I know you’ve all spent the last few days wondering, “I wonder how Jenn’s doing on her Traverse City Top Ten.” Well, reader, let me keep you in suspense no longer.
JENN’S TOP TEN: TRAVERSE CITY EDITION
- Visit a winery. Check.
- Read. Ehh. Didn’t do this. Sorry, Bourdain.
- Squeeze in a workout around the Bay, total McConaughey style. This gets a half-check because there was no safe place nearby to work out outside. I nearly killed myself scampering across the four-lane road to the beach, which was private. I power-walked up this unmarked road and couldn’t enjoy it, for fear of getting run over/raped.
- Take pictures. (Bonus points for holding Dad’s Nikon D200 hostage and shooting with that.) Check.
- Eat cherries until my lips get stained. I FORGOT TO PICK UP CHERRIES. CHERRY FESTIVAL FAIL. Tried to convince my parents to stop at a little roadside stand going out of town, to no avail. We have cherries in the fridge right now, which were probably from Traverse City anyway, but..you know, not the same.
- SLEEP. (Have you been reading my tweets? Insomnia central.) Check.
- Blog at least once per day. Check.
- Get tipsy with my cousins. Check.
- Buy a tacky souvenir to bring home to my roommate. Check.
- SALT. WATER. TAFFY. Check.
7.5/10. Not bad, Jenny.
KINDA-RELATED-CUZ-HE’S-FROM-MICHIGAN SEGUE:
I don’t know if you noticed? But it’s the time of year again — the time of year when Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” gets played in heavier rotation. I know “Night Moves” is musical wallpaper to you by now, a soundtrack to your drunken bonfires and boring 9-5 commutes. I know YOU don’t care. But I do.
It came on the radio during our sojourn Up North; I sulked in the backseat because my parents were talking through it. How am I supposed to enjoy Bob’s raspy tones, Mom, when you’re babbling about a roasted asparagus frittata in your latest Cooking Light? Or you, Dad, talking about traffic, look at that traffic, I can’t believe this traffic.
Therefore, I am instating the following:
NIGHT MOVES RULES
1) No talking. (Singing along perfectly acceptable and most encouraged.)
2) Windows down.
3) Song must be turned up a considerable level louder during the post-bridge, unplugged acoustic portion.
4) You must, must fist pump after aforementioned post-bridge, when the gospel choir chimes in with “NIGHT! MOVES!”
Good. Glad that’s settled. [ONLY CHILD CARD!]
