December 30, 2008

Day 365 - December 30, 2008

It is the week after Christmas and unfortunately I'm busy working, but that doesn't mean there isn't time for fun after work. I went to the Northwestern Bowl Game yesterday and today, I went to meet my friend, Edlyne, for drinks. We had a martini and a little fondue. Both of which were delicious!

December 29, 2008

Day 364 (i think) - December 29, 2008

I worked all day, but I couldn't escape Bowl Mania! So I went to Blondies after work and had a few beers with my Northwestern friends. I left at the end of the 3rd Quarter, but I'm not gonna lie, I am currently watching the end of the game. Unfortunately, Northwestern was not able to win the overtime, oh well, still a great season for them. Amazing that they did so well.

December 28, 2008

Day 361 - December 28, 2008

Here is my Dad with his siblings, Jeff, Jerry and Tricia. It was really nice to get the chance to see them this weekend. I wish all of the Holtzs could have come. It was nice to see everyone we did though and it was nice to do it at Mom and Dad's house so I only had to travel to one place. I can't believe I have to go back to New York tonight. Or that it is December 28th, brother!

December 27, 2008

Day 360 - December 27, 2008

Years ago we bought this Clavinova to replace my mom's Grandma's piano. We bought a book of Christmas songs to go with it and my sisters and I were obsessed with it one year. Nicki and I resurrected it and then Mom and I sang O Holy Night. As you can see, it was beautiful.

December 26, 2008

Day 359 - December 26, 2008

My dad's side of the family came to Racine for the weekend after Christmas. We played a lot of cards as we always do when we all get together. Here is Bill, Tricia, Dad, Ben, Nicki, Jeff and Doug playing hearts. I think I won more than I lost, so I'm pretty happy.

December 25, 2008

Day 358 - December 25, 2008

Here I am on Christmas morning! We got amazing gifts from everyone. I'm wearing two scarves in this picture, but you can't really see them though. I also have my amazing stocking that Heather made me when I was a baby. I love Christmas morning.

December 24, 2008

Day 357 - December 24, 2008

I made it home for Christmas!! I was only an hour late too, which wasn't bad at all. Chelsea and Nicki had made some appetizers for dinner, so we ate those and then went to 11 PM church. Here I am with my sisters in front of the Christmas tree.

December 23, 2008

Day 356 - December 23, 2008

This picture is from Saturday, not Tuesday, but I thought it was kinda neat. When Jeet and I were walking around for our Christmas in New York Day. We came across this Wedding on the Upper East Side. They had a set of bag pipers playing and then everyone was standing with candles waiting for the bride and groom to come out. We actually saw this same couple getting their picture taken in front of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree as well. It was pretty neat.

December 22, 2008

Day 355 - December 22, 2008

They always put these ornaments outside of the Hill-McGraw building in Midtown at Christmas. I've never seen them with actual snow on them before though, so I thought that was pretty interesting. Christmas is so beautiful in New York!

December 21, 2008

Day 354 - December 21, 2008

Jeet and Jean came over to join me for what has become known as Lazy Sunday. They were not excited that I took their picture, but then when they saw it turned out like this they decided that it was the best ever and should absolutely be my blog for the day. Jean's flight to Portland was canceled because Portland's airport was closed. I like to think we made up for it however. We drank the free bottle of wine I got from work, ate Chinese food and watched The Family Stone and While You Were Sleeping. It was a great Lazy Sunday!

December 20, 2008

Day 353 - December 20, 2008

Heyyyy everybody! It's Jeet (not to be outdone by Rohin's guest post a few days back). So, since this is our third Christmas in NYC, most of our friends are over the Christmas tourist traps. I felt a bit nostalgic and decided to do all the major attractions in one afternoon. I clearly couldn't think of anyone as crazy as Emily to join me. We hit up the Rockefeller tree, Bryant Park and it's smaller tree, the Macy's windows and the holiday market at Union Square. Highlights:

1. The apple cider at Bryant Park.
2. The hot male tourists on 5th Avenue. We decided they were probably from the midwest because they were really pale and poorly dressed, but cute nevertheless.


I'm sure there were more highlites, but now it's 10:40PM on a Sunday and I have to get back to Bed-Stuy so I can be up in time to teach a hundred ingrates some science. Toodlez.

December 19, 2008

Day 352 - December 19, 2008

We went over to Kumi's for a holiday party on Friday. She made some amazing pork chops, mashed potatoes and carrots. We also had pound cake and beer bread and a lot of wine. Then after dinner we got into an intense game of Taboo, the girls kicked the boys ass! Kumi, Will and I were no match for the amazing team of Jeet, Amanda and Jay at Celebrity though.

December 18, 2008

Day 351 - December 18, 2008

Today was the Grammar School Christmas Pageant. I thought that the best part was at the end when they did the parade of nations. It was so great to see all of the kids representing their nationalities.

December 17, 2008

Day 350 - December 17, 2008

In one of the Macy's Christmas windows there is a display with all these stuffed animals and one of them is Horton from Horton Hears a Hoo. Which is one of my favorites this year ever since we saw him in the Macy's Day Parade.

December 16, 2008

Day 349 - December 16, 2008

Well I guess it is December! After 6o degrees on Monday it was snowing today. It is pretty wet snow which won't stay long, but still it is weird how quick the weather shifted. It sounds like there is plenty of snow in Wisconsin, so I'm guessing it will be a white Christmas.

December 15, 2008

Day 348 - December 15, 2008

THIS is how they painted my apartment and they expect to raise the rent. Okay, this picture doesn't show how bad it is, but you can see all of the patches and they didn't bother taping at all, so all of the door frames are covered in paint. Anyway, ridiculous!

December 14, 2008

Day 347 - December 14, 2008

I like most people, or so I thought at least, stopped watching Survivor after season two. However, Jeet had watched every episode this season, and so obviously we had to watch the season finale. This picture is ridiculous because clearly he didn't look like this after 37 days without a shower, but regardless, Matty was our favorite. With his beard he looked exactly like Leonardo DiCaprio, you can't see it here as well, but trust me. However, the 57 year-old Physics teacher ended up winning the game.

December 13, 2008

Day 346 - December 13, 2008

Here I am celebrating Rohin's birthday as Friday turns into Saturday. This was before I outlawed pictures at this bar, which Jeet found hilarious.

December 12, 2008

Day 345 - December 12, 2008

So it was Rohin's actual birthday on Friday, so clearly it was necessary to celebrate for the third time! Here is Jamie and Ryan after Jamie's fashion show with Ryan's fur coat.

December 11, 2008

Day 344 - December 11, 2008

Hi. I'm Rohin. You may remember me from such blogs as this one. Emily has currently given me carte blanche to write whatever I want on here. Today she fed me broccoli, chicken and potatoes, half a slice of pumpkin roll and a big cupcake (but don't tell Niina I ate chicken because I'm technically a pescatarian until the end of next week). Emily may be single-handedly responsible for my higher cholestrol and lowered stress levels.

Emily likes to whine a lot, but I think she's neat anyway. Today because it was raining pumas and calico cats, my cute coat got drenched and Emily instead decided to play dress-up and help me channel my inner frat-boy. If I were a frat-boy, I would punctuate my sentences with such colloquialisms as "bro" -- perhaps get into the occasional scuffle when someone tried to "cramp my style" as it were. I turn twenty-five years old in about twenty minutes. Buy me a gift. Please?

December 10, 2008

Day 343 - December 10, 2008

It is December, so it is holiday party galore! This is a picture of the Grammar School all decked out for Christmas. There was a great breakfast with Santa, and the cafeteria was certainly transformed from the usually tables and benches.

December 9, 2008

Day 342 - December 9, 2008

Ok well it is Tuesday and the weekend unfortunately is long gone, but I thought this picture of most of the people packed in my apartment was pretty great.

December 8, 2008

Day 341 - December 8, 2008

I LOVED the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Here is a great picture for the film. It is just so much better than any other movie that I've seen this year. It was really intense and there was so much character development it is unbelievable. I don't think it will disappoint anyone who goes to see it, enjoy.

December 7, 2008

Day 340 - December 7, 2008

Today was a perfect New York day. I woke up and went to the gym. Then I had gotten amazing tickets to the Knicks game from this guy Steve a copier consultant from work. So Amanda and I went to the Garden for the game. After an interesting game, with a really exciting ending (New York beat Detroit) and a beer in a pretzel mug we headed to Union Square to walk around the Christmas markets. Then we went to Jay's house for a little football. After that Amanda and I met Jeet to see Slumdog Millionaire, which was incredible!! Finally, Jeet and I grabbed Mexican for dinner. Overall, it was an amazing day! Too bad the weekend is over!

December 6, 2008

Day 339 - December 6, 2008

You know you have the right friends, when you invite them over to accomplish something and they do it with flying colors. As you can see, my leftover problem is no longer an issue at all! Everything tasted good and I am totally a believer in the second celebration of Thanksgiving. It might just have to become a tradition. That is if I can be talked into ever cooking a turkey again!

December 5, 2008

Day 338 - December 5, 2008

I still had a fridge full of leftovers and uncooked food from Thanksgiving. So last night I threw a left over party! After we finished eating and once we had been drinking a little, we ended up playing Family Feud. It was pretty hilarious, a least one good thing came of my DVR being filled of Family Feud episodes!

December 4, 2008

Day 337 - December 4, 2008

Katie and I tried to go to a movie screening tonight, but unfortunately for the first time ever I didn't get in. Oh well, we ended up walking around and going to a bar instead so it was still a nice night! On our way back to the train we saw this giant Santa on top of a Christmas Tree display and I thought that it was picture of the day worthy.

December 3, 2008

Day 336 - December 3, 2008

I LOVE this picture. It just turned out really cool with the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York skyline in the background. Otherwise, just your typical Wednesday. I'm ready for another weekend!

December 2, 2008

Day 335 - December 2, 2oo8

So my Dad came into town tonight, because he has meetings for the next two days in White Plains, NY. I decided that we were going to go to a steak house for dinner and it was absolutely delicious! I like this picture, because it shows that there was Heinz ketcup on the table and according to Dad is all you need to have a good restaurant. It was really great to see him and have dinner with him.

December 1, 2008

Day 334 - December 1, 2008

Before we get too far away from Thanksgiving, I thought I would put one picture of the holiday feast up here. So, now you can see my makeshift table and our plates full of food. It actually all came together much smoother than I anticipated and was pretty delicious. I can't believe that it is over already, well everything except the eating turkey part, that is still going on!