The Irish Fair was held August 7-9 at Harriet Island. Loaded with performances, food, and exhibits of all sorts, all based on Irish themes, its one of the most fun events our short summers here in Minnesota feature. The band in this photo is Dropkick Murphy. My layman’s guess of the attending crowd is a few thousand. There was some body surfing going on. Haven’t seen that for a while.
These loading docks obviously are no longer in use. I found these riding around on my bike looking for a good view of the Cirque du Soleil which was performing this weekend. Couldn’t find one. I did go up to the front gate and walked into the fenced in area, and being a good citizen photographer asked an employee/guard if it was OK to take photos, just of the tents. He told me I needed a press pass because I had a ‘big camera’, which I could pick up at the main (employee) gate. I did point out to him there where other people with ‘big cameras’ but for some reason he couldn’t see them. On a whim I biked over to the employee gate, knowing that wasn’t going anywhere, and was met by a couple of Asia Security guards. Lets just say they looked like they hadn’t slept for a while, and weren’t in a friendly mood. I told them ‘good job’ and moved on :)
View of downtown St. Paul riverfront from Raspberry Island after sunset. Is this where Prince got his inspiration for Raspberry Beret?
I set out to get some storm photos, but had to settle for some leftover clouds over downtown St. Paul.
