The Enjoy Agenda
eBook - ePub

The Enjoy Agenda

At Home and Abroad

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Enjoy Agenda

At Home and Abroad

About this book

Part memoir, part travelogue, The Enjoy Agenda takes readers from Rick Bailey's one-stoplight town in Michigan farm country to Stratford, England, to the French Concession in Shanghai, the Adriatic coast of Italy, and to a small village in the Republic of San Marino. With his self-deprecating style, Bailey recalls the traumas of picture day in elementary school and lugging a guitar to the Cotswalds and back. He reflects on food safety in China, relives a dental emergency in Venice, and embarks on a quest for il formaggio del perdono (the cheese of forgiveness) in the hills above the Adriatic. Bailey, whose voice is a combination of Dave Barry and Rick Steves with just a soupçon of Montaigne, writes with humor and wit about how these experiences reflect the issues and conflicts of contemporary American life: environmental change, life in digital times, and the vicissitudes of arriving at ripe old age. Throughout The Enjoy Agenda Bailey asks, "Where am I and how did I get here?" a question less about geography than the difficulties and gifts of becoming a husband and ultimately a partner changed and improved by a very smart woman and challenged and delighted by a gradual but seismic culture shift.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1. Inner Music
  7. 2. Shorty
  8. 3. Bridge
  9. 4. Call It a Dance
  10. 5. Tilt
  11. 6. Bring Your Horn
  12. 7. Mindful, Bodyful
  13. 8. Tied
  14. 9. The Birds and the Beatles
  15. 10. Cookies and What?
  16. 11. GelatiAmo
  17. 12. Beheading
  18. 13. Idaho
  19. 14. Good Bad
  20. 15. Critters
  21. 16. iSmell
  22. 17. Alarm
  23. 18. Up a Creak
  24. 19. At Least It’s Not Terrible
  25. 20. Wreckage
  26. 21. About Your Stuff
  27. 22. Try a Little blt
  28. 23. And Then You Eat It
  29. 24. Buddy, Can You Spare a Mao?
  30. 25. The Dope with the Camera
  31. 26. atm, Wontons, Lizard
  32. 27. Fang Xin
  33. 28. The Fifteenth Floor
  34. 29. Chalant
  35. 30. Just Call
  36. 31. Say What?
  37. 32. Cowboys and Vespers
  38. 33. Planticide Now
  39. 34. The Cheese of Forgiveness
  40. 35. Please, After You
  41. 36. When Bacco Smiles
  42. 37. Have I Got a Ragu for You
  43. 38. Bite Down
  44. 39. Difficult Worm
  45. 40. The Enjoy Agenda
  46. About Rick Bailey