Anya Horne Michelet

It's been a busy year! Not much time for blogging. Anya was born on June 27th, 2009.
She's keeping us busy...and deliriously happy.

Just Married!

Please can we get one, please?

The Day There Was No News

The Day There Was No News, originally uploaded by Pixelsurgeon.

Eerie and wonderful. The mood created owes a huge debt to the soundtrack by Ben Frost - Theory of Machines.

Susie Hot Rod.

Roller Derby, originally uploaded by unklemunki.

She's got to be the greatest Rolley Derby queen ever. Without a doubt.

I'm not sure I've ever idolized a sports hero this way before. Possibly Dorothy Hamill, but maybe that was really just all about her haircut.

Ahhh, Paris

ellen-paris, originally uploaded by unklemunki.

Charles drew this...

I can almost smell the basil on my parents' balcony garden!

311 to the Rescue

Regarding my earlier post...

After becoming enraged about the state of our poop-covered block, I decided to call 311 to see if there was any city service I could access to help the situation. Within 2 days, there was a brand new liter basket on the corner of the street. Now, granted, there had already been a liter basket in place just across Caton Ave...but perhaps some dog owners felt that crossing the street to dispose of Spot and Fido's messes was going just too far.

Now, I might be just flattering myself, but I like to think the condition of the block has improved. Drastically.

Birth Announcement

Monday morning WNYC's new morning show launches. I've been working with the team launching the show, and, as a listener, I'm just stoked to hear it come bursting out of my clock radio come Monday.

And I've decided to take advantage of this opportunity for change. This morning, and over the past 30 weeks or so, my radio turns on at 6:45 am and I snooze away until 7:30, well, sometimes later...well, sometimes A LOT later... The first time I heard The Takeaway I thought, "now THIS is going to be hard to sleep through!" It's really engaging - smart, funny, and with a wicked honest streak. So, I've decided to set the alarm earlier - to 6:00 and get up with John and Adaora (the hosts) and the plan is that I'll be up and out of the house by 7:30 - with plenty of time for going to the gym before work.

(This blog posting is part of my public accountability plan. It's sort of like when I quit smoking...telling everyone that I'd done it sure made it hard to bum smokes of off your pals after a stressful day at the office.)

It begins at 6 am on Monday Morning (April 28th, 2008) and you can hear it at 93.9 FM or if you are inclined to hit snooze for a while, you can hear it at AM 820 at the more reasonable hour of 8 am. Live stream it here and check it out here. You can hear a preview over here.