{"id":2082,"date":"2010-06-14T12:21:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2010-06-14T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T18:22:06","slug":"2082","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"two cakes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend contained two birthday celebrations. You can’t go wrong with that!<\/p>\n

The first one was at Friday Night Meats, which went from 7pm til almost 3am. (Sorry, neighbors.) Missy made me birthday cake #1, too, which was really fruit and yogurt in layers to look like a cake. It was awesome.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, Matt’s parents arrived from South Dakota. We took them to the bar to watch USA-v-England, and were surprised to find a crowd of soccer fans even at our lowly Tailgate Bar and Grill on 62nd and Nicollet. After a pint of beer, Judy started cheering “FIFA!” because it kept scrolling across the screen during the broadcast. So funny.<\/p>\n

We did some shopping after the game, then grilled dinner and ended the evening with a rousing game of dominoes. We were all dying of sleepiness by 10pm; possibly something to do with going to bed after 3 and then drinking beer starting at 1pm.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we took them to their first Twins game at Target Field! On the way, we saw the naked First Avenue:<\/p>\n

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Stop freaking out, people. They’re repainting the stars! Here’s the first one:<\/p>\n

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We arrived at Target Field early enough to take them on a tour, including the most awesome table in the building: the corner on the balcony at Town Ball Tavern.<\/p>\n

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The game was uncharacteristically terrible, and it was clear the Twins had little chance of coming back from a many-run deficit. The two highlights were 1) no rain (pretty sure it was the only rain-free day in a week) and 2) seeing the back of Bobby Knight’s head:<\/p>\n

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My family came over after the game, and we grilled dinner. I got birthday cake #2, affectionately known as the brick!<\/p>\n

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Harlan and Judy brought us daisies from their yard, and my mom bought me a couple hollyhocks, so we spent some time planting after my family headed out. Our gardens are going to be pretty spectacular at some point.<\/p>\n

And now I have to go listen to ITA-PAR on Univision, because hearing them say “Roque Santa Cruz” is going to be the absolute highlight of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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