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Tuesday
02Feb2010

flashin lights, lights...

I consider myself lucky to know so many talented and ambitious individuals. It's good to have people in your life that make you say, "I wish I could do that."

Take for instance the lovely Jenn Delahaye, who is making her move on photography. One of her photos has scored prime real estate on Boston.com's best photos of 2009:


(Photo by Jennifer Delahaye)

Kudos to Jenn, I absolutely love the photo. And well done for pursuing something exciting, challenging and ultimately something that makes you happy!

I definitely wish I stuck with my own budding photography hobby way back when. Most of you know that my Grandpa sort of has a stop bath thumb (or whatever a green thumb of photography would be called). He's a great inspiration, but he's also retired. :P Here's a brilliant shot from New Foundland where he and my grandma summer:


(Photo by Edward Huberty)

I know I still owe my readers my New Years resolutions. All my health and fitness goals are kind of necessary more than a goal at this point, ha. The biggest resolution is to start my first book. Details yet to come! 

Another resolution is to save money for a digital SLR and see if I can't get myself back into the darkroom.... aka photoshop on my laptop. Though... there is something therapeutic about a 35mm, a reel of film and hours in a dark room afterwards. I always remember the classical music playing in my grandpa's dark room, even a girl who's gaga for Lady Gaga can appreciate the serenity in the dark making potential master pieces.

So, in 2011 when I have my new toy, "can I shoot you?" Always got a kick out of that question as a kiddo, Grandpa loves a play on words!

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Saturday
02Jan2010

God NytÃ¥r! Happy New Year!

Hope you’re all in a good spirit with the prospect of a new year and new possibilities.  I certainly think that 2010 is going to be a big year for me and the hubs.  No babies, I know what you’re thinking and that’s not what I mean!

Here is some prime footage of our typical NYE in Copenhagen… enjoy my commentating.

Did I mention that I hate my own voice? ;)  I posted all of our NYE pictures on FB but I’ll add some here for fun. 

I am really digging the whole halo headband look.  The sparkle halo headband is from Danish designer Friis & Co.  I gave it some extra sass by adding the feathery flower hair piece I had from H&M a few months back.

We spent New Years Eve with family for dinner and dessert and then drove in to Copenhagen to meet up with friends and get crazy.  We got a hotel room for the night because trying to find our way home at some absurd hour in the morning was likely to be just as expensive.  

 

We met up with friends Sebastian and Lykke and some of their friends at a party.  Very fun! Christian & Sebastian lit fireworks in the street, well maybe you saw this in the video.  I think our heads hit the pillow a little after 5am. Whoa. Anyway here's a good pic of the men:

 

The hotel gave us a 2pm check out time, thank god.  And god bless Denmark for having McDonalds open on New Years day across the street from the hotel.  I never felt so American, haha.  Perfect hangover cure!

And with that... I haven’t officially decided on my 2010 resolutions.  Obviously they only start once I’m stateside again, which, sadly, will be tomorrow.  I am going to miss Christian a lot.  We’ve had some great QT together over the holidays this year.  Meget hyggeligt :)

However, I did dig up my 9 things in 2009 blog post to determine how much of last year’s resolutions I accomplished…

1. blog more – 21 entries in 2008 and 78 entries in 2009, check.
2. have better posture – yeah, hasn’t happened. 
3. stop cursing like a sailor – somehow it’s gotten worse, ugh.
4. run more – a handful of 5ks, 10 mi race and a half marathon in ’09, check!
5. stay on top of my health – yep, even though I wished I kept my wisdom teeth in afterall! Check.
6. do something incredible at my job – I got promoted in ’09, can’t be all bad! Check.
7. keep my nails strong and healthy – I’m a little better with this… so… check.
8. manage finances better – top of the list 2010, for sure.
9. stay in better touch with friends and relatives – not sure how to measure this but I’m going to say check.

So I guess I achieved more than half of what I was after.  Not terrible.  There is some serious room for improvement, though.  I will have to have a serious think of my 2010 resolutions and keep you posted.

To 2010 o-m-g-ers!  Skål!

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Tuesday
10Nov2009

the grand finale

To sum up our weekend, in a word, it would be... accomplished.  Christian's last weekend in town was nonstop, but a lot of fun!  We ended on a high note for Christian here at Finale in Coolidge Corner.  Check out these scrumptiousnesses:

Which do you think I like best?  The handsome Dane, the ice cream, the molten cake or the espresso martini? :)  Difficult to choose but I guess I'll go with my Dane as the what I liked best about that night.

Saturday we went bowling at Jillians with Megan (Focaccia) and her boyfriend Matt.  We got some grub and only Matt bowled over 100.  It was lots of fun!  Afterwards we took a walk to Matt's office in which he grabbed free tickets to the Museum of Science for Christian and I.  Saweet.  Thanks Matt.  Check out his blog - lots of funnies and head scratchers and 'ohhhh that's interesting's!

We spent two hours roaming the general exhibit halls, highlights include the visual perception exhibit and of course the butterfly garden - helloooo. :)  Beautiful, beautiful butterflies.  We each had a few "hitchhiker" butterflies land on our shoulders - so cute!  After the exhibit halls closed and I stopped acting like a child in the gift shop we went to a Guitar Hero laser show.  I fell asleep during the last song, haha.

Took the E train and headed to the beloved Cheesecake Factory where you can eat like kings with left overs enough for three more meals.  1.5 hour wait and Christian and I have a new business plan - he is genius.  I would tell you what it is, but I'd have to kill you.  Stuffed to the gills we headed home.

Sunday we woke up to gorgeous and profound 60 degree weather in Boston in NOVEMBER.  Nice.  Went to brunch at Charlies on Newbury St and sat outside.  Perfection.  Took a stroll and then got on the T over to Cambridgeside Galleria to start CHRISTMAS shopping.  Yep you read that correctly.

Few gifts bought we headed home to Brookline and met Lykke for dinner at Zaftigs.  Matzo ball soup and potato pancakes are just about the best thing in the world aside from great Danish company.  As a grand finale to the weekend and Christian's trip we headed to... well you already know where.

Now I'm here trying to catch up with the digital world as I've been somewhat MIA in the personal realm for the past month.  I've got a awesome invite to Google Wave from a developer I work with in the UK and not a figgen clue how to use it.  Even the Wikipedia explanation didn't quite clear it up for me.  Hmm.

Do you Wave?  Can you Wave with me?  (Don't worry Sarah - save that one wave of the flag for you!)

What else is new in the virtual world - anything more fun then our weekend?  I bet not!  

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