We had a great time cheering the runners in the Twin Cities Marathon this morning! Our friends host a Marathon morning every year with the highlight being a “Repeat 1” playing of Jump Around by House of Pain — a favorite with the runners.
We saw The Wild Robot tonight at Edina 4. It was a new story to most of us however Mazie had read the book. I thought the animation style was very unique and fit the story well. Fabulous family movie outing!
The Thingelstad and Fernandez families ready for the TC 5K!
Results
- Mazie (45798): 7:12 min/mile pace — amazing! Came in 12th out of 1,335 women and 2nd in her age group! It seems we have a runner in our family! 🤩
- Tammy (45796): Came in 7th in her age group and put in a 8:53 min/mile pace! Impresive!
- Tyler (45797): Ran the whole thing sub 10 minute pace and building endurance!
- Jamie (45799): Walked the course and hit goal of sub 15 minute miles — 14:58! We’ll skip places in divisions for me. 😊
Ordered these awesome new MNUFC license plates for my car! Go Loons! ⚽️
Transferring to the new iPhone 16 Pro!
Tammy and I went to see the Cowboy Junkies at The Dakota tonight. Both of us have enjoyed the Cowboy Junkies but hadn’t seem them live. The show was good and featured a bunch of new music, but got a little long for us with two different sets.
Tammy and I went to a very cool small performance by Gary Louris of The Jayhawks and Golden Smog at O’Shaughnessy Distilling. Just him and his guitar for 90 minutes.
Our Favorite Cheeseburgers
Since we just tried a new burger place I thought it would be fun to capture our favorite places that the Thingelstad family goes to for cheeseburgers.
- Lion’s Tap: this is not a smash burger but it is a delicious classic cheeseburger. The standard bearer.
- Tap Society: this is closest to our house and the burger here has evolved over the years. It is always good and a bonus that their fries and shakes are top notch too.
- Lake & Irving: the cheeseburger here is heavenly.
- The Dakota: there are much fancier items on the menu, but the double cheeseburger at the Dakota is great and one of the cheaper items on the menu.
- Flat Top: Honestly the best, and only true smash burger we get is the one I make on the flat top at the cabin. I haven’t found many (any?) restaurants that truly let the patty adhere to the grill surface to be scraped off. It adds a lot of time and effort.
We made our way to Wells Roadside tonight to try the newest smash burger place. This place has a cool location with a very classic drive-in feel. They specialize in wagyu smash burgers and are intentionally very affordable. You can get a double cheeseburger and fries for a very reasonable price.
Judged two novice rounds at the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association (MDTA) Jamboree today at Wayzata High School. Was fun to remember how to flow a round and the debaters in general did a great job for their very first rounds in a tournament!
