Archive for December 31st, 2009

The Resolve, 2010

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Things to do in 2010, some now, some later, some ongoing:

1) Drink more water, less wine (half a bottle a night shared with Sara should suffice).

2) Eat more cereal, less eggs for breakfast (or on burgers).

3) Eat more fruit, less salty snacks at night just to avoid hearing my doctor nag me at next check-up.

4) Finish book manuscript by the end of April (was supposed to be finished by tonight — oops!).

5) Develop solid foundation for next book by August.

6) Ditch Vonage and go entirely cell phone and Gizmo+Google Voice (thus saving $34/month).

7) Rationalize my media (in progress).

8) More back rubs (giving and receiving).

9) Finish, finally, reading The Baroque Cycle to Sara.

10) Read more novels in general (ones I bought are piling up)

11) Take, process, and post more photos; I’ve been slacking on Flickr over the past several months.

12) Repair stuff.

13) Get rid of irreparable stuff.

14) Be more patient and cheerful with people, unless they really piss me off.

15) Call/email Mom more.

16) And, as usual, post to Goyablog more regularly….

Happy New Year to all Gentle Goyareaders!

Rumba

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I don’t think that I’ve ever been to the same restaurant two nights in a row, except perhaps McDonald’s while driving cross country. Well, Sara and I went to Rumba Monday night and had the BEST small plates from their revised menu: portobello satay, goat cheese stuffed peppadews, something the name of which escapes me, tempura haricots verts, pork confit tacos, and charred tomato flatbread. All fabulous, but the tacos and haricots stood out in particular. We browsed the rest of the menu and saw the burgers and were intrigued so decided then and there to come back the next day to try the kim chee burger and the Brazilian burger (white cheese and fried egg). Again, fabulous, albeit entirely different (and we got to substitute the exquisite tempura haricots verts for the fries). I don’t think another restaurant in Nashville could boast such deliciousness in diversity. And all at very reasonable prices for innovative and satisfying dishes. We liked Rumba before, but like it even more now. We’ll probably go back for Sara’s b-day next week, this time with kids in tow. Our neo-new favorite restaurant.