LoveNation's Launch Party

Thanks to Marissa's connection skills, I photographed LoveNation's launch party, which took place on Tuesday at the Public House by Grand Central.  Laurie and Thomas are both easy to photograph - they're so friendly and talk a lot with their hands, and coincidentally wore matching red.

Event photography is always a lot of fun and requires energy ... too bad though, I lost my voice and felt a lil queasy.  Nonetheless, I clicked along and came up with these ...

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Alyrris is Funny ...

Conversation from yesterday afternoon:

ALYRRIS: and how can you afford new photography equipment, if you don't make money

ALYRRIS: maybe you can adopt some kids

ALYRRIS: and become a foster parent

ALYRRIS: your own kids = money drain

ALYRRIS: foster kids = profitable business!

ALYRRIS: I heard you get like 900 per kid per month

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Windham Weekend

Pics below are from a weekender up north - the atmosphere was chilly and lonely, many of the homes were seemingly abandoned (see below). We drove up on Friday afternoon and hungrily snacked on banana bread and Canadian ketchup flavored chips.   When we arrived in Prattsville Friday evening to check in, I was a lil scared walking up the steps to the front door to try the digital security lock ... especially when someone shouted out "there's a sharpshooter with a gun pointing at you!"

Didnt bring pocket camera up to the slopes ... was trying to stay on two feet.

It was Aaron's 30th birthday, so we celebrated with chocolate mousse cake with raspberries!

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New Hobby

New hobby, and the next purchase - photo printer!

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Winter Food Update

Some of the things I've been eating recently ...

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Birthday Celebration in Lower East Side

Jaimin's birthday is actually today, but we celebrated it Saturday night in the Lower East Side.  Festivities began at his apartment where we had a simple dinner of pizza and vino ...

Well the day began a lot earlier for me.  I got up at 7am to make panna cotta (it usually turns out better if it sits longer) and blueberry ricotta pancakes. Sarah and I ate our bfast before shopping at Columbus Circle and the Upper West Side to pick out outfits for the evening.  For lunch, I made roasted tomato hummus - but also baked vanilla cupcakes and made vanilla buttercream frosting (cf Magnolia's bakebook, borrowed from somewhere online).  Took class at 3pm and then came home to make chocolate mousse (for myself, hehe).  Finally rushed to shower, change, and head downtown.

The birthday celebration was fun!  People showed up and ate, drank and were merry. So great to see everyone, especially Sarah who made the trip from Ithaca to be with us -

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More Pics to Come!

Other than watching tv, cooking and working, I havent done much lately ...

View from Apartment

Watching TV

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Eating A Lot Continues

I've been making/eating a lot still ... I loaded up on a lot of groceries when Bud was here ... a lot of these were made in effort to clean out the fridge!

Stuffed Capped Bellos (Baked)

Potato Latkes to Start the New Year

Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes

Avocado Makes Them Healthier :-)

Low Budget Scallion Pancakes

Shepherd's Pie (One of Bud's Favorites)

Shepherd's Pie!

Vegetarian Orzo With Almonds and Basil Too!

Chicken Noodle Soup

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