Jamie Thingelstad

Weather: Cool with high in low 50’s and drizzle rain nearly all day. 🌧 Scrapped outdoor plans in afternoon as a result.

• Late wake up and checkout of Airbnb.
• Breakfast at Milktooth.
• Visit Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
• Aimlessly try to figure out what to do with an hour while it is raining and cold.
• Coffee at Georgia Street Grind.
• Check out Wooden’s Legacy statue.
• Visit Vonnegut Museum and Library.
• Check into Bottleworks Hotel.
• Play billiards in lobby before dinner.
• Great dinner at Livery.
• More billiards at hotel lobby.
• Puzzle room at Twisted Room Escapes.

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We completed Alice’s White Rabbit Rescue at Twisted Room Escapes in Indianapolis tonight. 56m 40s. Room 37!

It was cool to visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library today. Tammy loved his books in college. An amazing author, artist, and activist.

Indianapolis World War Monument on a rainy and cloudy day.

We had a fun time looking at dozens of Indy race cars over the years today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. It is amazing how much the cars have changed.

Camera wall at Bottleworks Hotel in Indianapolis.

Weather: Cool today, and pretty blustery in the afternoon. Needed a light jacket for the first time.

• Coffee and pastries at Coat Check Coffee.
• Fun time at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, mostly in the sports section.
• Lunch at Cake Bake Shop. Fancy, frilly food and deliciously famous cakes.
• So much art at Newfields.
• First time Duckpin Bowling.
• Opening night for Dune. 🤩

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We tried Duckpin Bowling for the first time today at Pins Mechanical. It was a lot of fun and more relaxed than normal bowling. Recommended!

We took in a lot of art today at Newfields.

We had a delicious lunch at the Cake Bake Shop in Indianapolis. This place is famous for their cakes and we would agree they are amazing.

The Fireworks of Glass Tower in the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is amazing. And underneath it the ceiling is clear and layered with amazing glass pieces.

We visited the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis today and I was blown away by the sports activities they had outdoors. Tons of opportunities for kids(and parents) to engage in sports stuff.

Delightful flat white this morning at Coat Check Coffee in Indianapolis.

Weather: Perfect.

• Check out of the Holy Goat.
• Breakfast at Con Huevos.
• Walk around neighborhood.
• Heine Brothers Coffee
• Ali Center
• Ice Cream
• Tour of Hermitage Farm.
• Shop at farm store.
• Dinner at barn8 at Hermitage Farm.
• 7:25p Entered Indiana.
• 9:00p Arrive at Airbnb in Indianapolis.

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Last stop in Kentucky we grabbed this family selfie with a gorgeous sunset at Hermitage Farm. Off to Indianapolis!

Weather: Incredible. Just perfect. Couldn’t dial it in any better with a knob.

• Delicious Cortado and brew at Quills Coffee.
• A bonus-round of biscuits at Biscuit Belly.
• Bourbon tour and tasting at Rabbit Hole.
• Louisville Cream was closed, so Please & Thank You for cookies.
• Back to Quills Coffee for an Espresso Old Fashioned and coffee beans for home. Very odd drink. Not a fan.
• Browsing stores in Nulu: Buff City Soap, Mamili, Hazel + Hunt, White’s Mercantile, Revelry Boutique and Gallery, Peace of the Earth.
• Dozen macarons at Macaron Bar.
• Dinner at Emmy Squared.
• Watched Secretariat. Great movie about an incredible horse.

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I did a tour and tasting at Rabbit Hole distillery today. It was a great tour and you got to see the whole process up close. Amazing operation. I’m bringing home a bottle of the Dareringer.

Visited Churchill Downs yesterday. Hanging out in Kentucky. Seems appropriate to watch Secretariat.