What Happens When You Put Fire to Ice and Lookalikes

We’ve been in sub-freezing weather since just before Christmas. Now that the Ice Festival has started, so has a heatwave. Yesterday I thought I had better go that evening to see the ice sculptures before they started to melt. Seeing that my friend Stacey was in town from her job in Maryland, I thought I would ask if she wanted to join me.

The big event that was happening when we got there was the fire and ice show. Very basically, a group of ice sculptures would refine these big stacks of ice surrounding some combustible material. This would be done to some music, lights, and a bit of fooling around. One of the guys looked just like my friend Brian from MSU. Although MSU Brian has lost quite a bit of weight. All that politicking around tends to do that to some people. :-P

You might think that lighting up some ice blocks would make this a quick show but it really does last a while. When we left, the flaming guitar was still intact.

We passed a tent that had a murder mystery dinner going on. It was 30 bucks. Even if we weren’t late in getting to the tent, I wouldn’t have been keen on paying that much for it. Okay, maybe I would have it if it wasn’t just a spur of the moment decision. There was however a sign for a chili cook-off tomorrow.

It may sound odd, but the thing to do here at the ice festival is eat ice cream. Unfortunately the booth wasn’t set up that night.

We had dinner at a restaurant in old downtown. Our waiter was Dave who I immediately recognized from a couple years back at Pizza Hut. I remember him because I thought he was cute, he looked like Mancow, and he majorly screwed up our orders. Yuuuppp… not much has changed.

Comments

Kapitano said…
Hang on a minute! I thought...

Hm. I suppose I shouldn't post comments when half asleep. I saw that you and MJ had new posts, clicked on hers and left a comment...but I must have clicked on yours instead.

Anyway, those sculptures look astounding, especially the horse. Amazing amount of skill. So thanks for that little peek into the ice festival.
Sun Jan 17, 12:14:00 AM EST
Stacey said…
my dad and I ended up going to the chili cook off... sorry I didnt text you- he was just so happy to have some father/daughter time
i did have fun on friday though!
Tue Jan 19, 11:40:00 PM EST
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Be fruitful and multiply...by ten.

Some coworkers and I were talking about that lady in Arkansas that just delivered her 17th child. The Associated Press announced the good news a couple days ago and I remembered the family from the Discovery Channel . The Duggar family had been the subject of a number of specials dealing with large families. They are especially memorable given that the number of kids as well as their, well, peculiar lifestyle. The people that I was talking to balked at the idea of having that many kids with a few of them openly calling the Duggar parents crazy. I have to admit, I think that they are little bonkers in the head too. But you know, that’s cool on the other hand too. And it’s actually impressive that they are able to afford to have such a large family. There are some parts of me that would like to have a large family. (My definition of large stops at five kids just so you know.) But their criticisms largely used the Duggars' religious faith. From what this article indicated, they are pa
Read more

Meet Bob

Image
 I ordered my Ford Escape PHEV on October 13, 2022 and I finally took delivery on September 1, 2023. h/t to my salesman Meet Bob. Actually, I thought I would come up with a better name since my last car was named Patty because I got her on St. Patrick's Day. But after spending about three minutes trying to think of something clever, I threw in the towel and settled on Bob. So this is a base model PHEV. It doesn't have things like a heads up display, 360 degree camera, premium audio system, etc. Mind you, I came from a base fiesta. Patty had roll-down windows and didn't even have cruise control. This is a very big upgrade for me. A little over two weeks in, I've hit 1,000 miles. I've tried to force some non-ev time. I'm not sure what kind of engine break in is needed for this. I figured I should do some of that and get its first oil change before I head down to Florida with it in November. So far, just one and one-quarter tanks of gas used. Averaging 86 mpg. Most
Read more

Am I financing? Bwah ha ha ha!

Image
 When I purchased my house, I thought my heating system was bonkers. It used hot water from a tank and blew the air over that to be heated up. Like a boiler... kinda? I had made some inquiries to businesses in the area because if this broke, who would fix it? The best lead I got was familiar with the system but didn't service it. I knew that when the system goes, I would be replacing it with an entirely new system. Well that day came. The old system with its water tank. The new system. Notice the old water tank is gone. A couple years ago the air conditioning had gone out too but summers are pretty mild and I had gotten away with a window unit. After the car purchase and also a garage door repair needed, I had to finance this. I took a few thousand dollars to pay off the existing loan that I had out for the window replacements. I can apply the money that had been going to the windows loan to go on top of the loan I now have out for this system. That will help me get this paid off s
Read more