Ep:52 One of Us Pooped at a Swedish Pancake Restaurant | Diamond Lake

<p>WELCOME BACK to This Must Be The Place — the only Twin Cities podcast where one of the hosts quietly pooped his pants inside a Swedish pancake restaurant in the late 1980s and returned to the table like nothing happened.</p><p>This week we’re diving into Diamond Lake: airplane noise, bungalow history, weird Minneapolis lore, dead lakes, detached garages, Dutch elm disease, neighborhood identity crises, and the man who may have literally named Minneapolis under an elm tree.</p><p>Along the way:<br />• Casey gets assaulted by pigeons in NYC<br />• Andrew questions whether Diamond Lake has “nightlife”<br />• We learn why Minneapolis alleys exist<br />• The guys debate whether Fat Lorenzo’s is actually good<br />• A listener proposes giving away a house at the world’s greatest real estate party<br />• BoomTimes includes free solo climbers, wingsuits, gardening shows, and existential terror</p><p>Basically: local history meets public access television meets two exhausted realtors trying to hold civilization together with podcast microphones.</p><p>If you love Minneapolis neighborhood lore, weird Twin Cities history, architecture, local culture, airplanes flying directly over your home, or hearing two grown men derail conversations every six minutes… this one’s for you.</p><p></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:30 Andrew's Welcome (he pooped his pants)</p><p>03:30 Pigeons carpet bombed Casey as a child</p><p>06:30 Memorial Day Recap</p><p>08:37 Neighborhood Watch Diamond Lake</p><p>09:15 Niche review</p><p>15:45 History of Diamond Lake</p><p>20:40 How Minneapolis got it's name</p><p>26:50 the 3 restaurants of Diamond Lake</p><p>29:40 Airplane Noise for everyone</p><p>32:50 Listener MailBag : Leroy P Romage III</p><p>36:00 The ultimate party</p><p>40:55 BOOMTIMES The Dark Wizard</p><p>46:20 This is a Gardening Show</p><p>49:30 The End</p>