Our goal over this year’s holiday season was to accomplish absolutely nothing – which was exactly what we did over the past 4 days in New York. Much of our time was spent reliving the joy of sci-fi novels like Ender’s Game and Asimov’s Foundation series. We also flexed the language portion of our brain muscles with DS games like NY Times Crossword and WordJong (it’s better than it sounds), some high-speed scribbling action with Boggle at my cousin’s house, and the increasingly addictive Scrabulous app on Facebook. Of course, we did not neglect to flex our stomach muscles as well. We gobbled Joe Shanghai’s famous soup dumplings, tender BBQ beef tongues at Gyu-Kaku, and a somewhat underwhelming luncheon tasting menu at Bouley. To my dismay, I was struck again with another cold on our return to Boston. I guess I’ll just have to veg out for a few more days before we ring in the new year.