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Letter from the Tooth Fairy

This letter just arrived from the tooth fairy. I'm not making this up. It's the actual text from the letter.

June 24, 2008
Mr. Myles Lazerow
[ADDRESS REMOVED FOR SECURITY REASONS]

Dear Myles:

It is with great excitement and a tad of jealousy that I send you this $2 in exchange for the wonderfully brilliant tooth you sent my way. Based on my inventory manager’s initial count, I believe this is tooth #6 from you. That is great news. You are well on your way to having a mouth full of adult teeth.

With progress comes responsibility, my friend Myles. These adult teeth are the teeth you will have forever. You will need to take care of them dearly. For if you don’t, they will go away and you will be forced to live a life of toothlessness. I have included a picture of my last client who did not take care of his teeth. 

Congratulations once again! Please send me all your other teeth.

Your friend, “Toothy” The Tooth Fairy

Video: Jungle Anyone?

I only have one question: Where did we go wrong? Enjoy!

Myles Goes Around The World

Kass and I hosted about 15 munchkins in our basement for Myles' 6th birthday party yesterday. He wanted a basketball-themed party, so we asked one of the teachers at Calhoun, and Myles' basketball coach, to run a basketball clinic. Despite one bloody nose, no one got hurt, which is my new guage of birthday-party success with the boys.

Everyone who has seen Myles' one-year video can attest to Myles' affection for the hard court. This video shows how far he's come in the last 6 years.

The Myles Mix, Vol. 3

I meant to post this on Monday night. Anyway, here it is.

I get home from work. Myles and Cole are rocking out in their room. As you all probably know by now, they love music. Myles' Phish concert escapades are legendary. Cole can now hold his own. Myles decides that he needs to create a new mix CD. I sit him down at my Mac and let him select the songs. Here is his mix. I have to say that, despite the JT and the Who Let the Dogs Out, it's pretty friggin awesome. I'd workout to this mix anyday of the week.

• SexyBack (Justin Timberlake) FutureSex / LoveSounds       
• Brianstorm (Arctic Monkeys) Favourite Worst Nightmare
• Who Let the Dogs Out (Baha) Men Who Let the Dogs Out       
• I Like to Move It (Jens O. Radio Edit)    Bang Gang I Like to Move It
• Army (Ben Folds) Ben Folds Live
• Tiny Dancer (Ben Folds) Ben Folds Live       
• Robert Holiday (Corn Mo) The Magic Is You!       
• One More Time (Daft Punk) Discovery       
• Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake) Chad Hugo & Pharrell            
• Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik) The Battle for Everything
• Life of a Salesman (Yellowcard) Ocean Avenue
• Back Where It All Begins (The Allman Brothers Band) Where It All Begins

Redskins at Hill Country

One of the benefits of owning your own restaurant is that you can pick what's on the TVs. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Marc showed the Skins game today on the main projection TV at Hill Country. The DC crew -- plus wives (Kass, Chloe, Kristin), kids (Ava, Myles, Cole, Austin) and parents/grandparents (Epsteins) -- got together to watch the Skins beat the Dolphins.

Hill Country is a great place to watch the game. The BBQ is awesome, as you all know already. There are TVs everywhere (upstairs and downstairs bar and downstairs stage). And Marc makes BBQ wings in the smokers that are out of this world. The ones with sauce are great. The plain ones are even better.

I plan to spend many Sundays and Monday nights there this NFL season. Please join me.

Video Narrative: An Evening in Turks and Caicos

Video Narrative: An Evening in Turks and Caicos

I took these videos last evening. I don’t have my Mac (and video editing software) here, so the best I could do was put together this video narrative. Watch, read and enjoy!

We have a grill here. So I’ve been doing most of the cooking. After chicken fajitas, a dance competition broke out. So you think you can dance?

Myles clearly won the indoor competition. Would he extend his lead in the beach portion or would he break down under the pressure of competitive dance?

The judges scored the first round 36 for Myles, 32 for Kass and 21 for Cole. So Kass decided to pull out all stops and showcase her secret moves.

Exasperated, despondent and danced out, Cole gives up and decides to go swimming.

They then play in the sand.

And Myles takes a break to take care of business.

And finally, it’s time for a bath before bed.

This one is an extra from the DVD version.

Video: Pool Time

Another great day in Turks. Golf, swimming with the kids, snorkeling with Kass and the kids and then swimming again. Other than the $4.90/gallon of gas, all is well.

Here's the latest video. Enjoy! Make sure to watch until the end as I included some bonus footage of John abusing Myles.

Back in NYC

So we're back in NYC. We spent the last week in Vail. We had a really relaxing time. Thanks to my amazing wife who knew I needed a break, I got in 4 rounds of golf. The highlight was a 79 on Wednesday. I went birdie-birdie on hole 13 and 14 of the Country Club of the Rockies course. I hit a 6 iron to within a foot on the gorgeous par 3 over the Eagle River! In addition to some golf, we swam with the kids a bunch, Kass and I saw Bourne Ultimatum (loved it) and worked out most days and we ate a ton, which is typical of a Vail trip. The best meal was probably Splendido in Beaver Creek. (Kass, for the record, would not share her chocoloate souffle with me!).

This week we're catching up on work and hanging in the city. It feels great to be back. I walked around the Upper West Side this afternoon and realized that I actually missed the energy of the city even though we loved the clean air and open space of the mountains.

On Saturday we're heading to Turks and Caicos for 2 weeks. We rented a house on the beach. Though I'll need to work to get a new company I'm starting up and running, the plan is to recharge, spend time together as a family and enjoy the beach. We have several visitors while we're there and plan to enjoy the end of summer (hopefully hurricane free!) in the Caribbean.

We have a few days with an empty bedroom. Let me know if you want to join us! Turks and Caicos is great for the soul.

Why do kids need to take dumps at the worst times

Warning. I am posting this directly from Riverside Park.

Why is it that kids only go to the bathroom when the available facilities are at their worst? It's like kids' bowel movements are inversely related to the cleanliness of the world's bathroom. Why can't they be mutually exclusive? Nasty bathroom, no dump. Instead, the closer the bathroom is to Iraq outhouse, the more they have to go.

Case in point: we're having a wonderful time at Riverside Drive. My friend Eli shows up. Myles needs to take a crap. Come on, Myles. We live in a beautifully clean apartment thanks to Kass (and Erica). Why don't you use those bathrooms? Why now?

Please send toiletpaper if you read this. There's none here. Oops.

A beautiful Saturday in NYC