College of Saint Scholastica

After a long drive through the Minnesota countryside, we arrived in the lakeside city of Duluth to perform at the College of Saint Scholastica. Saint Scholastica, the patron saint of education, was a woman! Fascinating. The show was poorly attended, but the people who were there were highly entertained, so we were happy.

After the show, the students took us to eat at a local bar/restaurant where we had good food, but lousy service. While we were waiting for the arrival of our meals, a busboy came by and tried to steal our flatware. We told him we hadn't eaten yet while he was in the middle of scooping up all the forks and spoons and knives, at which point he stopped dead in his tracks, slowly set the flatware down, and quietly slunk away from the table.

The next day, we took a few hours to check out Duluth and its charms. It gets so cold there in the winter that the entire downtown area is connected by skywalks so that you never have to go outside. So, from what I understand, it's not totally crazy for it to get as cold as -80°f, before wind chill, and I don't understand how that's not crazy.

Also crazy: some people move here ON PURPOSE.