so much ye old fun to be had

 oh the dickens christmas fair. the most magical place on earth. just a few of my favorites from the day. (ok, more than a few)(but this is the edited down version). sure i appreciate indoor plumbing, womens equality and modern medicine, but give me ales in metal tankards, hoop skirts, and victorian london any day!

erin, this event has our name written ALL OVER IT. 2013! *and they let you try on costumes and not have to pretend you are going to buy it

 
so proud of my darlene for her incredible kathak dance performance!!
officially inspired to start dancing again (and not just in my living room)

and then there were decorations

oh the holidays. but more importantly, the DECORATIONS! the TREES! mariah carey and nat king cole on repeat! we threw together a mini decorating party with spiked egg nog, xmas tunes and our favorite yule log youtube channel. a few hours of decorating later and our tree is dressed to the nines in ribbon, borrowed ornaments and even a few homemade ornaments (i've been getting ruuulll crafty)

meanwhile, my room is a gift/craft explosion. can't wait to wrap it all up and stick them under the tree!

where are my crackerjacks??

 

so i'm not big on the whole sports scene. i'm not a casually switch on espn for a little light viewing/foam finger stashed in my closet kind of gal. i did however decide it was high time to visit at&t ballpark if im ever to consider myself a true san franciscan. (people here love their giants. like, LOVE. full on open-mouthed gapes when i told people i didnt watch 'our boys' win the world series this year). it just so happened my first foray into bay area baseball wasn't for an actual sporting event, but a ridiculously large and fabulous holiday party.  i don't know if sitting through an actual game can really live up to having free rein of the stadium or making smores on the field (or anywhere???), but i think i owe it to all those die hard giants fans out there to give it a try.

currently listening to...

 

where did november go? where did movember go? (keeping the spirit alive with some photobooth shenanigans) kicking off the official holiday season - and 3 week countdown till xmas - with the hayes valley block party. an evening of hot spiked cider, milk & cookies, DJs, beer gardens, after hours shopping and racking up some new gift ideas. let the holiday crafting begin!

there and back again

 back on the juicing bandwagon. my first foray into KALE smoothies...still a recipe-in-progress / mmmm impromptu holiday mimosa brunches (we may have finished that entire pitcher between us...woops) / bidding adieu to my intern at work before he jets off to france for a semester abroad. je suis jalouse! / more coffee dates and terrarium dreamin / oh thats maggie. shes our second unofficial roommate. and adorable. obviously. / curing my wet weather blues with plenty of tea, lattes and new books from the library

*did you get the LOTR reference?? SO EXCITED for the hobbit to come out!

i'm in major crafting/decorating mode. currently working on pimping out my living room in holiday swag. this is the first year i've lived in an apartment big enough to have an actual christmas tree, so it's ON. charlie brown christmas tree : check. dancing santa : check. apple cinnamon scented candles : check. obnoxious twinkle lights : check. now i've gotta figure out how to work in a star of david or two...

on the room front, it's slowly but surely coming together. after a 30 minute conversation with the walgreens photo technician, i finally got some of my instagrams printed (4x4, pre cut! so much cheaper than going through any of the instagram product sites) and put up in my room. i'm still getting used to seeing 101 faces, feet and food items every morning when i wake up (but secretly loving it)

more progress to come!!

*technically my senior year apartment was big enough for a tree, but we were too poor/lazy/shambles to have one