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Double Macchiatos at Urban Bean Coffee with Kent. ☕️

Two double macchiatos in white ceramic cups on saucers atop a wooden table, topped with espresso crema and a small dot of steamed milk foam.
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Playing Lost Cities this way.

Hand holding fan of numbered Lost Cities cards over a colorful game board with expedition path tiles and a card face-up in the center.
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Visiting National Eagle Center

While in Wabasha for the weekend we spent the morning at the National Eagle Center.

Family of four posing beside a live bald eagle perched on a display stand inside the National Eagle Center in Wabasha Minnesota

Mazie and I also attended one of their workshops and learned a lot about the Bald Eagles and got to see one of them have lunch.

A woman holds a bald eagle on her gloved arm before a seated indoor audience while visitors photograph the bird

Definitely a fun place to stop in Wabasha on your next trip!

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What part of “Keep your kids behind the yellow line.” do these parents not get. Seriously!

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Tammy is shocked that I’ve never heard of Goonies also. WTH.

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Upgraded espresso art this morning at Urban Bean Coffee. That’s a macchiato!

Macchiato with tulip latte art in a white ceramic cup on a saucer with a spoon, on a wood table.
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Robyn Hitchcock at The Dakota

On Friday night we went to The Dakota to see Robyn Hitchcock. Tammy enjoyed his music a lot in high school and college. I knew of him, but didn’t know his music well. We ended up getting there at 6:40p and realizing the show started at 8:00p so we had plenty of time for dinner and drinks.

Richard Lloyd

Richard Lloyd opened up with a few songs on the guitar. I don’t know his work at all and it seemed like the kind of thing that you liked if you knew him and knew his music, but we didn’t and neither of us were very thrilled with it.

Performer seated on a dimly lit stage playing a small guitar before a crowd, with a dakota neon sign glowing behind him

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock was very good. He was funny in a completely nonsensical way. He went off on these stories that you had no idea where they were going. It was a fun show and he was a very good performer. Neither of us knew the songs very well, but that didn’t dampen the enjoyment at all.

Older man playing guitar on a dimly lit stage with a Dakota neon sign glowing behind him, performing for a seated crowd.
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New Standards at The Dakota

We returned to The Dakota last night after seeing Robyn Hitchcock the night before for The New Standards.

Two musicians performing jazz in a darkened club, one at a grand piano and one playing upright bass, with Dakota neon sign glowing behind them

We’ve seen The New Standards play at the Dakota at least six times before, and every time it’s a treat. Last night we got to enjoy the show with our friends Kent and Marilee celebrating Kent’s birthday! That only made it even better. It was also great to hear that the new album is on the way, and by the sound of it the recording was done and it should be coming relatively soon. They seemed to be really on, playing extra well together and having a lot of fun. It was a great show. You really shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to see them, especially at The Dakota.

See list of The New Standards shows.

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AT&T LTE Spotting

AT&T has announced that they are working to bring LTE to the Twin Cities market by the end of the year. Yesterday while driving by the River Center I saw LTE on my phone for the first time. I loaded a few web pages and it was very fast, pretty much WiFi like experience.

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It wasn’t a good day yesterday to do the Pedal Pub. Cold, rainy.