simple pleasure Saturdays 21 Apr 2007 07:00 am
Simple pleasure Saturdays
Here’s one that I enjoy every single day of the week, one section at a time…
The Sunday NY Times
We got a sample subscription, four free weeks followed by four discounted weeks. I probably have to nix the full deal until we meet a few more financial goals. But I can guarantee I’ll still pick up a copy when I’m in town; both my food co-op and my coffee shop sell it. I love it!
Section after section I appreciate the wordiness, the fantastic layout, the attention paid to details. The content is often challenging but in a cerebral way…not mindnumbing TV with commercials and the writing is always well done. Even the ads are beautifully laid out! NY is a world and a half away from my little town here and I wouldn’t necessarily want to live there (though a visit involving many little restaurants and musuem tours sounds wonderful!). It’s often spread out all over my bed on weekend mornings but I take the time to read almost every article, or at least a pretty thorough scan, throughout the week. It’s best savored on a morning for sleeping in, covers and a loved one nearby, and hot coffee too. Only a plate of eggs benedict, swirls of golden hollandaise and sunny yolks subtly intact, served in that very bed, with that same loved one and that hot coffee would make it better and as the family cook I haven’t figured how to get it and stay in bed yet!
So, always a treat, the Sunday NY Times is my simple pleasure this Saturday. I loved the responses last week; don’t forget to post your links if you write one too!
on 21 Apr 2007 at 10:15 am 1.Beth said …
My simple pleasure today is going to the Farmer’s Market and picking up raw milk. Two gallons come in under $10. And the rest of the week, I try to find excuses to drink milk, because it tastes that good.
on 21 Apr 2007 at 8:32 pm 2.dalimama said …
Ah, I love reading the newspaper in bed and I’d love to have a subscription to the Sunday NY Times!
I wrote my simple pleasure. You can find it here:
http://www.sentientmarrow.blogspot.com
on 22 Apr 2007 at 3:12 pm 3.Kyra said …
My own six degrees of separation…I have a very good friend in my email group, he has been a part of it since he was 12 years old. He sort of grew up while the rest of the group mother hen-ed him to death. It just so happens that he was the youngest person to ever submit and have a puzzle be accepted to the NY Times Crossword puzzles. Wil Shortz himself wrote a letter to him when he accepted his first puzzle (after close to 20 prior submissions that were rejected)
It also happens that he is the US Crossword Champion right now and the one of the main subjects of the movie WordPlay (if you have never seen this, let me know I have it..it is such a great movie..and not just because my friend, Tyler is in it! )
I love the NY Times.