JFK Day

Let's start this entry off like my Saturday started off, with blueberry sonkers! What are blueberry sonkers?  They're sort of like a blueberry pie flipped over, only instead of thin flaky crust, you have thick chewy biscuits. And instead of only getting to have a little because it’s dessert, you get to have a lot because it’s breakfast! And instead of saying “pie” you get to try to say “sonker” while trying not to say “zonker.” 

This is just a picture from the web. I don’t think I can in good conscience be one of those people who post pictures of the food they make on their blog. I'm trying to blog, not lose all my dignity.

After an amazing breakfast we headed out to the JFK Library and Museum. We reserved library passes, which didn't make it free, but $3 instead of $12 is good enough for us. And then we realized that we had forgotten the passes as we were pulling into the parking lot. After weighing the cost of driving the 12 miles back to the library to pick them up against the cost of paying full price (and factoring in what a nice day it was), we decided on the drive. One hour later we were sitting in an air-conditioned theater (air conditioning being the real reason we were there) listening to JFK himself describe his childhood. An great start to the day, all considered.

The museum was nice, but doesn’t make for good picture taking. Here’s a smattering of pics.

Remember when you had to be 21 to vote? ...me neither! Being young is awesome!

Kennedy's famous "I am a doughnut" declaration.

JFK was the first president to have awesome space PJ's

The inside.

The outside.

After the museum we went out for dinner. We can’t really afford to go to dinner, but my wonderful parents and their infinite generosity thought it necessary to make sure we were well cooled during our mini heat wave. My urbanspoon app chose a Senegalese please in the South End called Teranga. It was great on so many levels. It had a separate vegetarian menu (oh, btw, I’m trying to go vegetarian) delicious food, and was right down the road from a bakery called Flour. Besides its good food, one notable feature is that I have a cookbook with a recipe from the chef that runs/owns it.

After the bakery we headed over to our friends house in Watertown. I won’t name names or post any pictures of them in case they would frown upon being mentioned in my blog. Instead I’ll just use web pics to approximate them.

She reads a lot and is very smart and proper.

He is awesome and has too many powers.

I know Bambi and Thumper are both male, but this is the most accurate way to portray their two adorable daughters.

We enjoyed homemade jam on yummy bread while talking about all sorts of things...yet all I recall right now is the surprising news that my wife has mammary glands and is not a unicorn. 


The day was perfect. Someone else and I had such a good day filled with U.S. history, good food, good weather, dance dance revolution, and great friends.

This post is a rather plain, informative post. For this I am sorry. But while at our friends’ house we watched a TED talk that might be the catalyst I need to go about making some character changes I’ve been dreaming about.

Because of our [soon to be] new edition I feel the need and desire to better myself. I would like to:

1.  Exercise more regularly and without excuse.

2.  Devote slightly more time to scholarly things like curriculum development or casual reading.

3.  Be a stronger member of my church.

4.  Blog more.

5.  Be a better husband.

6.  Be kinder towards people and less cynical in my brain.

7.  Help out others.

8.  Eat healthier.

9.  Play music.

I have ideas on how to do most of these, but I always seem to find some excuse to put it off or not dive into it wholeheartedly. The TED talk’s theme on positivity might be the push I needed. If you have any desire to join me on some character building experiments, reach out to me. Otherwise stay tuned for more developments…