Sunday, May 18, 2014
Gabe's By the Park
991 Lexington Parkway
Saint Paul, MN 55108
5:00pm-close
You can take advantage of the event to pay to be a registered hunter.
Monday April 21, 2014
Joseph's Grill (in the banquet room)
140 South Wabasha Street
Saint Paul, MN 55107
5:30pm-close
It seems Easter weekend wasn't going to work out so well for people so we're going to further break tradition and have a 3rd clue release party on Monday night, the 21st. We'll meet at Joseph's where it is $2 taco night starting at 5:30 and release the clue at 6pm. You can still register at the party.
16th Annual Cooler Crew Pre-Dig Gig
Saturday January 18, 2014
Joseph's Grill (in the banquet room)
140 South Wabasha Street
Saint Paul, MN 55107
6pm-close
The 16th annual Cooler Crew Pre-Dig Gig will be once again held at Joseph's Grill, in the banquet room, on Wabasha. It's hard to believe that another cooler year has come and gone already. If "tradition" holds, we'll already have clue 1 from the early editions of the paper, long before its official release. Plus things should be made more interesting this year with Ma Press's announcement that it will be transitioning production of the paper to a contract with the Star Tribune's printing presses.
The Original Gabe's By The Park
Saturday October 19, 2013
5:30 start, 6:00pm clue release
991 Lexington Pkwy N
St Paul, MN 55108
Announcing a new 12 clue hunt brought to you by Diggorius Rex and David Ng
An October Hunt starting next Saturday October 19th.
Bonus - The Finder will get to keep the medallion!
Similar to previous mock hunts, there are two ways to play.
Kick-off October 19th, 2013
The Original Gabe's By The Park
Approx. 5:30 start, 6:00pm clue release
991 Lexington Pkwy N
St Paul, MN 55108
Each clue will be released online, once a day, every day at 6:00pm until the end.
Can't make the kick-off, and would like to contribute or register?
You can do so up to clue 3.
The Original Gabe's By The Park
Saturday March 2, 2013
5:30 start, 6:00pm clue release
991 Lexington Pkwy N
St Paul, MN 55108
More from the white rabbit:
It's been a couple of weeks now since the Rehash and hopefully everyone has had time to recover from the Medallion Hunt. But now it's time to start thinking about the Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt which will be starting two weeks from today on Saturday, March 2nd. We will have a kickoff party at Gabe's by the Park starting at 5:30pm. The first clue will be released at the party at 6pm.
Subsequent clues will be released daily at 6pm online and will be posted on the AllisonWonderland yahoo group as well as Ableminds. People are free to repost the clues to other sites, but I'm not making any promises to do so myself.
There will be 12 clues in all and the hunt will end when the medallion is found or when the hunt is declared over (by me) in the case of extraordinary circumstance.
You may participate in the hunt as either a registered or unregistered hunter. To be a registered hunter, you must pay the $10 registration fee. Then if you find it, you will win the entire prize which this year will be $500 (registration fees + money left from last year + money I chip in myself to bring it to $500 even). You may also particpate as an unregistered hunter which allows you to hunt for free. If an unregistered hunter wins, they will get $100 and the leftover registration fees will carry over to the next year.
To pay your registration fee, you may pay me at the kickoff party, you can send me the money via PayPal at AllisonWondrland@yahoo.com, or email me and I can give you an address to send a check to. You actually have until the release of the 4th clue to register. Some people have already registered.
The hunt will take place in a park in the city of St. Paul. The medallion will not be on or in a body of water, on top of a building, up a tree, on a steep cliff, underground, indoors, inside anything electrical or something that is locked, or anywhere else that might make you ask if looking there could be a bad idea. Be safe, and don't destroy.
Payment of the prize is contingent on return of the medallion.
Cluewriting is underway already and this should be an interesting one.
The 2013 Predig Gig was arguably one of the best we've had to date. With over 60 people in the group shot here, we probably had somewhere around 150 people come through the doors over the course of the evening. We had the entire banquet room at Joseph's Grill on Wabasha, plus as the room cleared out, we had a huge portion of the dining room. As always we welcomed back old friends and welcomed in new friends!
Joseph's provided their $15.00 pasta bar: all you can eat pasta, cooked up to order with whatever veggies, meat, pasta, and sauce you wanted. Great food for a great deal! The plate is sure a lot bigger than it looks when you're making your selections for sure. After people ate in the banquet room, the tables were rolled up and the lights dimmed as the room became a dance floor. For people preferring conversation, the dining room was available and coolerheads mingled back and forth between the two.
Mom provided the annual Cooler Crew button, while Lil'man's son provided the DJ services for the evening. Clue Master organized the two park pick pool boards, each worth $125. Thanks go to Allison Wonderland for organizing the whole event! Everyone is looking forward to reprising the location next year!
Follow the hunt on our 2013 treasure hunt page.
15th Annual Cooler Crew Pre-Dig Gig
Saturday January 19, 2013
Joseph's Grill (in the banquet room)
140 South Wabasha Street
Saint Paul, MN 55107
6pm-close
Fifteen years. We've made it 15 years from the very first rehash bash in Chair-O-Key until now. Who would have thought. The Pioneer Press has announced the dates of the 2013 hunt. We've survived the Mayan apocalypse. So tonight, let's celebrate! Celebrate the Cooler Crew, and celebrate the kickoff of the 2013 Medallion Hunt.
The festivities begin at 6pm. We do have to spend $500 in food and drink at Joseph's for the room; with this group that won't be a problem though. We're working out a schedule of when we expect to take group pictures, and have the park pick pool and all the other events you've come to expect from the Pre-Dig Gig. We're certain though that noodling the first clue will be going on all night, with more wild ideas coming as the evening progresses.
We are pleased to announce the 14th Annual Pre-Dig Gig. After several years of being around the city of Saint Paul, the pre-dig is moving back downtown.
American Burger Bar
Saturday, January 21, 2012
354 Wabasha Street North
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418
(651) 222-2123
Time: 6pm - close
The 2012 Predig will be held at American Burger Bar on Saturday, January 21. We have the Library room, which has seating for 45, reserved all night starting at 6. The crowds should thin out when the Wild game starts, so we will not be confined just our room. For those who remember the 2008 predig at Matty B's, the Library is the same room we used then. We are still working on drink specials, their happy hour starts at 10:30, but it sounds like we will be able to get some kind of deal all night for those wearing cooler crew buttons. Also, ABB validates parking in the Victory Ramp. Because it will be a game night, you will have to pay when you enter the ramp, but you will get your money back upon exiting. More details on drink specials as soon as I get more info!
Plus, we'll have a DJ, the park pick pool, and all the other stuff you've expected to come from a Pre-Dig Gig.
Thanks to BFG and Katsmeow for organizing this year's party!
The Cooler Crew is pleased to announce the 13th Annual, 2011 Winter Carnival Treasure Hunt Pre-Dig Gig. The Pre-Dig Gig will be held this year at Yarusso Brothers' Italian Restaurant. Yarusso's will be providing a buffet dinner, with the following costs: $5 for any treasure hunter group button (including, but not limited to, Cooler Crew Buttons), $8 with a Winter Carnival Button, or $10 with no button. Buttons of all sorts will be available for sale on site the night of the event, so there's no excuse for paying more than $8 to eat. In addition, they will be providing heated tents on the patio in case we overflow the restaurant. Oh yeah, and there will be happy hour drink specials all night long. Rockin' DJ Lilman will be spinning tunes all night long.
If you're a newcomer, Meet the Crew, print off the page, and put some names with some faces at the party!
This year's event brings in a new twist. The Pre-Dig Gig is an official Winter Carnival event, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Saint Paul Heritage and Festival Foundation, and the St. Paul Parks and Rec Department (which ultimately benefits us all as hunters).
Yarusso Brothers Restaurant
Saturday, January 22, 2011
635 Payne Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55106
(651) 776-4848
Time: 6pm - close
As the holidays arrive and 2010 comes to a close, some of us are reminded that the 2011 Treasure Hunt is just around the corner. Planning for the 2011 Pre-Dig Gig is already in the works. Stay tuned here for information about that and other Cooler Crew gatherings during and after the hunt. Rumor has it that the pre-dig is going to become an official Winter Carnival event this year.
In addition to joining us on our discussion boards, you may also want to join us on our Facebook group.
Also, you may have noticed that the non-holiday logo has been changed:
Thanks go to to Big G for designing it a few years back. We think its a more modern look on a classic theme, and hope you do too.