five good things

1. A rather brilliantly successful weekend in New York, during which we celebrated birthdays and babies alike; I drank free beer, ate fried chicken, navigated the Brooklyn shuttle without getting murdered and managed to make it home in the snow. Frankly I deserve a prize.

2. The Longform Podcast, introduced to me by the always-brilliant ladies at Two Bossy Dames. Writers! Talking about writing! And other stuff!

3. The fact that my commute has been twice as long as normal all week has, at the very least, given me a lot of time to read. Just finished: Richard Price’s Lush Life, which, while not the kind of thing I’m usually super into (think gritty crime drama of the decidedly non-Serial variety) was kind of a pleasing New York analog to the Wire rewatch happening in my house these days. Plus truthfully it had been taking up space on my shelf for like 5 years and I am glad to have it gone.

4. Tanya’s blog, which I just subscribed to recently and which is smart and cool and beautiful, just like Tanya herself.

5. My plans for this weekend are the BSB movie and doughnuts from Blackbird. That’s it. Right on.