Friday, December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas was a cozy one this year. Brendan and I gathered around our mini tree, watched It's A Wonderful Life and opened presents at midnight on Christmas Eve. I got some really cool gifts this year; a necklace from the Brooklyn flea, patterned ski mittens, wool socks, leather moccasins, a red Swiss army knife (to defend myself on the streets of BK!) and a great sheepskin hat with wool lining to keep me warm during the winter months. Oh I also received a couple books from Strand (Breakfast at Tiffany's - seen the movie, never read the book - and some short stories by Japanese fiction writer, Murakami. Looking forward to reading these on my train rides to work.

Christmas day was nice. Matt and Agnus drove into town and we took the train into the city to see the big tree at Rockefeller Center and all the beautiful window displays off 5th. Later on, we had a nice dinner at Sichuan Gourmet... we ordered plates of spicy hot foods which included stir-fried pork belly with chilis and leeks, fish fillets with napa cabbage and chili oil, beef chow fun and spinach with garlic sauce. It was hot and delicious and we'll be munching on left overs later today I'm sure.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

December

It's been a busy busy month with the holidays in full effect, friends in town, and work work work. Brendan and I are also in the midst of looking for an apartment so hopefully we won't be on the streets come January! Anyway, here are a few pics from the past couple weeks. My pals Nancy/Camille/and Fleur came to town and we hung out in LES and Soho. Had such a nice time. Hopefully they will be out this way again soon. Also, we finally got the tree up... :)

Christmas in Brooklyn!
Camille chomping on the delicious and cheesy roasted corn at Habana's in SOHO
Brendan picking at his teeth in the subway?
me & the girls at Lil Franki's in LES