Getting Bridged with Gar and Kelli
Getting Bridged with Gar and Kelli
Jerry Hallsten and Kelli Hallsten Erickson
Gar and Kelli, lifelong Duluth, Minnesota, residents, chat over the places in Duluth with stories that need to be told. It's light on history and heavy on nostalgia, and when you're waiting in line for the Arial Lift Bridge to come back down as a Laker is heading through, this might be just what you need.
The Malls That Weren't
Kelli tells Gar all about a piece of Duluth history he was too busy to remember: the Harbor Square Mall and Ridgewood Mall Smackdown.Thanks to Perfect Duluth Day for the cover art for this episode, which can be found here: Harbor Square Mall
Mar 28, 2025
12 min
Who doesn't love the mall?
Gar and Kelli talk about the history of the Miller Hill Mall...one of the first in the nation!The cover photo of this episode is the interior of JCPenney when the mall opened. Want to learn more about mall history? Head on down to the Duluth Public Library to the second floor local history section. You won't be sorry!
Mar 14, 2025
28 min
Oh, the awkwardness: Junior High
Gar and Kelli talk about his junior high experience at the old Lincoln Junior High School. Swimming pools and shillelaghs?? Yes sir!Thanks to the Duluth Public Library for...well...everything, really, but most especially for the assistance in finding information about Lincoln Junior.
Feb 20, 2025
24 min
Hittin' the Road
Let's go on vacation! Gar talks about his trips around These United States as a kid, always in August, and always in cars without air conditioning. This is part one in a two-part series on EPIC family vacations.
Mar 15, 2024
27 min
Happy Birthday???
Kelli revels in the joy of birthdays past while Gar's recollections are as stoic as his Swedish family. Thanks to Wikimedia Commons for the episode pic of Chuck E. Cheese and to Perfect Duluth Day for their dates on the now-closed roller rink.
Feb 24, 2024
24 min
The Christmas Mackerel (and Other Stuff)
The Presents! The Food! The Individual Strings of Tinsel!Gar and Kelli talk about The Best Christmas Memories...their own.
Dec 23, 2023
32 min
Stuff or Treasures?
Part of nostalgia is the stuff we hang on to from those who have come before us. Why do we do this, and what can we let go?
May 2, 2023
25 min
SNOOOOOOW
We're back!After a chaotic holiday season, Gar and Kelli have finally dug out of piles of snow and are set to talk about what winter was (and still is!!).
Mar 18, 2023
24 min
The Duluth Public Library
Gar and Kelli walk through the history of the Duluth Public Library...and they aren't quiet about it!All information found in the archives housed in the Duluth Public Library, with additional support from that bastion of scholarly research, Wikipedia. Hey, we never said we were doing extremely serious research here!
Dec 16, 2022
25 min
How Halloween Was
Black cat costumes, a fishing game, and a stuffed guy named George...oh my! It's Halloween Getting Bridged-style!
Oct 28, 2022
29 min
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