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After attending a summer wedding on Long Island we decided to add a night in The City.

Hotel:  We checked into The Muse and did a quick change from our wedding attire into duds suitable for a Saturday night in NYC.  The Muse is a boutique hotel at 130 West 46th Street, near all the hubbub of Times Square. 

Yesterday I wanted to change the world. Today I just want to lose weight. Why are some changes so hard to realize? Am I lazy, unfocused, undisciplined? According to brothers, Chip and Dan Heath, some significant changes are hard because the process to make such changes is exhausting. We are just too tired to follow through.

A book about conjoined twins born to an Indian Carmelite nun living in Ehtiopia, Cutting for Stone was published to great acclaim in 2009. A starred review from Publishers Weekly, author interviews on all the radio and TV talk shows, and reviews in every magazine and newspaper I picked up told me that this was a book to watch. But: Conjoined twins. Born to a nun. Raised in a hospital in Ethiopia. Stop me when I get to something that makes you want to read this book.

We've both been lucky enough to visit Paris many times-some work trips, family vacations as a child living in France and some even romantic trysts to the city of light.

We recently went to see the Chris Rock re-make of Death at a Funeral. The humor was broad and the antics got a bit out of hand, but it's a great premise and a fun way to spend a rainy Saturday morning, which is what we did.  Judy enjoyed it. Penni wasn't that crazy about it. The difference -- Penni saw the original Death at a Funeral when it came out in 2007.

With five simple, everyday products, you can have your home and all its contents gleaming. In his book, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, Michael De Jong makes a compelling case for tossing out all those expensive, caustic cleaners you have under the sink.

You'd have to go really far into the backwoods to find anyone who's never heard of Titanic or Gone with the Wind, but there are lots of great movies not so well known. We have a few favorites to share, and we hope that you'll contribute to this discussion as well.

New to DVD is Adam, the story of a young man living with Asperger's Syndrome, which is basically a high functioning form of autism. After his father dies, Adam, played by the very handsome Hugh Dancy, must learn to make new relationships in order to function in the world.

We're staying in Le Richebourg Hotel & Spa just outside Nuit Saint George. It's a very nice place with huge rooms and comfy beds. We're finding that while traveling in early January comes with a few issues, there are some definite advantages.