Leonard's Adventure

We had the first of several baby showers yesterday. We had lots of fun, starting at Nickel Mania, moving on to Momo for superb Italian food and ending up at our hotel suite for Guitar Hero and karaoke. For dinner I got the Rotolo Verde, which was OK. I think I can improve it and plan on doing so shortly. We had a blast at each location, thanks to Natalie who planned it all out for us. As the gifts went . . . there just wasn't much magic there. Gift registries are great things for organizing large gift-giving events like weddings and babies but they take the spontaneity and originality out of choosing on the guests part. It was strange knowing exactly what everything was with a glance and not having to explore anything. We need some kind of balance between the specificity of current gift registries and the free-for-all of unorganized giving to make sure the recipients get what they need but can be surprised by the choices of the guests. Ah well.