I work a lot, sometimes more than I think is ideal, but it's because I value what I do and I get to work with some of the best people in the world. When I'm not working, I'm usually doing one of the following: running (or playing some other sport), taking in some culture (music, movies, books, museums, plays, dance performances... I enjoy them all), eating, or just wandering around the city. I love NYC, but also enjoy getting out of the city. Life's not perfect, but at the end of the day, I'm fortunate to be where I am and I try to be grateful for it.

I am low-maintenance, curious, and unfinished

helping to close the achievement gap; getting ready for a marathon; eating my way through nyc

recommending books (and customizing to personal interest/mood); thinking of activities to do in and around ny; recalling particularly exciting playoff baseball games from the past 20 years

I think before I speak

books: the first man; atonement; the executioner's song; anil's ghost (really, anything by michael ondaatje); american pastoral; netherland; never let me go; young men and fire; the singular pilgrim

movies: mean streets; chungking express; in the mood for love; dog day afternoon; lost in translation; band of outsiders; spirited away; my man godfrey; swing time; raising victor vargas; eternal sunshine...

music: lucinda williams; gillian welch; springsteen; prince; yo la tengo; "mermaid avenue" by billy bragg and wilco; nina simone; emmylou; m. ward; billie holiday; nellie mckay; laura cantrell; bright eyes

food: korean; momofuku; pommes frites; prosciutto di parma; grom

the New Yorker
Nike running sneakers
NY Times
Sunday softball on the Great Lawn
'waltz for debby' by Bill Evans
family/friends

how to spend my next vacation

having dinner with a friend or two

This is the first time I've ever used one of these sites, which may or may not be obvious from my responses.