Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Jamie & Ryan
I forgot to post this earlier, but let’s just pretend I had this up on the 25th! Hope your holidays are filled with peace, love, and joy.
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Bobcat to the Rescue!
On Christmas Eve my parents’ place was still pretty snowed in. Then while my Dad and Frankie were shoveling the driveway, a guy in Bobcat drove up and saved the day!
Christmas Wish List
I probably should have posted this a few weeks ago, but figured with everyone snowed in as they are, maybe it’s not too late, hehe. Here are my holiday wish lists this year:
http://www.firstgiving.com/jamiey
http://www.globalgiving.com/registry1720
Or for the more traditional gifts:
Holiday Party Weekend
The weekend after INFO Christmas and Nutcracker, it was company holiday party time. (I really need to work on this “recency” thing when blogging. Eh well.)
It started off Friday for Ryan’s Avanade Party at the Pacific Science Center. He got out of work pretty late, so we only caught the tail end of it before heading out with some of the crew to go to Schultzy’s. However, it was neat to see some folks from the Vegas Flyback there.
On Saturday night, we went to the my agency holiday party at the Seattle Art Museum, which was pretty sweet. I hadn’t been in the SAM so in a while so it was neat to go again, let alone with a pretext of a party. Admittedly though, I enjoyed the mini crab cake sandwiches over the current exhibit. ;) Bravo to the folks who organized it, it was pretty well done.
INFO Christmas & Nutcracker Weekend
And Jamie’s holiday blogathon continues!
The following weekend Ryan and I hosted our 4th Annual A Very INFO Christmas dinner party. Saturday was spent all day in preparation, i.e. setting up a table for 18(!), planning the oven sequence, stuffing dates with goat cheese, etc. It was pretty fun getting things together, though crazy as usual during the final hour.
The Menu
Appetizers
Dubliner cheese
Sweet ‘n sour meatballs
Coconut shrimp
Eggroll wrapped shrimp
Starters
Zuppa Tuscana Soup (by Trevor)
CPK salad (by Kelly)
Sesame salad (by David & Teresa)
Main Meal
Aus gratin potatoes
Pilsbury biscuits
Almond lemon green beans
Christmas ham
Dessert
Sea Foam Salad (by Jessica)
Strawberry cheesecake (by Kat)
It was a night of much much eating, White Elephant gifting, and general holiday merriment. Success! Thanks again for everyone who made it, it was great having the whole crew together. :)
The following day I went shopping downtown with my cousin Ernelyn and had lunch at Il Fornaio. Later that evening we met up with Ryan and Ben to see Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker.
I had never gone and have always heard about it being a Northwest Christmas tradition, so it was good to have finally seen it, though I’ve decided that the ballet isn’t my cup of tea, despite my short ballet career as a Kindergartener.
Afterward we all went out to Via Tribunali for pizza with my cousin Eric which was really good. The place is quickly becoming my new favorite pizza place in Seattle. Overall, another holiday-tastic weekend.
Holiday Weekend in San Jose
The weekend after Thanksgiving I was in San Jose on business and decided to stay for the weekend. Ryan joined me and we spent two nights checking out San Jose and took a day trip Saturday to the coast, namely to Monterey and brief visit to Santa Cruz.
Day 1 - San Jose
San Jose’s Winter in the Park. Think community Christmas trees and dolls.
Day 2 - San Jose
Dinner on Santana Row. Had fantastic scallops, though not pictured here.
Day 3 - Monterey / Santa Cruz
Asilomar Park in Monterey. My favorite of the trip, beautiful beautiful place.
Sunset on the 17-Mile Drive - That’s me! (Photo by Ryan)
Ghiradellis hot chocolates on Santa Cruz’s Boardwalk. Note chunk of fudge.
Day 4 - San Jose
The San Jose Holiday Parade. On NBC and right outside our hotel!
