I’m old enough to know that New Year’s Resolutions are for suckers.  Sure, blank slates offer motivation, but never as much as we hope.  We’re lazy and it’s cold.  And that’s fair.  But I have been trying each Jan. 1 to pick a bit of a north star for the year.  Just a kind of experience that I want to say yes to.  I don’t rush to change any habits; I just keep this thing in mind.This year I found that north star in the basement of an Irish pub.  A kind of experience made up of three ingredients – third places, loose ties and third things – which I’ve come to see as a holy trinity of good times for humans. 

Ver todos los episodios