Fall In Minneapolis

I have vivid memories of Fall in Minneapolis. I love so much about Fall - the bright colors of the leaves against a bright blue sky, the dead leaves and how they crunch when you step on them and how they smell when you rake and bag them, the warm glow cast by the October sun and much more. I remember Sam, Pete and I helping rake leaves into big piles and then getting a ladder so we could jump in them.

The above photo taken near 12th Avenue and 44th Street in Minneapolis on Sunday October 2, 2011.

The Boulevard Theater Part 3

During my time growing up in the Tangletown (formerly Fuller) neighborhood in Minneapolis the Boulevard Theater was was a second-run theater known for it's cheap seats. Because it only charged 99 cents to see film that had already been in wide release, many neighborhood folks called it the "99 cent-er". I remember seeing a lot of movies there including A Christmas Story, Star Wars, Reds, The Verdict, The Breakfast Club, Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck, and more.

Dad took me to see Paul Newman in The Verdict in 1982. I remember it was the first movie that just the two of us went to alone since a re-release of Disney's The Jungle Book in the early 1970's. I remember a couple of women sitting behind us going nuts over Paul Newman's blue eyes during a close-up of him.

Sam, Pete and I went to see Star Wars when it was re-released in the late 1970's and Sam and I hiked over to see A Christmas Story during Christmas break of 1982/83.

I have early memories of seeing Saturday matinees for kids in the early 1970's. The Pippi Longstocking films from Scandanavia were my favorites although I also had a good time seeing those Disney nature movies as well.

The above photo is my own that I took on July 17, 2011. Although the theater is no longer there, the marquee remains.

Annunciation Grade School

Annunciation School was created by Father Francis Lang and the founding members of Annunciation parish. The Dominican nuns of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin provided teachers and staff at the school from 1923 to 1992. The school opened on September 1o, 1923 with 72 pupils enrolled. Joe and Sam began at the school in 1976 when Joe was in 5th grade and Sam was in 1st. Joe went on to Anthony Jr. High in 1978 but Sam continued on at the school and graduated the 8th grade in 1984. Pete began at the school in Kindergarten in 1981 and graduated from 8th grade in 1990.