Swords, Sushi, and Symphony

Cody's dad bought a sword at a garage sale 20 years ago. This sword has since been passed down to Cody (against his fathers will, with the explicit instructions not to sell it). So when we saw that Treasure Hunters was coming to St. Paul we knew exactly what we were going to take in. We ended up in the lobby of a Best Western lined with hillbillies. We noticed that among the group they probably has a grand total of 33 teeth. We made our way to the front of the line and found out that our treasure was an 1880s French bayonet used by the communists to fight the government. The appraisal value was.....

$50.

So we promptly sold it to fund Cody's education. 

J/K that wouldn't even make a dent ;)

Next on our list of Saturday festivities was to join our friends Vanessa and Michael for a date night. Michael and Cody go to school together and they both planned our night out on the town. We began with sushi at Sakura.

After a delicious dinner of sushi and tempura, we ventured across Rice Park in the freezing cold (-10 with wind chill) to the Ordway Theater.

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra played pieces by Upsahw, Dennehy, and Beethoven. The piece by Dennehy was the world premire, but I wasn't too thrilled about it. I enjoyed Beethoven the most, probably because it was the most familiar. 

All in all it was a successful Saturday full of swords, sushi, and symphony.