So  I was selected to go to China to represent the Coney Island Polar Bear Club at the ‘ International Festival of Winter Swimming’ in Shangdong, China.  HUH?  Seth in a sporting activity?  Swimming?  In the winter?  In China?  What kind of joke is this?

Well it is happening.  And I figured I commence this blog and share a little of how this came to  be – and of course – how it develops…