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We’re Not Boring. We’re Aging.

January 9th, 2013 · · Holidays, pursuit of happiness 18 comments - Tags: , ,

Since October, I’ve had a few conversations with close girlfriends about a shift in our social interests. I noticed nights out are comparatively tamer than they have been two years ago, three years ago, since college, and etc. I’ve gone from being able to play hard til six in the morning, then it ebbed down to three or four in the morning. Nowadays, we leave before bars close to skip out on traffic. I needed three cups of coffee to make it through Les Mis on a week night. The first drink I drank at the New Year’s Eve party was coffee. Jordan wrote an awesome post about her experience with this. Though in her defense, girl’s a momma now and I’m still only responsible for my well-being.

For New Year’s Eve, I recycled an older NYE dress and showed up to a cozy get together at a friend’s place for game night. It ended up being too crowded for game night and evolved to just a sweet house party. Alan and I left early at 1:30 am and then we curled up on the couch to watch American Horror Story. No longer do I feel the kind of adrenaline I used to get finding a cute and new dress to ring in the new year or pay a ridiculous amount to reserve the best table. I loved that I ended the night on the couch in front of a good show. A friend of mine recently exclaimed, “I’ve become boring.” I told her she wasn’t boring and that we are just aging. Showing up for brunch and clinking glasses over happy hour (read super early dinner time) are now our things. Our bodies cannot handle closing down bars and then caravanning to the after-party. I don’t miss that kind of leisure but it is stunning to me my first shift in social interests. With 7 months away from my 30th birthday, this shift came just in time.

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Weekend Recap

August 1st, 2011 · · Birthdays, Photographs, VEDA 21 comments - Tags: , ,

I had my birthday celebration with friends over the weekend. We saw Friends with Benefits at the Alamo Drafthouse and then just mingled over drinks. I went to bed incredibly late both Friday and Saturday (think 4-6am). Sunday, Brandi cooked dinner for me and made orange chocolate cupcakes (heavenly!) and we watched Sweet Bird of Youth, another Tennessee Williams movie to close our spree of 4 Tennessee Williams movies.

So ends the month of July and today is the first day of August and VEDA (Vlog Every Day of August). I recorded my video already but experimented with doing it with my new smartphone. I can’t seem to get it uploaded through the networks at work. I’ll figure out the upload later today and embed both today and tomorrow’s on the blog tomorrow. Or you can watch for it today by subscribing to my Youtube channel.


Photos from Birthday Celebration









If I were to describe my weekend in just one word, I’d use “convivial.”


Question: How would you describe your weekend in one word?

Weekend Recap

July 18th, 2011 · · Big Brothers & Big Sisters of America, Photographs, The Grind 23 comments - Tags: , ,

I got a lot of things taken care of this weekend.

Friday, I spent some quality time with my little from Big Brothers & Big Sisters.

Saturday, I got my oil changed, my transmission fluid flushed, my air filter replaced, my car vacuumed, and tires rotated.

I started packing up my apartment. 7 boxes down!

I wanted to share one of my favorite moving tips. You know the little knick knacks around your apartment? I store my shoes in shoe boxes and there’s a lot of dead space in shoe boxes. Great place for the little knick knacks. Observe.

I also collaborated with my friend, Deesh on a new project.

Finally, I made sure to burn off some steam socializing.


If I were to describe my weekend in one word, I’d pick “productive.”


Question: How would you describe your weekend in one word?

Wordless Wednesday: Austin’s Third Annual Cupcake Smackdown

June 8th, 2011 · · Photographs 18 comments - Tags: ,


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Weekend Highlights

May 23rd, 2011 · · Big Brothers & Big Sisters of America, Photographs, pursuit of happiness 27 comments - Tags: ,

My weekend was a flurry of happy activities.

I saw a very close friend of mine not only graduate with his Masters in Social Work but also give the commencement speech for his class.


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I was contacted by Eat St., a TV show centering around street food a couple of weeks ago, telling me that they were going to be in Austin for a week. They found me through my food blog and asked if I would like to meet with them one of the days they were there. I chose this past Saturday and met them up at a new food trailer in Austin. It was such a neat experience! I rallied up friends and together we shared the experience of being filmed and also trying some awesome eats. The episode is suppose to air anywhere between 5 and 6 months on the Cooking Network.



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I had a handful of friends from out of town come in and we shared a few drinks downtown. It was a very relaxed evening out.



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Sunday, I basked in the Texan heat with my little from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America over some snow cones.


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And ended Sunday night at a bar.

I’m not even grumpy about today being Monday after this sort of weekend. Cheers to a brand new week!

Question: What were your weekend highlights?

Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 32)

February 25th, 2011 · · 7 Quick Takes (Fridays), In Passing, Lists, Photographs 9 comments - Tags: ,


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I have the day off today! My original day off was suppose to be on President’s Day but my boss traded me Monday for Friday. How am I spending it? I had a doctor’s appointment, followed by a dentist appointment, am now suppose to be packing and I have a lunch date at 12:30 with a girlfriend. After all that, I’ll be driving down to Houston for the weekend to see family and friends.


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Pictures from last night:


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Photo of a photo


Last weekend while out with friends, Alan spotted a photographer at the bar and paid him to take this black and white party pic. Since then, I’ve decided I prefer black and white photos.


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My former roommate and dear friend Brandi, who moved to Dallas last summer to pursue a career change recently found herself back in Austin permanently. My dear friend Thomas who lived in California moved to Houston recently. Though I’m saddened that their moves were not completely desired by them, I’m happy I’d get to see them more.


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Wednesday night, while watching the Lakers game, Alan found a commercial fail. Do you see it? This is one of the reasons I love going to movies and watching TV with him. He has a really good eye for these kind of things.

Good work, Alan, good work.


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This year is still whizzing past me. February is already coming to a close. March is NEXT week. Things I have to look forward to in March? The Sketchbook Project tour comes to Austin ♥ My Solemate (deliberate misspelling by the way) flies in ♥ Cindy comes to visit ♥ Alan and I have our three year anniversary.


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This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ Sleepovers and spooning with boyfriend ♥ Four Day Work Week! ♥ Couch cuddles while watching Jersey Shore ♥ 70 degree weather in Austin ♥ Weekday lunch date in just an hour! ♥ Red Velvet Cake


Question: Do you floss regularly?

Hello there, 2011.

January 2nd, 2011 · · Holidays, Photographs 11 comments - Tags: ,

It’s been two days into the new year and I’ve had such a lovely time already! Alan did a great job organizing a safe and glamorous night out. The stretch Hummer saved us from spending hours trying to find taxi rides back home. Bottle service and a great table reservation on a rooftop kept us merry. The company was spectacular. The kiss, our best yet. Many cheers to 2011!


Question: What is your most memorable New Year’s Eve memory?

Halloween Pics

November 1st, 2010 · · Holidays, National Blog Posting Month '10, Photographs 4 comments - Tags: , ,

Hope everyone had a lovely Halloween. I went as a cop and Alan had a lot of fun giving out Twix candy, dressed as Twix candy. I leave you some sparse photos (it was way too crowded downtown to take photos). I saved my absolute favorite photo for last. It’s of one of his roomies earlier on in the day.

P.S. This marks the first day of National Blog Posting Month. I shall be gracing the blog with posts every day this month. Thanks to Tabitha for the inspiration.

Question: How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions this year?

Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 22)

October 8th, 2010 · · 7 Quick Takes (Fridays), In Passing, Lists, New Thing(s) of the Week, The Grind, the not so single life 7 comments - Tags: , ,


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One of my closest friends lost her brother this week. It has me aching for her and her family. She and I lived together for three years, went to high school and college together. Our families ask about each other every time we meet up. My parents think of her as a daughter. He used to visit us in college and take us out for Valentine’s Day. All my memories of him are fond and joyful. Last time I saw him was August 8 and like everyone in his family, he gives great hugs. I wish there was something I can do to alleviate the family’s pain.

Life is fleeting. Live and love hard.


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I’m feeling a little tore up. Here’s what my schedule looked like for the past week. It’ll explain why.

Last Friday: Worked 9am – 10pm. We hosted that conference. 5 hours of sleep.

Saturday: Worked/hosted a conference: 7am – 10pm. 4 hours of sleep.

Sunday: Worked /hosted a conference: 7am – 2pm. 5pm-7pm: shopped for Alan’s birthday.

Monday: Worked 9am-5pm.

Tuesday: Worked 9am-5pm. 6pm-8pm: Baked a pretty cake shaped like a big Oreo for birthday boy. 12am: Birthday breakfast/dinner. 5 hours of sleep.

Wednesday: Worked 9am-5pm. 7:30pm: Birthday dinner with Alan and his parents. 10pm: Out for birthday drinks with Alan & his roomies. 1 hour of sleep? If that?

Thursday: Worked 9am-5pm. 8pm: Group birthday dinner for Alan. 10pm-1am out for drinks again.

And here we are. I slept through my alarm but still made it on time for work. I’m feeling tore up.


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Some pictures from his birthday:

I must add, I’m so very happy he was born.


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Alan’s new place is really close to downtown so we’ve been extra good about taking cabs when we go out instead of recruiting a designated driver. The increase of cab use has widened my experience with cabbies. It used to be just a holiday experience. In the last two months I’ve come across two creepy cabbies. One was a leering creep and the other one was blatantly inappropriate. He went as far as mentioning how women should be so lucky and grateful to sexually service men. In hindsight, we should have grabbed his information but each time we just huffed and puffed (we meaning me and the other girl in both cases) and stormed out.

These newer experiences reminds me of the other pervy creeps running rampant on the dirty side of Sixth St. I don’t frequent the dirty side of Sixth St anymore as it’s a younger crowd and truly just dirty. However, I’ve frequented it often enough to know that when you go out with just girls or if you happen to be separate temporarily, it’s alarming how many gropers will sneak feels and flee.

I’ve newly resolved to throw more scenes and be more vocal and quick to act.


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Yesterday, a nice German man thought he could pick me up by telling me he likes Asia and that he knows someone from Bangkok. He was serious, too. And truly, he was a nice guy. Just misguidedly offensive.


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I had my first experience with absinthe this week. Tasted like black licorice. It was actually delicious for the first few sips but is too empowering a flavor for me to order regularly. Not that it’s a drink you see on the menu regularly anyhow.


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Have you heard about the It Gets Better Campaign? If you haven’t you’re missing out.

Here’s my favorite campaign video.


Question: How do you like to relax?

I need a dietary cleanse.

September 19th, 2010 · · Girl Eats World, Photographs, pursuit of happiness, The Grind, the not so single life 9 comments - Tags: , ,

It’s not a secret that one of my biggest vices is junk food. Last week, in an effort to not eat out so I can pay off my credit card bill as I do every month (If you’re just tuning it, I had car trouble last month which threw a wrench into my monthly spending), I brought chips and sandwiches for lunch. My sandwich to chips proportion were equal. Then at home, I’d snack on Doritos on the couch. Luckily, it was a short week and I didn’t eat at home for dinner every night. Anyway, I totally overdid it on the chips all week. And aside from the salad Alan cajoled me to eat during our date night last week, I can’t remember the last time I ate something green.

This past weekend, I went to a small town with Alan for a wedding. We stayed up late Friday and Saturday night and small town eats do not cater to night owls. We ended up watching TV in the wee hours of the morning in bed and eating bags and bags and bags of chips. We even took a romantic stroll down the hall to the vending machine to load up at 2 a.m. It was fantastically fun in a juvenile and guilty pleasure kind of way at the time, but now my body is begging me to eat something good for me.

Instead of sandwiches and chips (one last month of tight purse strings), I bought bananas, yogurt, cheeses, and nuts to bring for lunch. I always know when I’ve gone too far in my terrible eating habits when my body is SCREAMING for something nutritional and/or unprocessed, and maybe even green. It’s really embarrassing that I let it get this bad. Once I over did it on the junk food eating (my entire diet for months was different shades of brown), that my body was craving nutrients as soon as possible. I was in the middle of a night time job and couldn’t leave, so I got the only thing nutritional we had in our vending machine, something I find absolutely disgusting normally. A V8. Tomato juice! I gulped that sucker down and couldn’t get it down fast enough.

Yuck. V8′s. I’m not that desperate yet, but I’m getting there.

I’m 27 years old. I should get my eating in control. This is unacceptable.

P.S. The wedding was beautiful. Here are a few photos.




Question: What are your vices?