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The hot tub bubbled away behind Pebble Kranz and Daniel Rosen’s home through months of pandemic lockdowns.
After work, Dr. Kranz, a family physician, would wash off the day in the couple’s open-air shower, then text her husband to join her in the hot tub. Mr. Rosen, a psychotherapist, would hop in after his virtual appointments.
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A gazebo with curtains sheltered the tub, so husband and wife could soak naked without scandalizing their neighbours.
“We needed to have a place and project to connect,” said Mr. Rosen, who also built a cedar sauna behind their Rochester, N.Y., home last fall. Here, the spouses talk and listen to music in the heat.