We went to an
Art and Jazz Festival
in Stillwater, MN last weekend.
Look!
Cute doggie at festival!
Cute
LITTLE
doggies too!
Tim and I visited Stillwater, Mn for the first time back in May of this year. You can read it about it HERE. This time we wanted to be right on the riverfront.
Location. Location. Location!
We stayed at the
Waterstreet Inn,
which is that brick building there on the right.
The festival was just outside the back door of the Inn, on the banks of the St. Croix River.
Location, location, location.
Waterstreet Inn,
which is that brick building there on the right.
The festival was just outside the back door of the Inn, on the banks of the St. Croix River.
Location, location, location.
Because of location, we paid a bit of cash (kaching) ouch for this super loverly Victorian room.
Uh, yeah. Purty. Ain't it?
When choosing location, one can't always be picky but one will usually pay three times more than what they should.
Uh, yeah. Purty. Ain't it?
When choosing location, one can't always be picky but one will usually pay three times more than what they should.
This is where we took our brandy in the evenings.
I have no idea what that means, I just thought it sounded Victorian stuffy.
The bathroom is in an
OLD BANK VAULT though,
that was kind of cool.
Oh hello Tim!
Find any money in there?
Crap, didn't think so.
In all seriousness, this Inn is overpriced, but we would stay here again because of location....walking distance to EVERYTHING, tons of cute shops, top rated restaurants, coffee shops, lots of used bookstores and antique shops. And it WAS clean.
Just, uh, a bit outdated.
We hung out and listened to some good live music throughout the weekend at the festival.
We also saw some pretty cool art.
I wanted to buy this buffalo but it was 20,000 dollars.
So I didn't buy it.
There was urban art...
Beautiful contemporary
glass art....
I picked these colored glass magnets up at the booth above. Shiny. Pretty. Angie can't resistie.
There was cool, mid-century modern wood art...
Lots of photo art booths....
More metal art...
I wanted these fish!
But they were $1900.
Each.
So I didn't get them either.
I wanted these fish!
But they were $1900.
Each.
So I didn't get them either.
However I peeked in their booth....
....and I looked a little closer and spied some cool stuff that wasn't $1900.
So I bought one.
What is it you ask?
It's a wine bottle holder.
See,
it holds wine bottles...even empty ones like most of these are.
How cute and practical is this!!!
And the metal was finished with an automotive clear coat!!
That's why it's so shiny.
All this obsession with bright shiny things reminds me of this cute,
well,
I think it's a bracelet.
But I'm using it as a wine bottle decoration.
Boo.
Anyway, back to the festival weekend,
fortunately there were food trucks too....
we were starving after having eaten breakfast a few hours earlier.
Wok on wheels...that name kills me.
Sweet and sour chicken and chicken on a stick wasn't too bad though.
Later on, we checked out some shops downtown before it got too late...
We saw this store with fun yellow confetti looking stuff on the windows and thought we would venture in.
Oh, who loved this shop from the get go???
This was the entry.
This was the entry.
The next thing you notice is this cool Halloween display.
And then you look up and see THIS IS A
BIG
SHINY
BRIGHT
STORE!
And they offer soda and coffee and tea and wine.
And cupcakes!!!
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Everybody is happy in this store.
Grumpy people not allowed apparently.
Maybe everyone's so happy cuz there's candy in this store.
Everywhere.
Bright, shiny candy!!!
After a bit of bright, shiny
overload,
we stepped out into another shop nearby called Cherry Berry.
overload,
we stepped out into another shop nearby called Cherry Berry.
Whoa!! Bright, shiny overload in here too!
But I LOVED IT!!
We decided to tone things down a bit and hit a couple different antiques hops.
I don't know what shop this was,
I just loved the entry.
The antique shop nearby was cool though.
Care for a couple of yellow figurines for a hundred something dollars?
No, me neither.
Care for a couple of yellow figurines for a hundred something dollars?
No, me neither.
I did like this chandelier though.
And how about this motor oil can?
Love it.
Obviously I really like this cupboard.
I did buy these four champagne flutes for cheap there.
Not vintage, but heavy and etched and
art deco-ish.
I have no idea why I bought this Kerr canning jar.
But it spoke to me.
It said in a sneaky whispered voice, "Pssst. Angie. Yeah, you. Buy me."
But it spoke to me.
It said in a sneaky whispered voice, "Pssst. Angie. Yeah, you. Buy me."
Holla if you remember these Halloween treat bags!!!
Maybe I'll fill this $1 tin with candy canes this Christmas.
Or nuts.
Or love.
Or change from the bottom of my purse.
Tim picked up the coolest stuff from this antique shop....a full line of vintage Evel Knievel things.
Including the sky cycle!!!
Including the sky cycle!!!
Evel lived a VERY interesting life.
Ima do a blog post on him soon I think.
Ima do a blog post on him soon I think.
Man, I love this small picture.
It's the top to a vintage calender. But I LOVE that aqua frame.
LOVE!
Well, after a fun day of doing fun stuff, we went to a fun place and ate fun things but I will spare you food pictures this time. I'm certain ya'll are about ready to doze off from all these totally thrilling pictures...
....such as this heart stopping picture of a coffee shop we visited the next morning...
But it was very cute and lively....
And it had the
Best
Chair Ever!
Love it!
Best
Chair Ever!
Love it!
Before we left town,
we spur-of-the moment stopped at this Isaac Staples Mill.
We didn't know what it was.
We saw this non-descript sign and door that said "Antiques" and "Open" so we walked in.
And the heavens opened up and the angels started singing....
There were stairs and floors and booths and lots and lots of antiques!
After meandering through the first floor, we took these stairs to the second floor.
And then we took this ramp to the 3rd floor....
...where this barber chair greeted visitors...
come to think of it, maybe this is a shoe shine chair? Hmmm, anybody know?
come to think of it, maybe this is a shoe shine chair? Hmmm, anybody know?
...and more stuff.
The original wood floors were awesome.
Creak
Creak
Creak
The whole time. Creak.
Creak
Creak
Creak
The whole time. Creak.
There were landings....
...and stairs that went down to them.
See this bike on the wall?
Does it
or does it not
look like the bicycle from the Wizard of Oz?
Does it
or does it not
look like the bicycle from the Wizard of Oz?
Huh. Am I right?
Huh, huh?Am I right?
Personally,
I prefer this biercycle from the festival.
Much less scarier.
Quite honestly, after seeing the Wizard of Oz bicycle, we figured it was time to head on out, back to Frytown.
We didn't have any bicycles to fly, so we just drove back in our car :)
Okay, thanks for humoring me by reading this guys!!!!
Hope everyone's had a good weekend!
Have a great rest of the weekend and we'll talk to ya soon!!!
