Friday night, I had dinner with Maria and Chris at a lovely French restaurant in Reston. Saturday morning, I drove to Charlottesville to see my friend SixofClubs, her husband, the house (Mount Crumpit) and her baby Elizabeth (The Bean). It was fantastic but was far too short. I was flying out at 6 in the morning and needed to drive through some serious storms to get back to Tyson's Corner and they had house stuff to do.
Cutest baby evah!
Flowers from Mount Crumpit
The webcam I have is a few years old and certainly not that sophisticated. Scott had it lying around for me to try out. It works decently so I ordered a new one courtesy of Disney. It's the most super-duper cam I could find and dammit, it better make me look good even when it's the end of the day, I'm frazzled and don't feel good. (Although,
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meredith always looks fantastic in hers - why is that??)My first webcam photo at the end of a long day and wearing my "computer glasses" to help me see the screen.
- Mood:
tired - Music:Hollywood Whore - Papa Roach
For now, I'll live vicariouly through
vilasy who has been some remarkable places and who's blog has really taken off since I began reading her a few years ago.Although it's not very exciting, a photo I took in NYC last weekend when I traveled down to help my friend Laura with a show.
- Mood:
blah
My vacation was incredible, the weather gorgeous, it was relaxing and fun. Spent time with some of my favorite people.
::sigh:: I want to go back.
I really dislike Valentine's Day. It's commercial, it's a gimmick and why would you not tell someone you love them all the time (through actions) all year long? Still, I'm very appreciative of the spectacular things I was given. Scott wanted to show me how much he appreciated everything I've done for him lately - he's had surgery and a lot of follow-up.
To celebrate the event, I got absolutely gorgeous flowers at the office Friday:
I got a decadent gift card to Coach where I was able to find something I wanted in about a nano-second:
And to top it off, my new 9" mini computer arrived today. It will be ideal when I head to St. Martin the first week of March. I'll be able to get on the internet, read mail, play games but not get sucked into real work - not that Laura is going to allow me to do that anyway.
Now back to reality - back to work.
- Music:Seether - Careless Whisper
She sent this to me a few days ago, knowing how much I like Nikon's. Granted, I would rather have the real thing but this is incredibly clever. Slashfood
- Mood:
cold - Music:The Derek Trucks Band - Sweet Inspiration
I've never wanted to physically hurt anyone before. However, had I been within arm's length of this idiot, I would have had to harm her.
OMG, I just wanted snow.
This is the first baby for her husband and her and I know she's scared to death and excited. Hurry up, Elizabeth. Mommy is probably tired by now.
meredith's fault for getting me hooked on it with some of her great shots over the years I've known her. (9 or 10 years?) 405 South to LAX
Highway to Valley of Fire State Park north of Vegas
Mississippi River Bridge - coming from Louisiana
I like being able to see where I'm going in my sunglasses.
- Location:Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Louisiana, Mississippi
- Music:New Year's Day - Bacon Brothers
Anyway, we had a lot of holiday fun last night and all day today. There were far too many presents, too much food and a lot of photos taken. Happy Holidays, everyone. I hope you were warm, safe and with people you love.
Fabrizio brought wine from Italy that he picked up when he was home the month before. It was SO incredibly dry it made my mouth pucker. There were some other wines that I had never tried before and that's always fun. Someone even brought a bottle of Cardinal Zin (owned by someone new, used to be from Bonny Doon) and it brought back a lot of memories.
There were two huge surprises for the evening. One was a wine I had never had before that I've absolutely fallen in love with. It's Malbec and is supposedly the new "hot" wine to have a parties. It's a red wine that is not dry at all but has a marvelous flavor. Argentina is where they are supposed to make the best bottles and this proved it.
The second surprise was a cheese that I've never had but fell in love with. I like goat cheese. My girlfriend Laura and I go to Legal Seafoods not only to have awesome seafood but we split a small tortilla, apple and goat cheese salad. Ryan brought an aged goat cheese called Midnight Moon. It was incredible.
We had a mini-blizzard this afternoon in Connecticut. On my way home before it got bad, I stopped and got a bottle of Malbec, some Midnight Moon aged goat cheese (thank goodness for Whole Foods) and crackers. I'm going to be just fine here, snowed in.
There were a lot of pictures taken on the trip, both in Las Vegas and in NoHo.
On the way to Fire Valley, north of Las Vegas
Sunrise from our room at the MGM Grand
Driving (and stopping and driving and stopping) the 405 South in LA trying to get to the airport (LAX)
I know the title is ridiculous. After all, what is Las Vegas if not the mecca of glitz?
We flew in around 4:30PM and I decided to check-in at the airport. MGM has a desk there and I’ve never used it. She told us things might be a little crazy since tonight was the Oscar de la Hoya fight at the MGM Arena and it brought out the “stars” and the paparazzi.
At the hotel there were some people that I suspect are famous, at least they were surrounded by people and there were people taking their picture; I didn’t know who they were. There are a lot of gorgeous women in very expensive (short, short) dresses, men in suits and diamonds all around.
What caught my eye? The cars. OMG When we pulled into the valet, there were three Rolls-Royce’s and 2 very high end Porsche’s all within a few cars. I didn’t even get a chance to see what other cars were parked there. Our little rental was in good company.
The phenomenon presented itself again yesterday while coming back from meeting Laura in Danbury for a movie and lunch (Quantum of Solace and Bertucci's - awesome stuff). Traffic, not so much so.
Nikon Coolpix P6000
- Mood:
pleased
Scott wanted blueberry pie for Thanksgiving and I hate it.
My hating blueberry pie = won't eat it. Score!
I went into work at the hospital for a bit today and then came home to begin cooking the Thanksgiving dinner. When it came time to make the blueberry pie, I just did not have the energy to do the real lattice work crust. Instead, I did a lazy woman's version of weaving the strips. All in all, it looks good (if you like blueberry pie). Scott has asked if he can have pie first and turkey later. Not a chance.
Where you see the blueberry filling coming over the crust - it was actually bubbling up, not spilling out.
It may be on my mind because Mother's birthday would have been this coming Saturday and Thanksgiving was her very favorite holiday. So, with that bit of (impending) sadness that will wash over me the next few days, I brought out one of my favorite photos from the first trip I took. This was during the International Music Festival in Bath, England. Maybe it's time to plan another trip next year.
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