There were so many things I liked about April. I liked the break in the weather. I like the first tentative steps of spring. I had the best Easter ever. It was a story-book perfect easter and my heart swells just thinking about how great it was.
I liked Grey. I didn't love Grey. I just liked it and that's o.k. I like grey in so many forms, gray-scaled b/w photos, grey kittens, sidewalks. I like Grey through Jack's eyes. ( Have I mentioned that my friend Jackie sends me pictures every week day filled with the color of the month? They are almost as amazing as she is.) My wifey gave me this great warm grey sweater. I wore it nearly every day in april. I asked Max what he thought about Grey. He said.. ."It's CUTE!" So...there's that.
We love stars and star shaped things and I really wanted to like the planetarium. We were lucky and went on a free day, otherwise it would have been quite expensive. The kids area was fun, the show was somewhat disappointing (although we chose a kids movie and felt it was lacking but maybe a normal show would have been better?), the other exhibits were almost non-existent but the part I most enjoyed was the lovely little lunch we had in the museums cafe. There is a LOVELY view of the lake and the skyline and we had delicious little sandwiches. If you ever hear of another free day there, it would be worth it to go just for lunch.
Now for a confession.....I like Motown. Motown and 50/60s music in general makes me nostalgic for my summer camp days. I like dancing to Motown music. Max LOVES barry white. (no...seriously...he LOVES barry white.) and we did listen to a lot of Motown. However, Vampire Weekend's new album "Contra" took up most of my listening time. This album is SO good that just when I decided a particular song was my favorite, I'd decide another song was my favorite. This happened more than twice. I really didn't want to like this band, in fact, i'd go so far as to say I was rather disdainful of them but it is SO GOOD. I'm not going to post a youtube video. If you care about my opinion, just go and get the entire album. It's going to make you have a great summer.
I'm really looking forward to a great summer.
