts tomorrow. Not only will some of the prospectives probably not make it, with potential airline delays and cancellations, but getting around, meeting people, and whatnot will be more difficult than usual.

I have adequate chocolate, beer, and coffee here at the home office, though, so as long as we have heat, things should be fine.

We're now beginning to think about life after Minneapolis. What things should we be sure to do before we leave?

1. Visit Como Park and Zoo and Conservatory.
2. See a play at the new Guthrie. (We've toured the building already.)
3. Finally visit the new Walker.
4. Take urban planning photos of any scene that conceivably could be useful in future teaching.
5. Go to some waterfront condo open houses just for fun.
6. Bike down to Minnehaha Falls.
7. Get Minneapolis-related planning materials that are not available online, for any use they may be in future research or teaching.

Oh, so many more things. And not, really, very much time. Carpe diem, folks.