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Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 1

Cloudy and started raining at night.
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Seeing Bono’s “Surrender” at the Beacon Theater tonight was one of the most engaging performances I’ve ever seen. Two hours with Bono sharing stories of U2, his youth, and mixed with powerful and inimate performances of U2 songs. Incredible and magical. ✨

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It is weird to me that I’ve been to Manhattan hundreds of times over the years, but I’ve never really gone into Central Park at all. We decided to walk from our hotel up and through Central Park to the Beacon Theatre to see Bono and it was so cool to explore a bit of the park.

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Ran into the Incredible Hulk at the LEGO Store on 5th Avenue. This place was great. We wanted to do more stuff than we had time.

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Mazie and Tyler lit prayer candles for my Grandpa Ardell and Grandma Rose at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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We were passing St. Patrick’s Cathedral and decided to go in and look around. It is was an amazing place to visit. It left us all a bit awe struck.

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Catching NJ Transit from Newark to NY Penn Station.

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Just claimed the POAP Tyler made for Tammy’s NYC Birthday trip to see Bono and much more. Love it! 🤩

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Very excited to see Hamilton again tonight!

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I’m really digging the new room name decals for 5th Floor of SPS Tower. Names shown: Jumbonium, Redstone, Coaxium, Kyber, Netherite, and Beskar. 💙

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Conjecture: 🤔

As AI makes the Web more synthetic, Crypto will make it more human.

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We tried Hu Milk Chocolate Bars today. Mixed reviews in the family but Mazie and I think they are amazing. Love the “beyond organic” focus of Hu.

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Fun time watching The Lost City tonight. 🍿

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We are celebrating Tammy’s birthday today! She is the heart and center of our family. 🥰🥳

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It was cool to see the Minnebar 17 POAPs highlighted in the April 25 issue of This Week in POAP!

Minnebar, America’s “largest and longest-running technology unconference” was held at Best Buy’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis and dropped POAPs for attendees, presenters, and organizers, as well as a POAP during a session on creating digital community with POAP (LinkedIn post highlighting the POAPs).

I also really like how the POAP images turned out.

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It was cool to see people playing Kubb in Bryant Park in New York.

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Hector and I at Minnebar 17! I’m sporting my Community Supporter tag, as well as my awesome POAP pin!

See also Minnebar collection.

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Ringing the Closing Bell on Nasdaq

The SPS Commerce executive team, along with our spouses, got to ring the closing bell for NASDAQ today! This was a career highlight for me as I approach my ten year anniversary with SPS, and it was even better that Tammy was able to be there with me, as well as the amazing leaders I get to work with. Everything about this experience was so much fun.

A huge thank you to all of TeamSPS for making our company so great, and to our customers for putting their trust in us and the World’s Retail Network!

See also:

Photography courtesy of Nasdaq, Inc.

And some of my photos.

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Tammy and I had a great time exploring New York, and getting plenty of steps in, on a 5.5 mile walk this morning.

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Gorgeous day to enjoy a walk along the High Line in Manhattan. Just one month after Tyler and I walked it and the everything was so much greener and some flowers were showing. Walking the High Line is now a tradition for any trip to New York!

Other times on the High Line: 2012, 2018, 2023 (Tyler and I), 2023 (Tammy and I), and 2023 (Family).