Farewell, Midwest. Hello, vegan dinner.
Donuts in the arctic van:
Having survived a night of fun and Santas, we ate a wonderful brunch at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison and headed for the Twin Cities. It was cold. 17 degrees on our arrival at the club in St. Paul. Not nearly as many Twin City-ites as expected braved the cold and snow to come to Big V's, but those who did were treated to a great show.
This Again played a charged set of engaging songs with moving melodies - quite a feat for a one-man-band. 
And then Tough Tough Skin, adrenaline-in-the-good-way as always, exchanging Yiddishisms with us from stage. We then benefited from the wonderful hospitality of some of our favorite Minnesotans (thanks Jo, Steve and Allison!) when we had comfy warm places to sleep waiting for us, post-show.
***did we mention it's fucking cold here???***
But truly to the point: Here we are. We've been on I-90 for about 17 days (OK, two, but whatever) and are FINALLY in the vacinity of Seattle! Thank Hashem! First night of Chanukah and we're eagerly counting down the minutes 'til we can get vegan takeout, light the menorah, and bask in the wonderment of being-outside-of-the-van-where-there-is-a-mystery-rubber-fragrance.
The drive today has been spectacular. We started in Billings and drove through lots of really dramatic weather changes, mist, fog, heavy wind, ice, and mysteriously, kind of a sunny early spring minute. We hoped we'd see grizzly bears, but they were preoccupied.
Having survived a night of fun and Santas, we ate a wonderful brunch at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison and headed for the Twin Cities. It was cold. 17 degrees on our arrival at the club in St. Paul. Not nearly as many Twin City-ites as expected braved the cold and snow to come to Big V's, but those who did were treated to a great show.
This Again played a charged set of engaging songs with moving melodies - quite a feat for a one-man-band. 
And then Tough Tough Skin, adrenaline-in-the-good-way as always, exchanging Yiddishisms with us from stage. We then benefited from the wonderful hospitality of some of our favorite Minnesotans (thanks Jo, Steve and Allison!) when we had comfy warm places to sleep waiting for us, post-show.
***did we mention it's fucking cold here???***
But truly to the point: Here we are. We've been on I-90 for about 17 days (OK, two, but whatever) and are FINALLY in the vacinity of Seattle! Thank Hashem! First night of Chanukah and we're eagerly counting down the minutes 'til we can get vegan takeout, light the menorah, and bask in the wonderment of being-outside-of-the-van-where-there-is-a-mystery-rubber-fragrance.
The drive today has been spectacular. We started in Billings and drove through lots of really dramatic weather changes, mist, fog, heavy wind, ice, and mysteriously, kind of a sunny early spring minute. We hoped we'd see grizzly bears, but they were preoccupied.
posted by The Shondes at 7:27 PM
1 Comments:
please drive safely! we need the shondes back in nyc, safe and sound. can't wait to hear seattle stories.
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