Top 3 (2023)

I started answering the 40 Questions this year, then realized about a quarter of the way through that I didn’t really want to answer them. Not my preferred format.

Instead, I’m trying something else: Making a list of Top 3 things in various categories for the year.

Books

Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 by John Taylor Williams

Daemon by Daniel Suarez

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Shows

Billions

The Gilded Age

Trash Truck – Charlie’s favorite and one that we actually like

Articles

A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox by Henrik Karlsson.

Mapping digital worlds by Nadia Asparouhova

More People Should Write by James Somers

New blog follows – All indie blogs this year

Jim Nielsen

Anh

Manuel Moreale, in particular the People and Blogs series.

Meals

Woodfired pizza with vodka sauce and pepperoni at Baci

Khao Soi at Nicky’s Thai in Sewickley, PA

Shepherd’s pie (homemade, it sticks out in my mind because I had low expectations and it ended up being really good!)

Places

Monterey, CA

Cape Cod, MA

Beacon, NY. Very close to us, but we have a great time whenever we visit.

New-to-me Music

The Hold Steady

Sudan Archives

Frou Frou

Tiki drinks

Nui Nui

Lost Lake

Commando Grog

Purchases

Opal pebble ice maker

Swivel desk for Ikea Poang chair

Chacos Chelsea Boots

Software

Arc

Obsidian

Carrot Weather

Memories

Walking in downtown Beacon with Amanda and Charlie

Taking Charlie out in the Guideboat on Lake Sebago for the first time

“Charlie Walks” – Walks where Charlie chooses where we go, the pace, and what we look at.