1. At 1:38, the way we look when we’re pleased to see someone. (via Rebecca’s Brief History of Lullabies)

2. Kim Moynes put lots of my Friday Mixtape songs together in one place. Thanks, Kim.

3. I like Alison’s craft blog, I Could Make That. Hi, Alison!

1. New York
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
Chrysler Building

2. Amsterdam
Row Houses

3. Austin
Downtown Austin

4. Boston
Fenway Park (see also)
Old Statehouse

5. Chicago
Chicago Theater

6. Cincinnati
Cincinnati Landmarks

7. Detroit
Downtown Detroit

8. London
Houses of Parliament
Tower Bridge

9. Los Angeles
Randy’s Donuts

10. Miami
Freedom Tower

11. Paris
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame de Paris
Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoy

12. San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco
Transamerica Building
Painted Ladies

13. Seattle
Space Needle
(Someone please make a gingerbread Bridge Troll and post it on the Internet for all to enjoy. Megan, I’m looking at you.)

14. Sydney
Sydney Landmarks

15. Washington D.C.
Washington Memorial
White House (see also)
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Is your city represented in gingerbread? Let’s do this thing, Internet. Leave any gingerbread city landmarks I missed in comments.

I’ve always wished I knew more about music, and this is part of my Life List project to listen to 1,000 new songs. Right now I’m up to 942, and on Fridays I share some of my new favorites. If you’d like to share some music with me, please link to your picks in comments, and I will listen to them.

Big Jet Plane from Angus and Julia Stone (Thanks, Daniella Palethorpe.)

Holding Us Back from Katie Herzig (Thanks, Brandi.)

Via Con Me from Paolo Conte (Thanks, Lin Ilsley.)

Sweet Disposition from Temper Trap (Thanks again, Daniella Palethorpe.)

I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know from Donny Hathaway

Still looking for more music? Here you go: Mixtape 1, Mixtape 2, Mixtape 3, Mixtape 4, Mixtape 5, Mixtape 6, Mixtape 7, Mixtape 8, Mixtape 9, Mixtape 10, Mixtape 11, Mixtape 12, Mixtape 13, Mixtape 14, Mixtape 15 , Mixtape 16 , Mixtape 17 , Mixtape 18, Mixtape 19, Mixtape 20, Mixtape 21, Mixtape 22, Mixtape 23, Mixtape 24, Mixtape 25, Mixtape 26

And the winner is #416. Congratulations, Stas R.! And thanks to everyone else for your tips on doing more with less.

It was cool until clowns started pouring out of it. I’m still having nightmares.