Mrs. Bali Hai and I drove to Minneapolis yesterday to see our friends Jonathan and Beth. They were visiting Jonathan's brother, Matt and SO, Erin, and scouting the environs for a potential move.

Since we were going to meet them in the afternoon, we took the opportunity to do some antiquing and junque-shopping. Minneapolis is a little barren when it comes to that sort of thing, but we managed to find a couple of cool items like the coconut purse, Daga sun mug, and Coco Joe's ku statuette pictured below. I also picked up this wonderful box of Brain Masala curry spices at an Indian grocery. I was a bit disappointed it didn't come with freeze-dried packets of goat brains. Guess I'll have to go out to the farm with my goat-brain removal kit later...

After shopping, we headed over to Psycho Suzy's Motor Lounge where we met the Cohens and their friend, Michelle, to have a couple of drinks and some nosh. I ordered a Paralyzed Polynesian, which was excellent, and a Walking Dead, which was good, but not excellent. Matt and Erin had the drink special which was served in a skull mug, and had a gruesome toy heart floating in it. Perfect for Halloween. We ordered some appetizers, including the obligatory upper-Midwestern treat, cheese curds, and a very good pizza. Suzy's decor is appropriately tiki, although the jukebox contained no discernible Exotica. However, they did have a nice selection of punk, including the Angry Samoans classic, They Saved Hitler's Cock. Now that's not a tune you hear in public too often (probably for good reason).

We had a fun time, and hope to see everyone again real soon. If you're ever driving through Western Wisconsin, Matt, Erin, and Michelle, be sure to give us a shout and stop by the Hai'deaway for a few libations and some dee-licious goat-brain curry.

As Matt would say, it's all good!