chez kate
Well, the house of kate is the house of kate once more. Now, I can watch what I want (the current bravo marathon is the latest) without worrying that Eric will be bored. Yes, WM starts Monday, so Eric has moved back to his own apartment. So last night, we had faux-Bollywood night (Monsoon Wedding and Bend it like Beckham:) and Jess and I drove back to Baltimore.
Today, I got up and decided I wanted to do something. So I finally took EVERYONE's advice and hit the book thing on Charles Street. After a parking mishap (I swear im dyslexic, and so forget what block its on) I went into this basement - it was a used bookstore on crack. There were SO many books, everywhere!! The guy there was encouraging people to be greedy, walking around, pointing out neat books, telling stories (apparently they'll get rejected christmas presents, the record-holder is one that came in the morning after - also, the milk book was there - "who would ever pay money for this, but its a pretty neat book for free!"). So what did I get?
The Making of the President 1968 and The Making of the President 1972 by Theodore H. White. I read as many of Greg's books about the 1972 election that I could, and this series of books was mentioned. I'm still looking for The Making of the President 1960, but I'm excited about these two.
Arthur Krock's In the Nation: 1932-1966 caught my eye. As did American Parties in Decline by William J. Crotty and Gary C. Jacobson, Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse and The Virgin of Benneton by Kathleen Norris. I had been staring at Woodward and Scott Armstrong's The Brethren on Greg's shelf for a while, so I picked it up for myself.
Finally, supplementing my collection of "Books that will someday be in my classroom" I picked up The Death of a President by William Manchester, Shirer's Berlin Diaries and In the Court of Public Opinion by Alger Hiss.
So all in all, a productive day. What to do tomorrow?
Alright, off to wash some dishes, do some odds and ends - and enjoy my apartment on my own :)
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