christmas stuff

because i know my mom really wants to see the holiday decorations in new york :) i have the following pics for her

this is DUMBO:
here's just the city at night (when i went on my cold, creepy night run)
this is by where i live:
rockefeller center:
bryant park:

another near where i live:

maui (thanksgiving)

ok ok. i know its not quite thanksgiving, buuuuut this is when i'm finally getting my pictures up :)

i don't know why i don't go to hawaii every holiday because it is AMAZING. like, fabulous. my hardest decisions are whether to go to the beach or to the pool. its tough, because the beach is wonderful and you can swim (or just soak) but the pool is not as hot and they have pool service. rough, i know.


^ the view for bfast at the four seasons


view from the pool at the kea lani


mauna loa shadow

sunrise!




definitely worth getting up at 2am for :)

vice pile

i decided the best way to watch my sweet intake was to create a pile on my desk of all the candy wrappers i eat in a day. it is definitely deterring. even two little miniature candy wrappers take up a lot of psychological space. and that doesn't even count all the non-wrapped candy i eat :)

which reminds me, i'm going to try to do paleo again in january. or at least semi-paleo if i can't handle not having cottage cheese and yoghurt. plus a full regimen of crossfit. that should help me make up for all the training i haven't done for the miami marathon (i hope!).

case of the mondays

the best part about forgetting my phone at home is that apparently i didn't need it. seriously! i guess i did warn my family and they all got in touch with me in other ways :)

but to think i could be missing SOMETHING was awful. oh well, at least i didn't spend an hour+ going to get it!

to make up for it i'm watching 'cool as ice' because i've watched all the breaking bad i can on netflix.

coat

apparently it gets really, unbelievably cold in ny in the winter. today i even saw frozen puddles! this means that i need to get an actual coat and not just my super awesome 'wet balloon' jacket and rain slicker.

i've been dabbling with the idea of getting a coat with fur. there are lots of people here who have fur (real and fake) and so it wouldn't be THAT weird, right? and i could just pretend its fake :)

there is this GORGEOUS coat i have my eye on and so i've been having an ethical dilemma about buying it because it is lined with rabbit fur. it is soooo soft and makes me happy and warm (or at least, i'm sure it will). but i've never owned fur before, let alone bought it. i have bought lots of leather stuff (mostly shoes) and thats never made me think twice.

here is the advice i've been given:
- it was probably a 'food rabbit'
- 'they're just rabbits'

but i'm mostly convinced that i can make it my little secret and not let on that its real. so i bought it. i haven't been able to try it on in my size so unless it looks like butt when i get it in the mail, i will probably have a new coat in a week!

teaser of pictures :)

do you see it?!?



in the interest of going to bed soon, i will post only a few pictures.

first off, here are some from the dumpling tour i went on with my coworkers/friends matt, kristine, and summer :)

worn out my welcome?

so here i am, its 8:19 on a saturday and i'm drinking wine and watching the louis ck special. by myself. its been like this all week. not necessarily the wine and louis ck business but the hanging out by myself doing nothing. its kind of like nothing is going on... or i'm not being invited to things :(

not quite sure. but i guess one week of quiet will do me good, especially after the romp of last weekend (where in i played 'hobo in the park', went to a coworkers birthday, saw a beard competition, ate korean food and wore myself out enough i couldn't stay out to watch a movie sunday night with friends).

for example, last night (a friday), all i did was get my hair cut and then got more than 10 hrs of sleep before frolicking off to eat fish and chips and see the mta transit museum and eat pie. i guess that is a pretty full day.

i've been trying to cajole friends to hang out with me tonight. seems like i'm not hitting the right ones. ie, rick's nyc friends who obvi doesn't have time for me. pshhaah. suppose i'll be off trying to score free drinks off people by looking lonely. jks! i'm meeting up with cameron and devin. they *apparently* know a bartender. we'll see about that!

uh oh

in the last 24 hours i've figure out some pretty horrible stuff:

1. new york is lacking in 'make your own froyo' shops.
2. i dont have time to keep up with my stories (ie tv).

although, i think i may have found a good place to get juices. yaaaaay.

GOSSIP GIRL, y u no show me your celebs?

gossip girl was supposed to film in the street outside my office yesterday. instead, they were here today. worst, they filmed in a restaurant.

when i found out they were outside, i didn't know what was going on. my coworker said he would give me $50 if i hugged leighton meester. DEAL. my stalking was not successful though. i only saw extras (boo) and then when i was just hanging out on the steps to my office being nosy, one of the guys pushing the cameras around asked me "why you hiding, girl?". so i ran around the block to use a different entrance.

also, the extras looked like tools and were pretty dog-on ugly. weird. they should have asked me to help out.

bright ideas

turns out, i don't have bright ideas:

yesterday, i hung out with devin and catherine. we ate korean food and thought it was a super awesome idea to get raw meat. right? they brought it out and mixed it up with a raw egg at the table. and then, after we ate some devin said that he didn't want to leave any leftovers, ie we should eat it all? uh, yes? we tried getting them to cook it, no dice. so we let devin take it home :)

also, i've decided i don't like stairs. especially when i have a drink. which is unfortunate considering i take the subway everywhere

lay-tarded

today was an experience. the first day back after a vacation and it was a doozy. i started out feeling really dizzy and thought i was going through alcohol withdrawals. turns out i just forgot to take some meds.

once i started feeling better i was working on a project and was convinced there was not a month between september and december. seriously. i asked people if i was being dumb and the obvious reply was YES.

THEN, about 5 minutes later, justin caught me counting on my fingers. (in my defense, its the only way i can count months but of course no one listened to me.) my name was done away with and i was called the 'science intern'. at least until they found something else to amuse themselves.

i'm also going to blame my poor faculties this morning on why i kept calling everyone 'pussies'. guess its my go when i'm a wee bit under the weather.

saving the best for last

kristine had a fabo thanksgiving birthday party. there was soo much good food! and many great people! there is a reason i still haven't eaten yet today :)

sightseeing

here are some pictures i've been taking around brooklyn(taking this one made me feel like mom because i was just taking pictures of people. imitation is the highest form of flattery :)
i ran past this crazy urban garden. i mean seriously. one of tags says 'emo' which really tickled me
manhattan bridge
went up to the upper west side with john myles white and found the seinfeld diner!
williamsburg:

art in the city

i've been making friends :) this includes cameron (whom y'all may remember i basically went to school with him from 2nd grade through high school. but we didn't really hang out. that has been remedied.) and his friends which include jacob and matt (who is friends with cousin joe. crazy!)cameron is came modeling under jacob's art:
cameron surrounded by his arts:
and joanna, who is an amazing singer and all around awesome music maker. she's from london:
bonus picture!

omens

sometimes i see things and i may read too much into it.

i was having a really good day last week but then i got this fortune:
and yesterday when i went for a run, i came across this...
... and this.
like really. wtf.

i think it really freaked me out because i had talked about mat the previous night and then i came across all these symbols of death.

don't worry, i've been out of harms way by staying in bed until about 3pm each day this weekend. (fyi, still in bed... THINKING about going for a run. eventually it will happen)

UN GLOBAL PULSE

secretary general!

what i've been up to

here are some pictures i took while on a run around brooklyn





volunteering at the marathon! here are the elite males. they were amazing
i made lots of gatorade...
charles talked to me about how much he likes taking photos and is trying to quit smoking
hanging out with cameron and jacob.