chocolate christmas

for some reason i just thought of these truffles that my old boss used to get around christmas time... they are the best... the ones i am eating right now aren't even comparable... once more my new orleans memories are of food...

christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat.

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to Know Your Friends! You know the drill. Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
egg nog, spiked of course, but also egg nog lattes and egg nog ice cream...

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
wrap them, in paper that matches the tree no less

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
usually white, but this year i'm gonna tack' it up with colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
nope. don't need an excuse to kiss in this house...

5. When do you put your decorations up?
right after thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
oooh, sweet potatos with marshmellows. i guess that's thankgiving, huh?

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
stockings!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
found the presents in the bathtub while playing hide and seek. in the bathtub! what were they thinking?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
usually from my family.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
this year, i'm going retro tacky! fake tree, colored lights, tacky ornaments and an outrageous tree topper.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
guess i'll find out this year. half the time we're wearing short sleeves in new orleans. i think i'll love it though.

12. Can you ice skate?
too scary since i saw a girl fall down and get her finger sliced off by someone's ice skate blade. true story.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
let me think about it some.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
tradition.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
pie!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
stockings! yearly ornaments. decorating the tree. christmas music!

17. What tops your tree?
usually and angel, but all the decorations were lost in katrina so we're going completely different this year.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
do you see what i see. little drummer boy. gosh, i have a lot.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
yum!

hold the roaches...

there's really no place like it. i feel jipped. i didn't get enough time there after i came to peace with the city. nine months as a grown up, single, liberated (i can say that!) woman was not enough. i miss everything, all the crappy things, and all the things that are no place else (certainly not here). looking at these pictures made me so nostalgic. even his pictures of trash on the street, plastic cups and beer bottles, made me miss home. i miss my crappy apartments. about the only thing i don't miss is the roaches. and there were a lot of them.

goodnight

i hear the neighbors upstairs, low voices and dogs wanting to go out. it reminds me of how much i miss you. like i could forget even for a moment.

one day...

ok. so, i fell in love with a painting two years ago in a gallery in new orleans. (i wouldn't lie...) she had four paintings there: spring, fall, summer and winter. they were expensive enough that i couldn't afford them really, but i almost could if i put it on a credit card and paid it off a little at a time... or skipped two years vacation. and you know, i should have. because two years later i still wish i had that painting. i wrote her name down on a business card and every once in a while i search it but until now no results. until now. she is here. and i still can't afford a painting, but at least i know that they really do exist.

valley of fire

he should not have left me alone so soon... i've been wedding planning all weekend. so much for not caring. seriously though, look how gorgeous:



we started talking about vegas and how cool that would be, but i really don't want something tacky like a drive through or elvis impersonator. i want something simple, quick and easy, but also romantic and memorable.

seriously though, is this not breathtakingly gorgeous?:



i want this! at sunset, how romantic. although of course i wouldn't have a ballgown and viel. maybe something really simple like this dress from jcrew (in white of course, not navy!) or this one from david's bridal. sigh, i guess i am going officially nuts...

bits

i procrastinate
i spend hours organizing shit that doesn't matter
i like making cupcakes and little cheesecakes
i like coloring books
i can't "sell myself"
i'm tired of everything