The Allison Wonderland

The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival every year. While the prize can only go to one winner, The Allison Wonderland is dedicated to the community spirit of treasure hunting. Here, not only will you find out about the Pre-Dig Gig, the Rehash Bash, and various other social events, but we also discuss the clues here in a team effort to decipher them (albeit not always successfully). This is a place to discuss ideas respectfully, report on what's happening "on the ground", and provide each other with useful information. This is a public group so expect that anything posted will be seen by everyone.
Updated: 1 hour 45 min ago
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Not really sure what they want us to get out of it. To me it said Crosby, but it seemed so strange to get us to the park so quick.
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Wonder if this is what medallion is hidden in? A big enough distraction/red herring to suggest a park name, but not intention... KA
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Hey it posted.. therefore...another way of looking at it, "Happy Holidays" is meaning "Christmas and New Years"...or something like that * * "Happy Holidays"
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
I just rechecked the clues and Holidays is plural with a "s".
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Hello, I rarely posts, but I wanted to point out the SONG everyone is posting about is ...... "Happy Holiday".........Not... "Happy Holidays"..... singular not
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Is there a Frank or Sinatra Park anywhere? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records
Re: Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Interesting! Reading through the synopsis of this Christmas Collection by Frank, it turns out he formed his own album recording label. Guess what it was
Frank could be the other pair with Bing
Don't forget about Frank: http://www.sinatra.com/store/music/christmas-collection Although three of the songs on The Christmas Collection were drawn from a
Re: video clue
Either way. First pick Battle Creek then, and second pick Cherokee Park.
Re: 2nd park pick
Hi David, my 2nd park pick is Swede Hollow for now....Thanks
Re: video clue
If you're referring to the park pool, second picks don't matter unless all 20 spots for your first pick are filled up. Otherwise just one guess per clue.
Re: video clue
I have to agree, that is kind of a big stretch. It's not crazy to think there's a musical reference, but to connect it to a song by Paul Revere and the
Re: video clue
I don't know if there's any specific intent to refer to music. It's possible there is, but I'm not sure what to make of it offhand other than perhaps a music
Re: video clue
My second pick is Battle Creek Regional Park. Possible "Holiday Inn" from Happy Holidays clue, 3M from post-it notes reference in video, outer limits of park
Re: video clue
So, David, with a big stretch, I'm going to go with a musical theme in this year's treasure hunt and pick Cherokee Park (from Paul Revere and the Raiders'
Re: Clue #2
Another famous pair who sang Happy Holidays was Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Here's a link to one of there more famous duets; pretty apropos for today:
Re: video clue
Thanks allison. Any significance to the musical references in both clues 1 and 2? One definition for "reprise" in Clue 1 is "a repeated passage in music".
Re: video clue
Thanks, KA. I guess I was thinking there was another video, like in years past, with that James Goodhue? character. I was trying to find out where people got
Re: video clue
Which video are you looking for? They are not doing video versions/songs of the clue this year. They have put out some other random videos though that have
Re: Park Pick Update
In a sense, yes you do. You'll have at least two of Crosby's 20 cumulative votes and maybe even a third if nothing changes with the next clue and you get