New Year's April 28, 2007

Many times, when the new year starts people make a bunch of asinine resolutions, only to find out that two weeks later they are back to not going to the gym, eating junk food, or one of the other many generic and lame things people resolve not to do. Thankfully, I do not subscribe to that horrible tradition and continue with my wanton behavior year round for the most part. However, now that I went to a new year's party in the middle of the year, I feel more inclined and open to the idea of making a resolution (there is no pressure like that felt on new year's, and since we are already in the 5th month of this year, that's means only 7 months to do this instead of the gruesome twelve). So...as of now, even though it is just a little post-party reflection...I would like to resolve not to eat the bullshit people bring into my office...doughnuts, chocolate, cake, etc...i just have no self control and I binge on it...it's not pretty and my stomach is constantly mad at me.

Anyhow, back to the party, it was a sexy good time.
There were two ball dropping count-downs...champagne and fruit, delicious entrees, beautiful out-fits...shnazzy decorations...quarters, and eventually drunk karaoke...haha

Gracias a dios que no cante, but I'm sure one of these days I will :) I still have some "mike anxiety" after my poor performances in Argentina and Cyprus...why is it when I'm in another country and really tanked I always get forced to karaoke...WHY?

The weather was so nice down in LA, Jake and I laid out by the pool a couple times and I got a little color on my pasty white skin (I think Jake looked the same though...hmph). Either way, I think there should be more mid-year New Year's festivities. Maybe we should call them Half Year New Years...I don't know, that wasn't all that creative...maybe something else.

In this photo...you can see that the pop rocks were flowing just a quickly as the champagne....spread it on!!!

Back at work now, barf poo stink.

Again with the Chocolate

DANG....Easter=chocolate overload...and yeah, Easter happened way back on the 8th this month, but I am still experiencing the repercussions....one of the lawyers keeps bringing in candy by the bag...and placing it so close...I can almost smell it through the wrapping...mmmmm chocolate. Good thing I'm trying to lose some lbs...

Jones/Golf

The new restaurant, Jones, down in the Marina district is....AWESOME!! We got the mac n' cheese, hummus, calamari, awesome blossom, and the artichoke dip....I could have done without the hummus, but everything else was soooo great.

It is clear to me that a central theme is still lacking, as I and my friends were sort of confused as to where we were: A nice restaurant, an old diner, a sports bar?? WHERE ARE WE...haha. The old Marina Sports bar TVs are still there, and all this road diner chachqui (lisence plates, beer signs, checkered table cloths, etc) which sort of distracts from the semi-upscale dining experience they seem to want to portray...But, aside from the confusing decor...I had such a great time. Morasha was our server, and she did an amazing job :)

I would totally recommend it to anyone.

Other than that, I golfed for the first time ever down at the Palo Alto Hills golf club. Well, I don't know if hitting balls at the driving range is considered playing golf, but it's the first time I had ever done that either. My hands are super sore, blistered, and bruised...and my back is also a little sore...I always thought it would be this zen experience--relaxing and revitalizing. Instead, I was totally pooped...it was a perfect day though :) We came home and finised Citizen Kane (finally) and ate stir fry...delish...haha

My respect for golf players has since doubled.

New York New York

You'd think this was going to be about Tiffany...my most favorite reality T.V. Star....but it's not...







So New York was amazing! I loved it...and even though the weather wasn't perfect, I had a great time.

We saw most the sites...drank a lot, ate even more, and got to see Tom and Lawrence, both of whom I miss sooooo much. I loved Tom's apartment, well, let me rephraze, I was super happy I got to see Tom's apartment, and find out that he stole my catch phrase game and never fessed up when I asked him two years ago if he had it...haha...the apartment itself though, kinda tiny...and I wanted to see his infamous roommate...oh well....one day :) I loved where he lived though, maybe because it reminded me so much of San Francisco (st. marks street being kinda like a punk version of haight).


We went to the waterfront to catch a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty (been there...done that...OVER IT haha). It was such a beautiful landscape down there with the Jersey Shore, and the clouds with a little sun peaking through that we decided to turn it into a glamour shot session, or should I say sesh...haha


there were a bunch of different shots, all of which are pretty similar, however they are different variations of Amy and Rina, Alex and Rina, Alex and me, Me Alex and Rina...etc (there are 32 variations we could have done...I think we came close to exhausting those).

One of the nights we went out to this club called Duvet (apparently it is a knock off of the swanky place called Bed...and maybe Cama here in the city, though I haven't been there yet...) but it was loaded with beds all over the place, and we really got into the theme...i.e. you couldn't drag us off the beds before we fell back on and started making all kinds of maddness and taking pictures of it all...here are a few....


Amy and I try to look sexy, I think I just look pensive, Amy has her signature knock off Paris look... and in my head, Rina has a Julia Childes voice while trying to entice someone to come sit down next to her...which May and Alex quickly abided...


here is a good one of us, pretty composed, too, I might add...
Beds are such a great idea at a club, mainly because heels suck so much...A+ for thought, A- for being a knock off...D+ for the price of drinks....C- for the types of guys there (douchey came to mind)...sooo, I guess this club gets a B overall.

We saw ground zero...pretty crazy, but I think I liked the time line better than the actual site, which just looks like another construction zone. Central Park was great, just like all the movies, I want to go back and walk around in there some more (perhaps when the weather is a little nicer). The museum of Natural History was a hoot, in most of our pictures we are trying to do inappropriate gestures to things on display (I guess that is what happens when five people go to a museum totally hungover...haha). New York is fun, but I like San Francisco more right now....I do think someone should advocate for a 4am closing time for our bars as well...that is pretty dang sweet.

We did tons more, and took a million picutres... all in all an amazing trip...too bad we couldn't have stayed longer!!

CHOCOLATE

Oh lordy, how I love it!! Unfortunately, I do not love it when co-workers bring in super rich chocolate boxes and place them 10 feet from my desk...why? well, because I have no self-control...and I ate 5 pieces, and now I feel like I'm going to vomit...

man o man...when will I learn?