Today, I took in:

another episode of Unreal

I made:

the rest of a playlist for my party

research for my Spring Readalouds

Today, I took in:

more episodes of Unreal

a couple seminars at the London Book Fair

I made:

a few contributions to a winning pub quiz team

Today, I took in:

an episode of Unreal, a show that raises the stakes with each episode

I made:

a start on a playlist for my party

Today, I took in: 

the interior of San Marco Basilica, which was just one long “wow”

I made:

yet more photos

Today, I took in: 

Titian’s heavenly Assumption at the Frari

the city from the languorous view of a gondola

the city from the dizzying view of the basilica’s campanile

I made: 

a lot of photos

Today, I took in:

a lot of beauty on the islands of Burano and Murano

I made:

a lot of photos

a cheery contribution to singing “Happy Birthday” in Italian to a woman at the bar — just followed along with what the crowd was singing to get the pronunciation!

Today, I took in:

some of my guidebook on Venice

I made:

a trip to Venice!

Today, I took in:

an episode of Person of Interest

I made: 

I did my taxes. Creative it may not be, but necessary it was, and I did it the evening before going on vacation.

Today, I took in:

the rest of the first season of Agent Carter

the first episode of the new Ordeal by Innocence on the BBC

I made:

birthday plans for next week