Looking Forward to the Stargazing Year Ahead

• #toc_item_0 • [Looking Forward to the Stargazing Year Ahead](#toc_item_1) • [Look at the sky!](#toc_item_2) • [Reducetarianism Is a More Doable Plant-Based Project](#toc_item_3) • [Reduce!](#toc_item_4) • [Minnesotans Know How to Throw a Winter Festival](#toc_item_5) • [You betcha!](#toc_item_6) • [40 Days and 40 Nights: Non-Alcoholic Beer Edition](#toc_item_7) • [Cheers](#toc_item_8) • [These Aren’t Childish Snow Tubes, They’re ADULT Snow Tubes](#toc_item_9) • [Tube to your heart’s content!](#toc_item_10) *Header 728x90 [] The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to fluctuate rapidly and impact communities all over the world. If you’re venturing out, triple-check the opening status, entry requirements, and safety protocols for both your destination and home city upon your return. Be safe out there. [] I hope you had a nice long weekend. I have been cooped up in a remote ski chalet of the mind—a.k.a. I haven’t gone anywhere. The only thing keeping my head in the game right now is the promise of the next meal and the promise that one of the contestants on The Bachelor “isn’t there for the right reasons.” I am trying to do an internet cleanse, but the bar is low when your daily screen time is close to the length of an entire season of television. I ordered vegan food last night in an attempt to be healthy, but I forgot that sometimes that backfires and I end up eating so much more just based on the vague promise that what I’m eating isn’t made with any animal products. This all confirms my theory that self-improvement only happens when you’re not really trying to self-improve that much. Isn’t that how it works? Start your week off right with stories about stargazing, “reducetarianism,” a festival in Minnesota, a writer’s experience drinking only non-alcoholic beer for 40 days, and finally, snow tubes for adults. Today’s newsletter has given me a lot of good ideas for how to ride out these next weeks of winter. I’ll look at the stars, I’ll go to Minnesota, I’ll drink non-alcoholic beer, I’ll become a “reducetarian” (whatever that is), and I’ll buy an adult snow tube once and for all. [Ned Riseley, Senior Copywriter]( [ [( travel [] [Looking Forward to the Stargazing Year Ahead]( You keep a calendar of so many earthly obligations, but do you keep a calendar for all of the amazing things happening up in the sky? Leave yourself some treats in your calendar and plan ahead for some amazing stargazing. Imagine writing “The Southern Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Arrives” into your calendar right next to “Root canal 4 pm.” It could really be huge for you, I think! [] [Look at the sky!]( [( [( food & drink [] [Reducetarianism Is a More Doable Plant-Based Project]( You can’t always be a good vegan. Just look at me, ordering a seitan burger and complaining about it the next day. Well, as we all know, we should be doing all things in moderation, even moderation. That’s what makes “reducetarianism” so appealing. It’s a not very appealing word that describes a very appealing practice of plant-based eating. The gist is, you try and do plant-based as much as possible, but still have some meat and dairy sometimes as a little treat. [] [Reduce!]( [( [( travel [] [Minnesotans Know How to Throw a Winter Festival]( I once ordered a Bloody Mary in Minnesota and it came with a full meal on the toothpick coming out of the drink, which is just to say that Minnesota really knows what it’s doing. And that pertains to veggie cocktails as well as making the most of the winter months. There are so many amazing winter festivals that take place in the state during these months when all you wanna do is eat an entire pie in bed. Minnesotans know how to get outside and participate in snow sculpting contests, beard-growing contests, hockey championships, and ski competitions. [] [You betcha!]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( food & drink [] [40 Days and 40 Nights: Non-Alcoholic Beer Edition]( We spent 40 days drinking only non-alcoholic beer, and this is what we have to report. We’ve rated our top picks and gotten to the bottom of what makes a non-alcoholic beer taste good. From the hoppy to the light to the “medium-body,” we’ve done our homework on booze-free brewskis so you don’t have to. [] [Cheers]( [( *720x300 Ad Banner [( shopping [] [These Aren’t Childish Snow Tubes, They’re ADULT Snow Tubes]( Snow tubes aren’t just for children anymore. Adults like to lie on an inflatable donut and let Jesus take the wheel just as much as kids do. We’ve assembled a list of our favorite “adult” snow tubes. I don’t mean “adult” as in they’re naughty or something. I just mean that they’re bigger and more "high concept.” A child’s mind couldn’t grasp the sophistication and streamlined efficiency of these crafts. See for yourself. 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