A Picture a Day for a Year

December 31, 2010

2011-01-04T14:52:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 362

Dana picked me up at Edlyne's house for a fun filled day in Hollywood. We started by picking up some tickets in Pasadena. Then we meet up with Josh, Dan and Heidi. We saw the stars, ran into a bunch of people that they knew from band and then found a place with $3 PBR for a break. For the New Year we watched the band play a pep rally and then got invited to the Presidential suite in the Marriott over looking the Staples Center.

December 30, 2010

2011-01-04T14:47:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 361

I don't know how I always get the days mixed up, obviously I have a double I will need to fix somewhere along the year, oh well. I headed to LA today for the Rose Bowl. Here is a picture of me with Edlyne. After she picked me up she took me for real thai food. Then we went to Pasadena so I would know my way around. It was fun seeing all the other badgers at the bar.

December 29, 2010

2011-01-04T14:38:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 360

Chelsea was headed to Minnesota for New Year's Eve. After she picked up Elsa they dropped me off in Minneapolis. Here is the 2 feet of snow piled up on Michelle and Ryan's street. I had a great time in Minneapolis and wish I could have stayed longer.

December 28, 2010

2010-12-29T00:37:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 359

Rrrr mattes! After our awesome lunch at Shogun we stopped to check out the snow sculptures in downtown Racine. They were a lot of fun and I enjoyed it. Elle and I spent the rest of the day running errands and catching up. It was glorious.

December 27, 2010

2010-12-29T00:31:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 358

Everyone has SO much to do at this time of year, as I know way too well from personal experience. Therefore, it was even more special that we got to see Larry, Amber and Ben. Then Jai and Shannon with their girls: Lauren, Kaitlyn and Megan. Also my amazing friend Elle came up as well. Here are me and my sisters doing our tough ping pong faces with the girls.

December 26, 2010

2010-12-29T00:24:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 357

Amber, Larry and Ben came to my parents for some games and merriment for Christmas. We got stuck playing some rock band, but it was fun. Especially when Amber and Nicki decided it takes three people to play the drums.

December 25, 2010

2010-12-29T00:12:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 356

We had two new Christmas traditions this year. There were group pajamas and sugar cookies. We also spent an extremely long time opening gifts, it was amazing.

December 24, 2010

2010-12-29T00:00:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 355

This was my Christmas gift from Clare. It started out as a kitchen supply box. However, after I told her I was moving to the Virgin Islands, she changed the idea. She made a beach scene and gave me a bottle of sunscreen. LOVE IT!

December 23, 2010

2010-12-28T23:52:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 354

Jeet and I went on a tour of his old neighborhood. I told him that the picture of the day would have to be him in the door of his old building. Which was actually covered in caution tape. "I can't believe I lived here," Jeet said, "I could live in Murray Hill again, but only in a high rise.

December 22, 2010

2010-12-28T23:42:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 353

Jeet finally made it to New York for an overdue visit. Amanda and I went to Cilantro with him for dinner and then Jen meet us for a cocktail which was great. It is so nice to have him for a visit.

December 21, 2010

2010-12-24T10:13:00.001-05:00

2010 - Day 352

Here is Chester and I before the Christmas Party at work today. If you can believe it, everything is actually going to get cleaned out of this office in the next few days.

December 20, 2010

2010-12-24T08:13:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 351

Packing up everything in my apartment is getting is a little bit warring. Especially deciding what to do with books and movies. However, I have made some great progress, my book shelf is down to one row.

December 19, 2010

2010-12-19T22:21:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 350

Christmas Pageant number 2 for the week. I love the pageant at St. JME. The kids read the biblical story as their lines for the show. It was a lot of fun and extremely cute! After Church, Karen, Emma, Boyce and I headed to the Dram Shop which has certainly been our December after Church tradition. Andrew made an appearance as well which was a lot of fun. I can't believe Christmas is in less than a week.

December 18, 2010

2010-12-19T22:18:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 349

Boyce and Emma invited me over for a holiday afternoon of mulled wine and cider. I took their picture with Karen next to their tree. You have to get a picture of the day somewhere! It has been really great becoming friends with them. Their friend John even lived on Saint John for a Summer, so it was great to get his input on the next phase of my life as well.

December 17, 2010

2010-12-19T21:58:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 348

Going through all of my belongings and deciding what is important, what is not, and wait WHY do I still have this, has been exhausting! It will be glorious when it is done however. This was the most humorous thing that I found. It was a calendar from 2006 with a paperclip on July 3, 2006 and labeled institute begins. This calendar was never written in again! Haha, I got pretty busy that year. It brought me full circle too, because this calendar clearly spent my whole time in New York with me. Well now it is in the trash, but this picture and all of those memories remains!

December 16, 2010

2010-12-19T21:51:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 347

Tonight was a late night for me, working the Grammar School Christmas Pageant. Fortunately everything went like clockwork, and was really enjoyable. At the end of the pageant there is a parade of nations, where the kids carry in flags from around the world. This picture also captures the kindergartners after their song from the front of the altar, which caused quite a stir with parents taking photos.

December 15, 2010

2010-12-19T21:47:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 346

I meet a lot of wonderful people in my 4 team kickball career this summer/fall. I got a chance to meet Mike, Christina and Justin for dinner and a drink tonight. This is a pretty great picture of Christina and Justin. We had a fun time.

December 14, 2010

2010-12-19T21:44:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 345

After a great session of tutoring, I met up with Akeli to spend a little time together before she left for the holidays. We ended up at a wine bar on the super chilly night. I thought this wreath in the frosted window as a pretty great description of the night.

December 13, 2010

2010-12-19T21:34:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 344

Sara had asked me if I was interested in purchasing a living social deal in August. The one that we got was called Mixology and was at a place called Sanctuary T (www.santuartyt.com). It was an excellent experience. We got a great tea and appetizer to start and then made 5 drinks.

1. Shooter - Rum, Creme de Cacao, Mint
2. Hot Cocktail - Oolong, Ginger Syrup, Sake
3. Rocks - Tequila, Lemon Juice, Jasmine Infused Triple Sec
4. Martini - Spring Harvest Infused Gin, Grapes, Lemon, Sugar
5. Rocks - Jasmine Infused Vodka, Lime, Brown Sugar.

We learned how to muddle, infuse alcohol with loose tea, and generally how to drastically change the flavor of drinks by using tea. I highly recommend doing a living social deal and learning more about something you know little about.

December 12, 2010

2010-12-13T08:38:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 343

Happy Santa Lucia. It is a fun tradition that we have every year, where one of the girls wears candles on their head and passes out cookies. I think it is a really fun thing that we do and it makes for a hilarious picture. I do have a little bit of problem with the fact that there was wax dripping down her head, poor girl.

December 11, 2010

2010-12-13T08:36:00.005-05:00

2010 - Day 342

Sara had a great holiday party with some delicious cookies and some great holiday cocoa and cider. I really like her apartment. It has three levels and is super cute. Akeli is showcasing the stairs in this picture.

December 10, 2010

2010-12-13T08:29:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 341

Jen and I had a good dinner at Cilantro tonight. Then she came over to pick the movies and books that she wanted from my collection. After that we had a quick drink and called it an early night. I liked this picture of Jen picking a song on the jukebox.

December 9, 2010

2010-12-13T08:24:00.003-05:00

2010 - 340

Monday dinner on Thursday this week, it is really weekly dinner at this point. December is just too crazy to do something the same day every week. I didn't get a picture of our actual dinner, but I made a recipe that came on the back of a McCormick spice pack. It was easy and delicious and I would certainly recommend this.

December 8, 2010

2010-12-09T08:43:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 339

It was a great book club tonight. We read The Vaults which was a fantastic novel set in the 30s. We had a great discussion which actually happened twice cause Colin was in Cincinnati when we started. I love HiLife, the waitress referred to us as the ladies of literature, which I thought was pretty cute.

December 7, 2010

2010-12-09T08:40:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 338

I have these great thank you notes that my parents and grandparents have left when they visited. I found that I had two more, one from Mom and one from Brenda from this weekend. Cute, I love the heart post-its.

December 6, 2010

2010-12-09T08:30:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 337

Happy St. Nick's Day. When I was cleaning out my Christmas decorations last week, I found this awesome stocking. I told Amanda we should use it for St. Nick's Day. When I woke up this morning she had filled it. How amazing. Most incredible roommate ever.

December 5, 2010

2010-12-05T23:42:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 336

Is this going to be the photo of the day? Oh you bet it is Karen! After putting Mom and Brenda in a cab for the airport. I went to Church and then went to Dram Shop to watch the Packers and enjoy lunch with Boyce, Emma and Karen. It was rather fantastic, and the HUGE trees right outside the bar were also amazing.

December 4, 2010

2010-12-05T09:47:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 335

Can you take our picture? Wait, NO not like that, turn the camera the other way! I think this picture is hilarious. Well I guess that is what you get after boozy brunch at Calle Ocho. However, you aren't able to read the name of the restaurant in this photo, because he needed to turn the camera the other way!

December 3, 2010

2010-12-05T09:34:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 334

We took Mom and Brenda to happy hour and Bruschetteria tonight for dinner. It was a great as always and Mom and Brenda enjoyed it almost as much as we do. Frank, the manager and our new best friend, also made an appearance in this photo.

December 2, 2010

2010-12-04T08:16:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 333

It's my Brenda Birthday. This morning I dropped Mom and Brenda off at Rockefeller Center for their first time at the Today Show. They had a wonderful time and Brenda even got a great hug and amazing picture with Meredith Viera. The day didn't end there, she still had the Radio City Christmas Show and Serendipity to go!

December 1, 2010

2010-12-03T08:16:00.009-05:00

2010 - Day 332

After an exhausting journey lasting about 10 hours, 2 of which spent circling LaGuardia, my mom and Brenda made it to New York. Amanda and I thought there was no better way to welcome them then a glass of sangria and some Spanish tapas.

November 30, 2010

2010-12-03T08:11:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 331

I am a day behind because Sunday was too much fun. So here is our picture of Monday dinner. Amanda made some awesome hamburgers and then we had mac & cheese. We were both starving, but then we only ended up being able to finish about half of what she made.

November 29, 2010

2010-11-30T09:06:00.005-05:00

2010 - Day 330

I crossed off the 5th stadium on my list. I went to Lucus Oil Stadium with my dad last night. It was a lot of fun. It is getting harder and harder for me to decide which stadium is the best, because they are all so great for their own reasons. These would be my three arguments for what made Indy great. First, the stadium seats approximately 71,000 and nearly every seat was full before kickoff. (Obviously, the Colts are pretty good, this game excluded, but the Jets are 8-2 and there was a whole empty tier.) Second, the respect for Peyton Manning is mind blowing, when the offense is on the field you could hear a pin drop. I had heard this on tv and Colin explained it to me, but experienceing it in person was incredible. Third, I must be bad luck, because the home team has only one once in the 5 games I've been to and it took them overtime to do it! But I was really impressed with the fact that Peyton had possibly the worst game of his career and still no one really had anything bad to say about him. It is a unique place, and I'm glad I got to go there in this part of their franchise history. Go Colts.

November 28, 2010

2010-11-30T09:00:00.001-05:00

2010 - Day 329

We got to meet the Stoltenbergs for a beer, a little football and lots of stories before John's celebration of life. It was amazing to see them and incredible that all of us have turned 21 in the time since we were all last together. So here we are in age order of course. Clearly not height, then I would have to be last!

November 27, 2010

2010-11-30T08:59:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 328

All of us drove down to Indy for Saturday and Sunday. It was amazing catching up with a lot of people we hadn't seen in way too long. As we drove through Indiana we came across and wind field that my dad didn't remember seeing before. It was a pretty great view as I listened to Wisconsin football on Sirius radio. It took me a while to find the game which was on a non sports channel, but I'm glad I did. Here we come Rose Bowl.

November 26, 2010

2010-11-30T08:57:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 327

This might not be the best picture, but it is still funny. Nicki is juggling the chocolate turkeys that Mom forgot to put out on the table. She wasn't half bad actually. All of this while Grandpa and Grandma are trying to get out of the house and back to Iowa. It was wonderful having them as always.

November 25, 2010

2010-11-30T08:56:00.001-05:00

2010 - Day 326

Nicki and Jeremy took pictures of their Thanksgiving plates and texted them to each other. So I decided I would take a picture as well. Here you have some amazing turkey, Iowa corn, mashed and sweet potatoes, stuffing, Nicki/Gweneth's goat cheese salad, stuffing, cranberry salad and a crescent roll. Oh and of course a diet coke. Everything was delicious and it was a really great day.

Jeet and Amanda both sent me pictures of Holtz recipes they made for their families as well. Both were huge hits.

November 24, 2010

2010-11-25T03:47:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 325

I got invited to the Murray Hill Thanksgiving Lunch today. It was pretty incredible. All of these kids were 4 1/2 but watch out a few were also 4 3/4. It was incredibly enjoyable having lunch with them. I swear being in a preschool classroom is basically like being a celebrity no one can get enough of you. I also got one of these great Pilgrim hats. Amazing.

November 23, 2010

2010-11-24T22:20:00.005-05:00

2010 - Day 324

This is Akeli, being very New York. If by being New York you mean going out on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, just because you can, well then I would have to agree. As always this was the 4th thing on my agenda after working all day. Although I have to agree, she was not wrong. We were not the only people to go out on a Tuesday.

November 22, 2010

2010-11-23T08:13:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 323

It is starting to get a little colder out their this week. Amanda dealt with it by buying this amazing new hat. She loves that it makes you look like you have bangs. It is pretty funny. Although, I have to say, you will never need a hat in our apartment, it is just too warm.

November 21, 2010

2010-11-21T23:22:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 322

Today was a great day of Church, football and Harry Potter. Emma, Karen and I made some new football friends. Even if they were from Ohio. My uncle, bet me $5 his Vikings would beat my Packers. So I told him that this beer was on him.

Also the guys we shared the booth with had an ipad tracking their fantasy stats. It really made me want an ipad suddenly. Pretty awesome.

November 20, 2010

2010-11-21T23:18:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 321

Today is Saturday, so kickball is a thing of the past, but I have been fighting a cold all week. So today consisted of doing a few dishes, sitting on my couch watching football, working and then straight to bed at 8:30 PM! So here is the last kickball picture with my 3rd place medal and Meredith's 1st place one.

November 19, 2010

2010-11-20T09:11:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 320

As part of our playoff victory extravaganza I organized a bake-off and WOW did my team show up! On your left you have Anna's bark, Raj's apple crisp, Lucia's cup of dirt and my cheese cake bar (3rd place.) In the middle there is Jillian's pumpkin cheesecake. Finally, on the right there is Sara's chocolate tart (2nd place) and Karen's peanut butter brownie (1st place.)

November 18, 2010

2010-11-19T09:11:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 319

WE GOT THIRD PLACE IN KICKBALL!! Go Saved by the Balls. I can't even tell you how excited I am. We got medals and everything and they are legit. I love that Tim looks a little confused in this picture. Hilarious. Everything about this kickball season was so great! Go Bayside!

November 17, 2010

2010-11-19T09:10:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 318

I finally found time to go with Andrew for $.10 wings at Croxley Ale House. It was great to have a chance to catch up with him. I also am very impressed with myself that I can now eat hot wings. Oh eating spicy food. As always Andrew had great insights on life and it was wonderful to chat with him.

November 16, 2010

2010-11-19T09:09:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 317

This week's Monday dinner happened after tutoring on Tuesday this week. We didn't get to eat until 9 PM, but when we did we had a delicious ham, spinach and blue cheese pasta. Wonderful as always.

November 15, 2010

2010-11-19T09:08:00.007-05:00

2010 - Day 316

Oops, my apartment has turned into a bit of bakery this week. Too bad my week is so crazy busy that this is going to have to wait until Saturday to be solved, and it is only Monday.

November 14, 2010

2010-11-19T09:06:00.005-05:00

2010 - Day 315

This is what fall should look like. I thought that I was going to see amazing foliage in Wisconsin and Iowa this fall. It wasn't quite as good as last year though. So imagine my surprise when I saw this amazing view walking to my friends after Church and brunch.

November 13, 2010

2010-11-19T09:05:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 314

I will have to replace this picture, because this one is not nearly as good as the one my boss took. We got a last minute rental at work for a private birthday party and Stephan Stills performed at it. Working on a Saturday is not great, but at least this was something unique.

November 12, 2010

2010-11-19T08:55:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 313

It has been a long week. It was beautiful walking to work this week at the very least. I'm NOT a fan of daylight savings time in the least. I don't have to be at work until 9 AM though, so it has been enjoyable walking there in the bright daylight. I guess I'll have about 2 more weeks of this!

November 11, 2010

2010-11-12T21:29:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 312

The after kickball bar was changed to one about a mile away. Now there is a shuttle bus that takes us from one to the other. There weren't any seats left on the bus, so Jose found a sweet spot at the back of the bus. I joined him and took a picture. We had an awesome game. We won 20-5 and sealed the 7th spot in the playoffs. I can't wait it will be amazing!

November 10, 2010

2010-11-12T21:08:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 311

For this week's "Monday" dinner I made paella on Wednesday. It turned out really incredible. Also I reduced the serving size to only 4 servings and it turned out to be a lot more than that. It was very delicious and great for leftovers as well.

November 9, 2010

2010-11-12T20:46:00.002-05:00

2010 - Day 310

It was a beautiful sunny day in New York. I had some amazing butternut squash soup and then went for a quick walk around the park. There was this great truck called Cake & Shake in front of the MET and I was very tempted to get a cupcake.

November 8, 2010

2010-11-09T09:19:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 309

Tonight I worked the lecture that Sr. Kathryn and Fr. Ugo gave about their time working and visiting in Africa this summer. It was wonderful to hear about their experiences and the impact that they've had in communities throughout the world. Here is one of Kathryn's pictures from her time teaching in Uganda this summer.

November 7, 2010

2010-11-07T23:26:00.004-05:00

2010 - Day 308

Today was the ING New York City Marathon. We have an amazing view of it from the fire escape of our building. So Amanda made mimosas; Jay made chili; Eva and Will came over; and we all stood on the fire escape and cheered people on. Jay was tracking people we knew on his iPhone, but the only person that we saw for sure was Aman.

November 6, 2010

2010-11-07T23:25:00.003-05:00

2010 - Day 307

Amanda and Jay went to a charity ball on Saturday. They looked really great as you can see for yourself. This almost didn't make the picture of the day however, because of something terrifying which happened. Amanda and I were sitting on the couch and a pigeon flew in the window! I screamed, which Amanda thought was because I lost at Tetris. Then we were both freaked out and arguing about who was going to do something about it. Amanda's "plan" was to throw a piece of candy at it. This was not effective. Fortunately Jay came back. First he laughed at how lame we are and then he got rid of the horribly pigeon. Man that was creepy.

November 5, 2010

2010-11-06T11:38:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 306

Jen, Akeli and I set off on a Friday adventure. We started out at Bruschetteria for our typical bruschetta bowls and wine. Then we decided that we were going to get one more glass of wine, but we could only go to places that none of us had been to before. We found two really great places one of which we really want to go back to eat at. This is a picture Jen took at Bar Paya which was our last stop for the night.

November 4, 2010

2010-11-05T08:21:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 305

We played kickball in the rain. The field was a little bit dangerous with the puddles, but it was still quite a bit of fun. Also 10 people of our 15 person team showed up so I was impressed by that. Jose tripped on a puddle and ripped his pants, way to take one for the team.

November 3, 2010

2010-11-05T08:18:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 304

Sara made it for our Book Club this month. We read the Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman. It was a really interesting but fairly depressing story about three sisters and the way their lives unfolded. Jen came and met us at the end.

November 2, 2010

2010-11-02T20:35:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 303

Did you vote today? I did and I think I was amongst the few. There was no line and the count was extremely low at my polling place. I don't know what is going to happen in this election, but I really hope the political climate gets a little more efficient and positive.

November 1, 2010

2010-11-02T20:28:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 302

Monday Dinner! Amanda made falafel with homemade yogurt sauce on pita bread. I ate way too many of them, but they were delicious! I then spent the next two hours making pumpkin roll and watching the Colts game.

October 31, 2010

2010-11-02T20:08:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 301

Karen and I went to the New Meadowlands for the Packers/Jets game. It was a lot of fun going to my 4th NFL Stadium. The game could have been a little more interesting, but it is nice to have a shut out. Go Pack Go! Also be warned they stop selling beer at halftime for all Jets games.

October 30, 2010

2010-11-02T20:05:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 300

I didn't dress up for Halloween this year. I did go shopping with Nicki to find this sweater however. She is pretty adorable as a cartoon character, I can't remember which one. A little help?

October 29, 2010

2010-10-30T09:32:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 299

There was a really amazing Halloween parade today. My favorite costume was the little kid dressed as a Wisconsin player. You really can't beat that.

October 28, 2010

2010-10-30T08:54:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 298

We did face painting for kickball this week. We decided that since we are Saved by the Bell themed we would paint tiger paws on our cheeks. They turned out well and we had another great game. We are now 3-1 and it is pretty exciting.

October 27, 2010

2010-10-27T22:32:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 297

Finally a day with no plans!! I came home order Chinese takeout and watched tv. Then my roommate came home and we caught up for awhile. We decided we needed something a little sweet, fortunately I had m&ms that I bought at the airport last weekend. They were "sharing size" good thing I had someone to share with.

October 26, 2010

2010-10-27T08:35:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 296

Here is the building where I've been tutoring for the SATs. The center is called the Educational Alliance or edgies and it has all kinds of sport and educational programs for youth and adults in the area.

October 25, 2010

2010-10-27T08:23:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 295

Jay hosted Monday Dinner this week at his newish apartment. It was so delicious. He prepared pork stock and then made a glaze for the pork loin. We then had brocollini with pancetta and rice. It was finished off with an apple pie that Amanda had made. Excellent dinner.

October 24, 2010

2010-10-25T00:13:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 294

There is no reason to worry about the corn crop in Iowa this year. Grandpa had saved us a huge piece of corn to see. Here is Amber trying to hold it up. We had a fantastic dinner that Grandma had prepared for us. Then there was just enough time to hold the corn and pet the sheep before we had to hit the road again. It was really hard to pick pictures for the last few days so don't be surprised if you see a few more later this week.

October 23, 2010

2010-10-25T00:02:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 293

Team Holtz rocks at tailgating. Even with the addition of Larry and Jared our adopted Holtzs we dominated at flip cup. Larry and Amber got to the parking lot at 6:30 AM to reserve our spot. The rest of us arrived at 8 AM for a full day of tailgating. The game turned out AMAZING as long as you ask a Badger, we won by 1. It was a fantastic day with my fantastic cousins.

October 22, 2010

2010-10-24T23:36:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 292

On the road again! Amber and I decided this summer that we were going to have a rivals weekend for the Wisconsin/Iowa football game. The long anticipated weekend finally arrived. Nicki picked me up in Milwaukee and we headed to Iowa City for the weekend.

October 21, 2010

2010-10-22T08:28:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 291

So my fall kickball team, Saved by the Balls is suddenly 2-1. It is nice to win, but regardless we all have a really great time and that is what really matters. We even have team snack and this week Karen made some killer peanut butter brownies. It is going to be touch to beat that next week.

October 20, 2010

2010-10-21T08:33:00.005-04:00

2010 - Day 290

Oops this picture is not good. It is a picture of the fruit punch that Akeli bought at the movie theater. We went to see the Social Network. I'm not sure that I agree that it is the best movie ever. However, I did really enjoy it, because it is certainly a very compelling story. No one is ever going to make a movie about my life, but if they do I hope they remember me as being a little kinder than Zuckerburg is portrayed, yikes!

October 19, 2010

2010-10-21T08:32:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 289

Back to New York and back to reality at least until I head to Iowa City on Friday. I signed up to do a program through New York Cares where we provide free SAT tutoring using the Kaplan method. This was our first week with students, and I'm extremely excited to work with the three kids that I have for the year. It should be a lot of fun, and a little more work than I anticipated.

October 18, 2010

2010-10-21T08:31:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 288

Nicki, Dana and I planned to get breakfast at Mickey's Dinner by the stadium. However, it is closed on Mondays apparently. Such a bummer. Instead we ended up at a dinner on the East Side of town that Nicki had been to with her roommates in the past. It was delicious.

October 17, 2010

2010-10-21T08:30:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 287

I LOVE Wisconsin. Especially when it means eating a brat and watching football with Dana on a Sunday afternoon. After we finished watching the Pack lose again in overtime we headed to the Union. It was a little too cold for beer outdoors though so we moved it into the Rathskeller and watched more football.

October 16, 2010

2010-10-21T08:27:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 286

In one word - Amazing. Quite frankly after all the possibilities of how Dad and I could and did lose our tickets, the fact that we walked into the stadium with them is a miracle. Then the Badgers scored a touchdown on the opening kickoff and the rest is history. I love that you can't even see the field in this picture. Go Badgers!

October 15, 2010

2010-10-21T08:24:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 285

Friday I got home from work and chilled with my roommate before we went to bed about 9:15 PM. All this because I was getting up at 4 AM to head to Wisconsin for an amazing weekend. So the cheese curds aren't from Friday, technically, but they were delicious. We got them at the Old Fashion which is an amazing Madison eatery.

October 14, 2010

2010-10-15T21:10:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 284

Our kickball game was rained out, so I came home first and then meet some of my team. I wasn't going to get caught in the rain a second time so I borrowed Amanda's rain boots that matched perfectly with my skirt.

October 13, 2010

2010-10-15T21:06:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 283

I took this picture because it seemed like there was an accident, but then the guy in the truck was smoking. It turned out it was only an electrical truck, but in the rain it seemed much more important.

October 12, 2010

2010-10-12T22:33:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 282

We rescheduled Monday night dinner for Monday Night Football. So instead we had dinner tonight. I was craving stove top. So I made the chili beef recipe on the back of the cornbread stove top box. It was really good and satisfied my stove top craving.

October 11, 2010

2010-10-12T22:26:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 281

This is one of Katie's favorite restaurants in Brooklyn. They have a great bean a cheese sandwich that Katie loved. I had some coconut shrimp and chicken soup that was delicious. It is amazing how great it looked outside right here, because there was a hail storm about an hour later.

October 10, 2010

2010-10-12T22:07:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 280

I swear this is the last wedding picture for awhile , but I thought these pew flowers were really neat so I thought I would take a picture.

October 9, 2010

2010-10-12T21:55:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 779

Here is Jen, me and Amanda at Jen's birthday dinner. We had really good food and then they were out of champagne for the champagne toast, so we had a shot of tequila instead. The best part was when we ran into one of the groomsman from the wedding I had worked at the last bar.

October 8, 2010

2010-10-12T21:48:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 778

This is some of our food at La Palapa which actually happened on Saturday not Friday, but I'm slow on updating so here you go, yummy.

October 7, 2010

2010-10-09T12:29:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 277

Team Saved by the Balls had our first victory Thursday. GO BAYSIDE. It was a fun game, although our team fights over who is going to sit out every round. Don't let it fool you, we are great.

October 6, 2010

2010-10-09T12:24:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 276

For this month's book club we read Death of an Adversary. It was an interesting book, but none of us really enjoyed it. Unfortunately there just wasn't very much to discuss in the book as well. We still had a nice time though. Here is Katie and Jason as we tried to answer trivia questions at Banshee after book club.

October 5, 2010

2010-10-09T12:22:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 275

We had the Parish Open House at work this week. Here is a picture of Diane and I greeting people as they came in. We had a nice turn out which was great.

October 4, 2010

2010-10-09T12:15:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 274

Amanda made a great frittata for dinner. I forgot to take a picture of it though, so here are the croutons that she got to go with it. I love Monday dinner. Especially when we get to watch Mad Men during it.

October 3, 2010

2010-10-03T19:24:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 273

Today was the last day of the baseball season for those teams not going to the playoffs. The Mets are one of those teams, so a friend of mine got some free tickets and invited me to come. Here we are at the train station, during the bottom of the 12th, when we decided we couldn't take it anymore. I love Citi Field though, it is a really excellent stadium. We even entered through the VIP entrance which was pretty fun.

October 2, 2010

2010-10-03T19:20:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 272

My friends Mike and Christina invited me to come with them on a pub crawl this evening. It was a lot of fun and a great way to end a really long Saturday at work. The only bad news is that Wisconsin did not beat Michigan State, bummer.

October 1, 2010

2010-10-03T19:16:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 271

This is the best way to summarize this weekend. Basically a total blur of weddings. I had one this afternoon at 3 and it was sandwiched with one rehearsal before it and three after it. Pretty crazy, but fun.

September 30, 2010

2010-10-03T19:13:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 270

Karen and I picked up some accessories to go with our new kickball team's uniforms. Here Raj and I are displaying our amazing socks. I think we are going to have a great team this season. Looking forward to it.

September 29, 2010

2010-10-03T18:56:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 269

I am trying to spend a little less money and prepare more food at home. So I stocked the "pantry" this week. Which looks rather ridiculous, so I thought I would take a picture.

September 28, 2010

2010-10-03T18:52:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 268

October is the busiest time of year for weddings at work. So I have been working on the weekends. This is a picture of the flower arrangement from the wedding Saturday. It was a wedding in the smaller chapel and it was such a beautiful arrangement, I thought I might as well share it.

September 27, 2010

2010-09-28T08:51:00.003-04:00

2010 - Day 267

Alright, I already admitted that my pictures this week can use some help. So it has a feature where you can see yourself while you are taking a picture. However, now I realize that it is the web cam feature that takes your picture from the front. I guess that is why it has split pixels. Anyway, I'm upset cause the Packers lost to the Bears, crap!

September 26, 2010

2010-09-28T08:50:00.004-04:00

2010 - Day 266

Okay this weekend's photos need some help. But the guy across from us said that my iPhone's flash wasn't going to take a good picture. At least, that isn't true. This is a very nice picture of Karen during our day of football watching.

September 25, 2010

2010-09-28T08:49:00.001-04:00

2010 - Day 265

Jen and I decided that we were going to drink 1 $12 drink instead of 12 $1 drinks. Well we had 2 which and they were delicious. Here is a lame picture of them, and it captured the guy next to us also which certainly isn't bad.

September 24, 2010

2010-09-25T15:49:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 264

Today in the mail I got the tickets for when my dad and I are going to the Colts game in November. This is a ridiculously expensive goal going to see all 32 NFL teams, but so far it is amazingly fun.

September 23, 2010

2010-09-25T15:45:00.002-04:00

2010 - Day 263

I had the Thursday playoffs for kickball, unfortunately we lost in the last round. Akeli, Hanley and Sarah met up with me after and we had a drink and played a few board games at Common Ground.