Minneapolis hit 101 degrees yesterday - hottest day in 18 years and topping off one of hottest summers on record since the mid-1930s.

We just couldn’t bring ourselves to head down to the MN Zoo to catch the Eels outdoor concert. Although we LOVED Blinking Lights and Other Revelations and missed the strings tour through Minneapolis in June, we couldn’t fathom they really went ahead with the performance.

As of 9 p.m. when they supposedly took the outdoor stage last night, it was still 94 degrees (that’s with the sun down and a cool Minnesota breeze). A quick call to the zoo this morning confirmed they went ahead with the show, although they wouldn’t confirm if attendance was sparse.

So if anyone went and has thoughts/photos to share, please do. We’re going to crank the a/c today and try to get through this enormous stack of new CDS, all the while hoping these storms cool things off a bit.