sneak peak

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my bachelorette party weekend was fantastic! my girlfriends took such great care of me and i got to dance, dance, dance! we stayed in a beach house in san diego, where it rained for a lot of the time, but there were pockets of sunshine in which i ran outside to play in the sand and water. here is the cheesiest thing i did all weekend…

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more photos to come!

thank you to Erica, for planning, and to Liz, Kathleen, Amanda, Emily, Emily, Sarayu, Teri, Erin and Tara for a fun time.
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what gives?

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i’m headed to san diego with friends tomorrow for a weekend of fun. {bachelorette!}
we rented a beach house and, um, this is the weather report…


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luckily, we’re fun in any kind of weather!
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cold, snow, Chi-ca-go

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i went to Chicago for work on Monday and Tuesday and so did R! it’s fun how it was able to work out so we could go together. i much prefer business travel when my guy is with me. part of the reason we are considering a move to Chicago is that both of our workplaces have work available there (mine much more than his at this moment, but they are thinking of expanding and it would provide opportunity for a little while – at least until R could find something he likes much better).

we knew that we would need to bundle up for the cold as Chicago has the reputation of being really freezing. they are, however, having a milder winter than usual. we bundled up anyway (not that we really have the most appropriate clothing, but we did our Los Angeles best). here we are in our hotel, waiting for he elevator. i thought we looked funny, and not just because i’m wearing a pink cat hat…

Los Angelenos dressed for Chicago snow

R didn’t have a warm hat, so he bought this homely cheap one at Walgreens…

cheap beanie hat from Walgreens

RJ’s friend Joel from college lives in Chicago, so the first night we had dinner with him. here they are together, giving the evening an enthusiastic thumbs up, because giving things a thumbs up in pictures struck us as funny…

2 strong thumbs up

on the last night before our return we were able to visit the popular neighborhood of Lincoln Park for dinner and a stroll. we had Italian food, strolled down the street and then had one drink at a local bar. at one point i decided it was important to photograph the snow, since it’s rare i get to see any these days…

look ma, snow! we don't get this in LA...

i never imagined that seeing snow would be picture worthy, but it is, ok?

we enjoyed Chicago very much and hope to go back for another visit in early April.
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tomorrow’s adventure

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because work is going to be keeping me busy on the weekends for the next 2 months, i now have some weekday time off and i’ve decided to finally do some things that i have been putting off.

tomorrow…tissu class!

i can’t imagine that i will be doing this, but perhaps at least climb the silks.

woot!
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company holiday party #1

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Over the weekend we went to R’s company holiday party. It was at one of our fave restaurants, which meant great food and super-duper margaritas! There was a white elephant gift exchange, in which R got his cool gifts stolen about 4 times and then we ended up with a small version of the game Boggle. We already have Boggle and this was a disappointment since we took a very cool gift. I mean seriously, we took a Trader Joe’s gift card and some Peppermint Joe’s. That’s cool. (And on his 3rd trip up to choose a gift, I told R to just take our gift, which he did, but then it got stolen. Boo) But, it’s all in fun and we did, in fact, have fun with it.

There was also karaoke and at the beginning of the night, when he first spied it, R said, “Ugh, I hate karaoke.” Toward the end of the evening, guess where he was?

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He wailed FOUR SONGS!

He’s fooling himself that he “hates karaoke”. I am now of the belief that he unwittingly LOVES karaoke, although if you ask him he will maintain that he hates it. But come on, look at that photo…

All in all we had a great time.
My company holiday party is this Friday ~ which I believe will also be fun!
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