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Beautiful day out. Time to heat up the sauna.

Outdoor barrel sauna with transparent polycarbonate walls emitting smoke from chimney, beside an ACE wheelbarrow loaded with firewood, in a snowy backyard.
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Good morning!

Laptop open to a blog post on a colorful painted table with a Getaway Motor Cafe mug, lit candle, and steel water bottle, Christmas stockings in background.
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Mason Jennings at the Dakota

Tonight we saw Mason Jennings play at the Dakota. It was a wonderful show with a wide selection of songs from his portfolio. Plus he always had fun stories to share about the songs. He still has such a unique voice. đŸŽļ

Man in a suit plays acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on a dimly lit stage before a seated crowd, black and white photo
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Tina Schlieske Sextet at Berlin

We made our very first visit to Berlin tonight to see the Tina Schlieske Sextet play. On stage was Tina Schlieske (vocals), Cody McKinney (bass), Pete Hennig (drums), Bryan Nichols (piano), Zacc Harris (guitar), and Brandon Wozniak (saxophone).

Tina has been dipping into jazz and doing jazz focused shows and this show was all jazz in a great jazz venue. They did two one hour sets with a break in the middle. It was all great with the highlight for me being when they did some Frank Sinatra songs. Tina really nails those songs with tons of energy. Her other favorites are Nina Simone and Billie Holiday.

Jazz band performs on a warmly lit stage with red curtains, featuring a vocalist at a microphone, saxophonist, bassist, pianist, and drummer

I think they hit every song on the recently released album “The Good Life”. If you like jazz you should give it a listen.

Album cover for The Good Life showing a singer in a tuxedo holding a microphone with eyes closed mid-performance
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The Berlin has a very good Old Fashioned. đŸĨƒ

Old Fashioned cocktail in a rocks glass with an orange peel garnish, glowing amber under dim bar lighting
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Replacing batteries in chirping smoke detectors at 2:30 am. đŸĒĢđŸ˜Ŧ

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I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make a POAP to commemorate my first time ice fishing!

Frost-covered fish leaping from an ice fishing hole in a frozen lake, with icicles hanging from its body and a fishing rod visible at right.

See list of POAPs.

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MapQuest winning the Internet today with this name your own gulf site. đŸ¤Ŗ

MapQuest map showing the Gulf of Mexico renamed Gulf of Thingelstad, surrounded by the US, Mexico, Cuba, and Central America.
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First Time Ice Fishing

I had a lot of fun out ice fishing for the first time tonight. Andy invited Liam, Mike, and I out to his ice house in Piersons Lake for the evening. Mike had also not been ice fishing and living in Texas it was all a new experience. To make sure we got the full experience Andy had us auger holes, just for fun though. I had no idea that ice fishing could involve all this gear. We were fishing by sonar watching our jig float in the water and seeing fish as they came by. Everyone caught some! đŸŽŖ🧊

Three men are standing and smiling inside a cozy, wood-paneled room with some electronic equipment and a can on a counter.A person stands outside a small, brightly lit Yetti trailer on a snowy landscape at dusk.A person is smiling and holding a fish inside a room with wood-paneled walls.A Garmin sonar device display shows underwater terrain and fish locations.Three people are gathered inside a cozy wooden cabin, sitting and engaging in conversation, with clothing and kitchen amenities visible around them.A Vexilar FL-18 fish finder is displayed, showing colorful sonar readings, surrounded by a red and black case.Two men inside a wooden ice fishing cabin are examining a fish by an ice hole, with a plate of food and a drink on the counter behind them.A person holding up a fish in a cozy indoor setting, wearing a red quilted vest and green hoodie.Four men posing together indoors, with one holding a fishing rod.
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Was fun to get to put a hole in 2 feet of ice.