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Celebrate cedar with tongue and groove paneling and cedar plank salmon

Sauna parties offer wonderful opportunities to meet new guests and enjoy other folks’ cuisine contributions.  Last night was no exception.  Clint’s garage sauna and backyard provided a wonderful backdrop for this sauna party.  Esteemed guests included package designers from Target Headquarters,

drinking glass made of ice

The sounds of summer at the lake

Lake cabins and cottages are full of distant, familiar sounds, especially on a calm summer day.  The way a boat motor cranks to life easily defines its owner: “I think Jack’s going fishing”.  A faint playful laughter down the shoreline:

Don’t think of the sauna as just another winter tool

Summer saunas mean Hippopotamus style hanging out.  And here’s A guest post from Miller, reviewing matters on a summer day in his backyard sauna.  Check out Miller’s start to Finnish sauna build experience HERE. Enter Miller: When mowing the lawn or

Cabin life and the three boxer rotation

In countries like the United States, where “public” nudity is met with a gasp and scorn, many sauna participants adapt to the culture by wearing bathing suits throughout their sauna sessions.  However, a few but growing number of cabin sauna enthusiasts

red sauna in summer

Making a Vihta for an early summer sauna at the cabin

In Northern lake climates, brilliant early spring warm days Give rise to fresh lush foliage , opportunities for canoeing, and new growth birch. Clipping about a dozen 12-16 inch length birch bows and wrapping the base with some string make

sauna de rigueur

Sauna de rigueur

A friend of 27 years, now living half way around the world, contacted me the other day informing me of an upcoming visit to my city, Minneapolis. The email came in a tone more like pen and ink than from

Music in the sauna

Music in the sauna revisited

Do people who enjoy sauna also share an interest in similar music? This concept was re-pondered between sauna rounds during a recent Happy Hour sauna whilst streaming: Bonobo.  British ambient.  Female vocal and instrumental inter twinings. Tinariwan:  Sahara Desert Blues

the 5 gallon pickle bucket

“Don’t fuck with the water bucket.”

Dub had heard and read a lot about me – “sauna guru” – but the last thing I was looking for was a pedestal to stand on. We were settling into round one in one of my favorite saunas in

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