One more thing we should be getting into for 2011: ballet (thank you Kanye, Natalie and Mila for bringing this to our attention).

Phoenicia

Great sunset in the rearview

Nisqually, Washington

Possible New Year's Resolutions

I've been trying to come up with a list of new year's resolutions I might adopt.  So far, this is all I can come up with.  Any other suggestions?

• Train my voice to sound like Alec Baldwin's;
• Finally write that letter to Miley Cyrus explaining how badly she screwed up the geography of LA in her song "Party in the USA" and demanding a public apology;
•  End sentences with "if you know what I mean" more often, in a business context;
•  Develop and distribute my own brand of exclamation points, under the malapropism/pun/trademark "For All Intensive Purposes!";
• Purchase a parrot, teach it to speak in a made-up language, then go public and claim I have discovered and interpreted parrot language; eventually, get on the Today show.

Frost, not snow, from my office window

Where We Were a Year Ago

I still have some pictures from Christmas Eve to post, which I presume will only be interesting to readers who either 1) know me personally or 2) are voyeurs of bourgeois gentile culture or 3) fall into both categories (I'm looking at you, Adam). I've been thinking a lot of Central Europe this week, which is where we were this time last year.

Waiting for the ferry, Bremerton.

2011

What We Should Get Over for 2011
Mad Men Style References*
Thinking You Can Discern Authenticity in Ethnic Food
Kanye West as Someone To Have a Beer With


What We Should Get Into in 2011
Steampunk
Knowing Your Butcher
Kanye West as a Mad Genius


*Which is not to say one shouldn't know how to dress like a grown man

What We Should Get Over for 2011
Pork Belly
Organic
Speakeasys




What We Should Get Into in 2011
Lamb Saddle
Taxidermy
Urban Animal Husbandry

Things that are in motion

I smell the pine trees and the peaches in the woods,
I see the pinecones that fall by the highway,
That's the highway that goes to my building,
I pick the building that I want to live in.

 - Dave Byrne, "Don't Worry About the Government"

Duck confit at Spur

Last of India

On our last day in Bangalore we had a great brunch with A and D at Shiro's. Lots of mojitos and Japanese food.







Lots of mojitos.