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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.

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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!

DreamWorks The Wild Robot movie poster featuring ROZZUM robot with glowing teal eyes crouching in jungle foliage
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The Thingelstad and Fernandez families ready for the TC 5K!

Group of adults and children wearing race bibs at the Twin Cities TC 5K start area with the Cathedral of Saint Paul visible in the background

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. 😊
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Ordered these awesome new MNUFC license plates for my car! Go Loons! ⚽️

Minnesota license plate featuring the MNUFC Minnesota United FC loon crest logo on a black background with the sample text SAMPLE UNITED
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Transferring to the new iPhone 16 Pro!

Two iPhones side by side on a wooden desk transferring data between them, with a Magic Keyboard and trackpad in the background.
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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.

Live band performing on a dimly lit stage at The Dakota jazz club, with audience seated at candlelit tables in the foreground.
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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.

Guitarist performs solo acoustic set for a seated crowd in an industrial-chic venue with exposed brick and a painted coat of arms mural. Musician in black jacket and jeans playing acoustic guitar at a microphone stand inside a brick-walled distillery venue.
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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.
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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.

Two wagyu smash cheeseburgers in paper bags and a bag of crispy fries served on a metal tray with green checkered paper
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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!