Minnesota trip: Day 6
Today was the coldest day of the trip, highs of 11°F (but feeling more like -5°F because of wind). Uncomfortable at times, but did provide some lovely photo opportunities!
Pecan waffles from Mickey’s Diner in St. Paul, MN. It’s rare that a historic landmark that’s mentioned on every tourist guide/travel show actually lives up to its name. The iconic 24 hour dining car served up the best breakfast I’ve had on the trip (yes, better than Cracker Barrel!). Light and crispy waffles, perfect hash browns, and a double decker burger that outshines Bob’s Big Boy.
Another stop on the inspiring studio tour was that of Aesthetic Apparatus in Minneapolis. An award winning silkscreen/ design studio with the most amazing list of clients I’ve ever seen, you would never know it by talking to the guys who run it. Dan, Michael and Jonathan are the nicest and most down to earth dudes, who are fairly modest of their accomplishments but super passionate about what they do. To see the amount of work they’ve done over the years with the kind of big name clients they have, in a studio that’s smaller than most people’s apartments with a crew of only 3 people is staggering,humbling and inspiring all at once.
Spoonbridge and Cherry in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. While I would have loved to see this in Summer, there is something oddly beautiful about the surrounding bleakness.
I urge you to check out the rest of the set, which includes the rest of the studio pics of Aesthetic Apparatus, as well as the rest of my St. Paul breakfast (some of the nicest foodporn pics I’ve taken, I must admit).
