January 30th

The fam came to visit! Pops, Rosa, and Justin came to the city and I busted out the Polaroid. Nick made the most amazing turkey burgers. Tomorrow is fancy birthday celebration. Life is good

January 29th

It looks like this a lot when I leave work. Things could be worse.

January 28th

I love Nick. Baked Chicken, Baked Potato with chipotle salsa, spinach salad with grape tomatoes, almond slivers, orange bell peppers and goat cheese. Yuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm

January 27th

The bummer about ending a vacation is having to go back to work right away. At least I have Susannah, she understands.

January 26th

End of the trip. Sanje and I ate a NY bagel and dragged our luggage through the subway to JFK airport. We had a couple hours to kill, so we continued the other theme of the trip "drinking" by passing the time in the bar.

January 25th

This day was all about amazing food. Colombian brunch, Peruvian dinner. But I didn't take any pictures of the food because I was too busy enjoying it. So here is the Empire State building. If you would like to help stimulate the NY economy, you can pay $20 to ride the elevator to the top. Since I felt I had already done my part, I respectfully scoffed at the price.

January 24th

Adventure day. Walked through Central Park for quite a while, contemplated ice skating, went shopping in Soho, found beautiful boots! Also bought a new beanie, because "freezing" was the theme of the trip :)

January 23rd

More Americana. Visited the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and then the Met. Went out that night in Manhattan with Devra, Sanje, and Nick Finn (old pal from Modesto who now works for the Food Network) Fun day.

January 22nd

Caught the China Town bus to New York! My first time in the Big Apple. One thing about being on the east coast in January is that it's FREEZING! Here I'm modeling some of the layering techniques Sanje and I employed so that we didn't freeze to death. Enjoy

January 21st

Tourist day. Me and Sanje walked the National Mall, went to some monuments, and took in the city. Feeling proud to be American again.

January 20th

Inauguration Day!!! At 12 noon, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. And I was there!!!! Sanje, AJ, Aaron, and I were near the Washington Monument in the crowd of 2 million. What an amazing, awe inspiring day. (Big day, 2 pictures)

January 19th

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a National Day of Service. We volunteered to write letters and put care packages together for the Military. What an inspiring day! So many people showed up and 75,000 care packages were sent out to U.S. Soldiers serving overseas. Kinda gives you the warm fuzzies.

January 18th

Holy Moses, most AMAZING concert ever! Bono, Bruce, Beyonce, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Garth Brooks, James Taylor, Mary J. Blige, and too many more to note. All for free, for a crowd of a couple hundred thousand. Oh yeah, Garth did "Shout" and the whole crowd became a scene out of Wedding Crashers. Oh, and Obama was there and we saw him too :)

(Here's The Boss)

January 17th

Me, Sanje, and Aaron (AJ's boyfriend) in Washington DC, on our way out to Mad Hatter's Bar. We went big. Every night.

January 16th

Tapas!!! Cha Cha Cha the night before our trip! Andrea's makeup bag matched the table cloth perfectly. Oh yeah, and the food was FANTASTIC!

January 15th

Oooooh kay, so I took a hiatus from posting pics, but not from taking them!! Here is my test pack for the DC trip

January 14th

Bangs! Michaela is the best. If you live in Santa Cruz, you should have her cut your hair. Check out www.lateliersalon.com

January 13th

Sometimes I go downtown, and sometimes it looks like this. But it's not usually 65 degrees at dusk in January. Today was pretty good.

January 12th

La Luna es mas grande esta noche. But the night setting on my camera isn't the best. Oh well.

January 11th

What happens when a horny guy falls face down in the snow?

January 10th

Life is not always glamorous like Fergie claims. Today I spent 9 hours at work, sick, by myself. Check out that nose! I went through at least 1 box of shitty tissues and the result is me looking like I have a coke habit. Bummer

January 9th

Ghost Bird!! Saw this beauty when I was leaving work. She didn't want to stand still while I took her picture.

January 8th

Miguelito, the most handsome Costa Rican boy you'll ever meet. Got to have lunch today with Daphne, her hubby Migue, mom Sandra, and this little cutie here.

January 7th

It's Becka's Birthday! Happy Birthday Becks. The Warriors lost, but they put up a good fight. Also, I'm blonder.

January 6th

My new leather jacket from Nico, and my pretty leaf earrings from Pops.

January 5th

Delicious German food and beer at Suppenkuche with Nick and Beda, my most wonderful German Boss.

January 4th

The most beautiful sunset over Fisherman's Wharf. The Sea lions are sleeping.

January 3rd

A Blimp over the Bay Bridge. Driving back into the city after the most wonderful night of Rock Band and wine with my favorite ladies.

January 2nd

The bay bridge in my dirty side mirror. Driving to Modesto to see my BFF's!

Inspiration from Melinda

I'm stealing Mel's idea of a Photo-a-Day blog. So here it is, starting with this delicious Crab Benedict breakfast from New Year's Day.