While walking poky a man pulled up to the sidewalk on his bike (by 3rd and 17th) and was taking pictures of the mansion that will be the 'Minnesota Museum of African American History', I said "Hello" and he told me how he helped strip layers and layers of paint (17! in some rooms) inside and outside then paint it. I told him how awesome it looks and he told me more about the building, it was in real rough shape, it has 5 fireplaces, huge pocket doors, etc...
It looks beautiful. You should check it out if you are near there. It won't open until next year, but they have spotlights on it at night, which looks great, really spooky when it's about to storm. I cannot wait until it opens and I can check it out and all the neat mansion details it holds inside. What a nice conversation to have with a stranger on a walk.
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This sure beat a few evenings ago when poky sniffed an excited baby in a stroller and the mom accused me and my "nasty ass dog" of trying to steal her babys food! It was amazing. She even unscrewed the bottle top and flung chocolate milk (or whatever the hell was in there, like 2 tbs) out into the street, just hollering and yelling and swearinf. WOW. some people.
It looks beautiful. You should check it out if you are near there. It won't open until next year, but they have spotlights on it at night, which looks great, really spooky when it's about to storm. I cannot wait until it opens and I can check it out and all the neat mansion details it holds inside. What a nice conversation to have with a stranger on a walk.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/15/coe-house/
This sure beat a few evenings ago when poky sniffed an excited baby in a stroller and the mom accused me and my "nasty ass dog" of trying to steal her babys food! It was amazing. She even unscrewed the bottle top and flung chocolate milk (or whatever the hell was in there, like 2 tbs) out into the street, just hollering and yelling and swearinf. WOW. some people.
