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A brand spanking new yr and right here we’re. Let’s check out the entirety that took place in January 2025!
Putting out with my Murray Endure! He likes to be a table cat.
Locations Visited
We were given to experience some snow in January.
Highlights
A pleasant, quiet month at house with the cats. That is our 3rd yr in a row of now not going anyplace in January (as opposed to day journeys) and it used to be SO excellent. The easiest way to begin off a productive yr.
A month of Dry January. I do a sober month once a year and extremely counsel it! It’s a excellent reminder to try how a lot alcohol can permeate our lives — and consider easy methods to socialize with out defaulting to consuming.
Getting again into energy coaching. One in every of my targets has been to get again into energy coaching and in reality be in line with it. I used to be within the fitness center six days every week after I lived in New York, however I haven’t been ready to stay that stage of consistency in Prague.
Truthfully, there were quite a lot of suits and begins in resuming lifting weights over the last few years. This time, I believe it’s operating as a result of I began slowly and am including to it little by little.
I’ve a Peloton subscription (simply $12.99 per thirty days) and a couple of units of weights. First, 10-minute energy exercises 3 times every week. Now, 15-minute energy exercises 4 occasions every week. I do know I’ll continue to grow from there.
Past that? Now not so much took place this January!
Gram Eating place in Prague — what an inner!
Demanding situations
A frightening near-accident at the tram. I used to be sitting in a seat at the tram and abruptly the driving force hit the breaks HARD to steer clear of hitting a automotive that pulled out. It used to be so abrupt, I flew onto my toes and smacked exhausting into the plastic divider at the facet of the doorways.
I used to be fantastic, however in ache the remainder of the day — and idea to myself, “If this took place in The usa, somebody could be suing the town.” That mentioned, we in reality get healthcare lined right here, and I’m thankful that the driving force used to be ready to forestall so briefly and steer clear of a real twist of fate.
Rather a lot and quite a lot of vet visits. After Murray’s many scientific problems with December, this month used to be all about Lewis. He harm himself within the eye one way or the other, and whilst the primary spherical of meds helped first of all, his eye were given a lot worse when we completed them.
Lewis is now on other meds, prescribed through a special vet, and I actually hope that they paintings this time. I need my candy little endure to be again to his standard self.
And giving a cat two units of eye drops — 10 mins aside, 5 occasions an afternoon — is a ache, particularly when he used to be at his sickest and sought after to cover beneath the mattress. At one level I needed to lay on a blanket and drag myself beneath the mattress, clutch Lewis, and feature Charlie pull me out through my toes. Amusing occasions.
Lewis is my little jungle cat.
Weblog Posts of the Month
Maximum Common Reel on Instagram
My most sensible reel of the month is which town NOT to talk over with in 2025. I don’t do a lot of this anti-influencing, however right here it’s warranted.
Town is Rome. 2025 is a Jubilee yr for the Catholic religion, which can stay the town further crowded and further pricey throughout the year. When you’re having a look to head, I’d recommend ready till 2026.
You can watch the reel here and follow me on Instagram at @adventurouskate.
What I Listened To This Month
I’m being attentive to all 500 of Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which I’m playing immensely. I’m loving finding new artists and being attentive to albums I’ve one way or the other neglected my whole lifestyles till now!
This month, I listened to albums 479-436. Listed below are the highlights:
Favourite discovery: Eli and the 13th Confession through Laura Nyro. WHAT A STAR. I had by no means heard of Laura Nyro — she used to be a WILD singer and songwriter, insanely proficient, with a phenomenal soprano voice, and songs that transfer tempos and melodies wildly, that might be at house on Broadway.
In reality, Laura Nyro impressed a LOT of primary songwriters, together with Elton John and Stephen Sondheim, and she or he wrote songs for artists like Barbra Streisand, 3 Canine Night time, and 5th Size.
She died younger of ovarian most cancers, as did her mom. It hurts realizing that if she have been born a couple of a long time later, she can have taken motion to stop that. I’m thankful that extra choices, together with genetic trying out, exist as of late. And now I need EVERYONE to grasp her.
Different favourite discoveries: #1 Document through Large Celebrity, 3+3 through The Isley Brothers, Just about the Edge through Sure.
Favourite revisited album: BLACKsummers’night time through Maxwell. That is one in all my all-time favourite albums — it helped me get thru 2010. I hated my process then and took a protracted stroll right through my lunch on a daily basis whilst being attentive to it.
My favourite factor about this jazz-influenced R&B album is how intimate it sounds — you’ll inform it’s a small band, everybody enjoying off every different completely, and you’ll pay attention all of the individuality of the musicians. Extremely counsel giving it a pay attention.
Favourite songs: “Donde Quiera Que Estés” through Selena and Barrio Boyzz, “Ghetto Youngsters” through Juvenile, “Lu” through Laura Nyro, “You Must Be with Me” through Al Inexperienced, “Why Must I Be Unhappy” through Britney Spears, “Bother within the Message Centre” through Blur.
Get the playlist: I’m making a playlist of my favourite songs from the five hundred albums — most one in step with album — on Spotify. You can listen to it here.
Lowlight of the month: Ege Bamyasi through CAN. This German band it seems that pioneered Krautrock — that’s a factor! Lots of the album used to be moderately listenable, however within the heart they made this AWFUL cacophony stuffed with noises like nails on a chalkboard, however became as much as 11 — why put that on an album?!
Random idea: The easiest period of an album is 35-45 mins or so. When you transcend an hour, it begins dragging. A LOT of artists had to be edited down — in particular hip-hop artists from the 90s (and I say this as a HUGE 90s hip-hop fan). Some albums get started out SO nice and finally end up becoming a drag as a result of they’ve to incorporate the entirety.
What I Watched This Month
It’s formally Oscar season! The completionist in me tries to peer all of the Very best Image nominees and the entirety nominated for the most important awards.
The spotlight of the month used to be surely Conclave — a wonderfully plotted, twisty, traumatic political mystery concerning the cardinals opting for the following pope. And most likely probably the most completely solid film I’ve noticed in moderately a while. I’m hoping Ralph Fiennes wins the Oscar.
I additionally loved A Whole Unknown, which made me wish to dive into Bob Dylan’s and Joan Baez’s tune (there’s a LOT of that coming at the Rolling Stone record!). Anora used to be a a laugh nail-biter of a film, with an out of this world efficiency through Mikey Madison — regardless that I want the movie have been a little much less male gaze-y.
This month we additionally watched the second one season of The Diplomat. A GREAT drama on Netflix, starring Keri Russell as america ambassador to the United Kingdom, appointed after an act of terrorism, who uncovers numerous In reality Dangerous Stuff and has a husband who is a great former ambassador himself, however the type of man who makes me yell, “HER HUSBAND IS A DING-DONG!” on the display as soon as in step with episode.
They actually wish to do extra episodes, regardless that! The primary season has 8 episodes and the second one season has six. It’s been renewed for season.
It’s by no means a nasty time to talk over with Mexico Town!
Coming Up in February 2025
Again to Mexico, child! I really like Mexico SO a lot and it’s now been 3 years since I’ve been there — it’s time for a go back.
Charlie and I, along side our pal Nick, will probably be visiting 4 puts: Mérida, Bacalar, Mexico Town, and Oaxaca. 4 of my 5 favourite puts in Mexico! (Sorry, Guanajuato, we’ll pass over you.)
Our schedule? Taking part in all our favourite Mexican issues, from an afternoon at Los Rapidos in Bacalar to an evening out at Lucha Libre in Mexico Town. And dealing on my Mexico content material, after all.
(I took a damage from writing about Mexico after COVID hit and one million commute bloggers moved to Mexico and began area of interest Mexico blogs, making it exhausting for my content material to rank — however now that just about all of the ones blogs were hit exhausting through Google updates, I think like I’m able to leap again in, particularly when including high quality movies on Instagram and TikTok.)
And as standard, our pricey pal and cat-sitter, John, will probably be transferring in to maintain Lewis and Murray in our absence. They could love him greater than they love us.
Any plans for February? Percentage away!
