art

what I'd really like would be able to devote my time and energy to collecting art and reading. Is that really all that much to ask? I want to stop having to go to work. I want to spend more time in the garden. I have two gardens by the way. One flower garden and one vegetable garden. In the vegetable garden I have corn and tomatos growing. I planted the tomatos, and i'm really not sure why the corn is growing. I imagine that it came by way of a racoon or something of the sort ringing it through and dropping it off in the garden. either way, it's pretty cool that I have corn growing. I can't wait for the roma tomatos to ripen either, so that I can make sauce. I also want to go to Chadd's Ford, PA to the Wyeth museum. I love the work of NC Wyeth and his son Andrew, as well as Jamie, the son of Andrew. I used to read a lot too, and I haven't had the time or energy to read in the past 2 years or so. I used to think of myself as very cultured and high brow, but now I'm just a dad and that's all i have the time for.

no reservations

When the show first started, I thought No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain was the most brilliant thing on television. I had read his book, Kitchen Confidential (which my blog title nods to) and thought that he was this total bad ass, doesn't give a shit kinda punk rock guy. I thought that he was an unapoligetic prick, and the first season of No Reservations confirmed it. He was brash and arrogant, he smoked and drank and while totally respectful of his environs, he was critical of anything he found to be less than perfect. But I just watched the debut of the new season, and the show has gone progressively down hill. He has become too much of a kiss ass. He's lost his edge. He's lost his opinion. He's totally complacent and doesn't stand up for anything. The edge and grit that got him to where he is today is totally gone, and it's totally disheartening. He's no longer worth watching, because there is no longer the potential that he will snap and get in a fight, or drink too much and make an ass of himself. He's just some dopey dude on a great vacation.