Toto, I don't think we're in Upstate NY anymore

Throughout the last week, since the glorious return of my long defunct blog, I’ve put some serious consideration into how to reinvigorate and revamp the site.  While life here in NY certainly holds adventure and new experiences, I kind of felt that I didn’t have the same quantity of interesting/inspiring material as when I was far off in Central America.  Losing that touch of exoticism could really bring about a decline in interest.  My readers were accustomed to hilarious tales of chickens on the bus and thrilling rides in pick-up trucks over treacherous mountain highways!  Would they really return daily to read about my subway schlepping?  So I devised what I feel to be a creative solution to my wish to return to blogging adapted to my current lifestyle.  In imitation of that great New Yorker, David Letterman, I will be publishing a weekly top ten list- the ten funniest, most interesting, touching, delicious, puzzling or just plain weird things I experienced throughout the week.  Stay tuned for the first edition of my top ten tomorrow!  And please provide your comments or concerns about this new direction for the jessbutl blog…….is anybody out there?