Ice sculpture visit with Hilary & sons

Mizmore (daughter 2) put together a memorable outing for her boys and me this Feb. We headed for downtown St. Paul's ice sculpture display at the Winter Carnival.

The "man on motorcycle" caught Matt's attention, along with an icy Farve #4 Vikings jersey. Some of us picked out the "person emerging from manhole" as one of the most unusual/clever ice sculptures we had ever seen.

Motivated to get indoors, out of our subzero temps, we crossed the street and went inside the historic Landmark Center in downtown St Paul. There we discovered the user-friendly Schubert music/piano museum which kept us all busy reading, listening, and creating sound combinations of our own doing on electronic keypads.

A fun discovery for me was a music box of the genre of one that I have loved, since receiving it as a birthday gift when I turned 13.

Comments

Hilary said…

When I read about our day, it sure sounds classy! Music and art! You forgot to mention that we followed it up with fine dining from none other than....Taco Bell!

February 5, 2010 at 9:56 PM

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