Shake It All About

Every night at dinner we tell each other our "best" and "worst" for that day.

Nico told us his "worst" was having to do the Hokey Pokey in kindergarten.

I knew there would be something about kindergarten he wouldn't like.



(It does make me giggle just a little bit to think of Nico the Sober doing the Hokey Pokey.)

random new york: south street, manhattan

For those of you who have read/are reading Joseph Mitchell, here's what the South Street Seaport area looks like now...

They've tried to preserve some of the historic look and feel.  Most of the area is landmarked, so the buildings can't be messed around with too much.   The whole fish market area has been moved to the Bronx, though, and replaced with a large upscale mall and rather touristy park space.

And also some regular New Yorker park space -- here's a nice little project in the area that we recently finished.  Not my design, but Tristan and I ended up locating the boulders.

So although in some parts it seems a little like Disney Seaport-Land, it's still a pretty great place to hang out. Not sure Joseph Mitchell would recognize it, though.

50

First of all, Giants!  Woohoo! Yeah!

And second, sorry for the lack of posts here lately.  It's been pretty much the same as the "hour in the life" Ami posted on Dec 13, with a quick break for Christmas.  Once again, we shall strive to post more, with a corresponding increase in baby pictures for those who are interested.

But not this post -- I'm asking for your help on this one.  I should point out first that I am not a fan of bold New Years’ Resolutions, as I find it plenty difficult just to keep up with modest goals.  This year, however, I couldn’t help breaking out a little. 

I used to read during the 7 train portion of my epic daily commute, but for the past few months I’ve found it difficult to organize myself in getting reading material lined up, relying instead on whatever news and other drivel I can pull up on my phone.  So, I decided to try reading 50 books this year. 

Naturally I’m blogging this in the hope that you can help me draft my list.  I don’t have any hard rules at all –- could be any length, genre, whatever – although I do have a few loose parameters.  As some of you know I’m trying to read an interesting book for each country, so I’d love to make progress on that front.  I’d also like to get through some of the books I feel guilty about not reading yet.  Finally, I’d like to get a decent variety.

I do recognize that this goal requires almost one book per week.  But if it spurs me to be more prepared with reading material, that’s all I’m really hoping for.  Also, if I have, say, 50 years left, and I stick with 50 books per year, that’s only 2500 books I’ll get to out of the bajillions available.  Time to get cracking.

So if you’re in the mood, please suggest anything that comes to mind!  Could be a few of your favorites, or just something you read recently and liked.  You can provide explanations or not, I can check out reviews online before deciding if it will fit on the list.  Thanks!