Well at least the best in New York right now.  I was dying to see the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit at the Guggenheim but when I suggested it to the kids they hooted, "NOOOO!" and tried to convince me to take them to Dave & Busters or Chuck E. Cheese.  I insisted.  I knew they'd love to see the exploding cars dangling in the center of the museum's atrium.

What I didn't realize was that everything is so very accessible for the kids and for me. The fake tigers riddled with arrows  

The sea of wolves crashing into an invisible wall. And then we went upstairs to the retrospective of smaller works hanging from the ceiling, among them a bag of snakes seen only via three mirrors, and a giant shield-shaped gong.  There, under the hanging art, was the greatest thing my kids ever saw in a museum.  Cai had built a tiny river that snaked along the floor of the exhibit space and then created a small raft out of yak hide that kids (and un-shy adults) could sit in and float down the water.  It was absolutely magical.  For the rest of their lives I hope they remember that one day they floated down a river in a yak-skinned raft in the middle of one of the world's great museums. 

NOTE:  I need your help.  Although I've been doing a ton of publicity for Bedtime Stories

like an NPR interview yesterday and the Dr. Drew show today,  I'm being told that many bookstores around the country still aren't carrying the book.  If you've had a hard time finding it in stock please do two things. 

1.) Ask the bookstore to order it for you. For every one person that asks they know that translates to hundreds who are looking.

2.) Tell me  about it.

 Thanks and I hope you're having a great week.