let's go to sleep in paris

with archana having a rare 4 day break, we decided to make the most of it. after a bunch of deliberating, we passed up the caribbean, vermont, and miami for a short hop over the lake to paris (not sure why it took so much consideration). 4 days was more than enough time to see all of what we wanted to see. sure we could have seen more, but we got to what we wanted. it was pretty awesome seeing such beauty and history all over the place.

the highlights for me were:
- seeing the amazing architecture of notre dame and the view from the top
- all the famous artwork at the lourve and musee d'orsay, especially the winged victory of samothrace and all the great impressionist pieces
- the paris night lit up by the blue lights of the eiffel tower
- hanging out at cafes, eating crepes and drinking wine or beer
- hearing arch converse with locals in french

you can find pictures on my flickr and two smaller highlight sets on facebook, or you can just check out the brief slideshow below, courtesy of animoto.

the twist

billboard just released the top 100 songs of the billboard hot 100 chart era, and the song at the top may not be what you would expect. according to them, the hottest song of the past 50 years is chubby checker's "the twist." while i like the song, i'm not sure i think it should be at the top. i definitely do not agree with the rest of the top 5, which are:

2. Santana's "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas,
3. Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife"
4. Leann Rimes' "How Do I Live"
5. Los Del Rio's "The Macarena"

the artists/groups who appear most often on the list at least restore some order to things.

The Beatles do top Billboard's all-time Hot 100 artists, followed by Madonna, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones.

anyway, what do you guys think?

ms. hill

the folks over at okayplayer put it best:

Anyone else miss the old Lauryn Hill? Well this is as good as it gets for now, an unreleased song titled "World is a Hustle"

rolling stones wrote an article commemorating the 10th anniversary of the miseducation of lauryn hill, and i've been meaning to read it for awhile now.