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Next Up: Coffee & Donuts

  • Clark 

Around the time we started our Detroit map puzzle, we realized that we were starting to run out of new puzzles to try.  That wasn’t entirely true, as there was one I had hidden to… 

Brown skinned girl with glasses stands with arms folded in front of a wall plastered with old jazz show fliers.

Wrap Up: Talkin’ All That Jazz

Talkin’ All that Jazz by Tim Okamura was fast, but oh, it was so fun! The pieces locked together so well, that even when working on her shirt, it was easy to feel when a… 

Puzzle box with old posters advertising jazz shows of various famous artists, with a black woman in the forefront wearing glasses and her arms crossed. A thank you note is placed on top of the box.

Next Up: Talkin’ All That Jazz

  • Jenny 

Whew, it’s been a minute since I last got to write one of these! Our next puzzle is Talkin’ All That Jazz by Tim Okamura from an awesome company, Apostrophe Puzzles! Apostrophe is a black-led,… 

Wrap-Up: Detroit Map

  • Clark 

After over a month, we finished our Lantern Press Detroit map puzzle today and…  It’s hard to find words about this one. This one was hard. I should be clear that it was not bad. … 

Next Up: Detroit Map

  • Clark 

With “The Solar System” wrapped up, our next puzzle is going to be a map of the City of Detroit by Lantern Press. This is one of the puzzles I picked up after we finished… 

Finished puzzle of the solar system. Planets and moons are laid out in rows instead of in orbit

Wrap Up: The Solar System

  • Jenny 

We took advantage of this frigid Saturday in Michigan to spend some time finishing The Solar System Puzzle and drink some hot cocoa. As expected, the planets came together relatively quickly. It was a little… 

Picture of the puzzle box with black background, pictures of all the planets and some moons in the solar system

Next Up: The Solar System

  • Jenny 

Last night we unboxed and got started on the The Solar System from New York Puzzle Company. This is the second of the three that I ordered at the end of December for us to… 

finished puzzle of a scene from Christmas at Hogwarts showing Harry at a table with three of the Weasley boys watching him open a wizard cracker that contains a pirate hat. Hagrid, McGonagall, Cho, and Dumbledore look on. Dumbledore is holding an enormous wand in one hand and an owl on his other arm

Wrap Up: Christmas at Hogwarts

  • Jenny 

Here we are 10 days later with a finished (ish) Christmas at Hogwarts Puzzle from New York Puzzle Co! Why ish? Let’s take a closer look! There’s always at least one or two spots when… 

photo shows a puzzle box with refs, yellows, blues, and oranges, depicting a scene of Hogwarts at Christmas

Next Up: Christmas at Hogwarts

  • Jenny 

Yesterday, as we hinted on Instagram, a box of puzzles I ordered from New York Puzzle Co arrived, and of the three in it, I picked the 1000 piece Christmas as Hogwarts to get started!… 

Wrap-Up: Planets in Space

  • Clark 

We wrapped up the Planets in Space puzzle last night, somewhat unexpectedly.  It was supposed to just be a few pieces on the way upstairs for the night, then it was suddenly an hour later…