Cutie Emily

Emily is a Golden Retriever and she's also my cousin. I think she's super cute! We've been friends since she was a puppy. I was happy to see her and her Mom, Susie, last week. Like most Golden Retrievers, she's very obliging. :) Still, I think she got a little annoyed with me for taking her picture so much. I just can't resist!

I'm so happy to have a cutie dog cousin!

Holiday

I didn't take that many photos during the holidays but I managed to capture a few moments. Sarah and Nathan gave us Wii Olympics for Christmas. It's really funny to watch people play:

Raf wanted to take a few Christmas-y pictures.

Merry Christmas Babies

Merry Christmas everyone! I thought I'd celebrate with a few cutie winter babies. :)

Don't you love Knut?

Celtics

Raf and I went out in the snowy snow to see the Celtics play the Chicago Bulls Friday night. I love going to Celtics games! Basketball is fun to watch and there's also cool lights, effects, and entertainment.The garden is really cool. Raf got us great seats! Can you see the 2008 flag?I like the criss-cross pattern of the court. Of, course I like watching the players too! I love Kevin Garnett. :)They won! :)Now I want to go again!

Muqueca

Muqueca is a Brazilian restaurant in Inman Square. It's one of my favorite places to eat. The food is amazing. Rafael and I ate there on a weeknight a few weeks ago. Unfortunately it was dark so I didn't get a great photo of the outside.

The inside is warm and cozy. It was a weeknight so it wasn't busy, but on weekends it's hard to get a table.We had fried yucca. We loved it. I also had a beautiful blueberry and papaya smoothie called "Passion Blue."For dinner we had fish Moqueca. It's a simple stew made with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and fish. It's light and full of flavor. It's one of my favorite things to eat.We also had fried plantains that were delicious. Raf and I never miss an opportunity to eat fried plantains. :)They people who work there are very sweet. They gave me this cute magnet which I was very happy about because I have a magnet collection:

The next day I did a lot of indoor gardening. :)

Christmas Tree Farm

I'm not really that into Christmas, but I love Christmas tree farms! I really like Sidmore's in Deerfield (where Mom lives) because it's so beautiful. Mom was so nice to take me there a few weeks ago. It has a lovely view of a lake:
And lots of pretty trees that smell great!We didn't actually get a tree, but I liked this one:The farm has some animals too. This cutie came to visit us:And this cow was a little shy but I finally got a picture:There were lots of pretty wreaths:I like the one Mom picked.So does Bruno the crazy man:

Pho Pasteur

Raf and I went out for lunch at Pho Pasteur in Chinatown yesterday. I had a stomach ache so pho seemed like the perfect meal. It was a super good, warm, and cozy lunch. I kind of want to go back today. ha. I had vegetarian pho which had lots of veggies, tofu, cilantro, and vermicelli noodles in broth. It's served with bean sprouts, basil, and lime on the side. It's so delicious. I also added ginger sauce and kimchi (which my stomach didn't like very much) which made it even better. Raf had pork with veggies and a mango smoothie. Raf loves mango. :)Here is another view where you can see the noodles. We also had fresh rolls. They were delicious too. :)

New Purple Things

Yesterday I went shopping and bought two of my favorite things: pens and a sweatshirt. I'm so excited because they're both my favorite color - purple!
I really like how purple is so popular this season. There are so many good purple options! This sweatshirt, from H&M, is reversible. One side is fuzzy like a teddy bear and the other has butterflies. I think I'm going to wear the fuzzy side out. I love it and it's really cuddly. :) I'm wearing it today. Of course I always love office supplies and having them in purple makes them even more fun. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Birthday Cake

I was very lucky this year because Mom and Rafael surprised me with two birthday cakes! They're both from Coldstone and they're both super extra delicious! I love everything from Coldstone, don't you?
They got me two because I gave them two flavors to choose from, I think. They are Cake Batter Confetti (left) and Strawberry Passion (right). I really like how my name is written in chocolate. I still have about half of each left, so I'm happy to say I'll be eating them for awhile! (Don't worry - Raf is helping.)

Here is everyone who came to celebrate my birthday with me:
Thanks for coming dudes! And thanks for the cakes Mom and Raf!

String of Pearls

I love succulents and I think this string of pearls plant is really cool. Do you remember this picture from this post? It's been doing a lot of growing which is so exciting to me! Look at how long it is now!Unfortunately, I'm never home at the time of day with the nice sunlight like the first picture this time of year, but I really wanted to show you how much it grew! So cool!

Sad Day/Cozy Outfit

Yesterday was a very sad day at work. Six people were laid off or transferred to other divisions including everyone else who worked for my boss and my friend Katie. It was really sad saying goodbye and I'm going to miss them all very much. I put this outfit on before I knew what was going to happen, but it did make me feel a little better during the day. I think that if I like my outfit it always makes my day a little better.
My cozy sweatshirt (jcrew) is fuzzy inside and I love my lavender scarf (h&m). I like my new dark jeans (express) too, they're very comfortable. I love my skull and butterfly sneakers too. I forgot I had them for awhile. I love wearing cute sneakers. I think I'm going to wear these all weekend. :)
Raf and I ate comfort food at Bukowski in Inman Square last night. The macaroni and cheese was delicious. I had too many margaritas... ugh. I hope everyone from work who had to leave will find new things to do that they're excited about. I hope I'll be able to stay, but I really don't know. :(

Dunkin Green Tea and Mochi

I think I would like Dunkin Donuts in Asia. I read about their new stores in China on Boston.com today.
They sell green tea lattes...

...And a variety of green tea donuts, one of which is mochi! I love green tea flavored foods and I love mochi (a rice paste). I think there are other flavors of "mochi rings" like black sesame and red bean too.

Wouldn't you love to eat this donut?

Los Enanitos Verdes

Rafael and I went to see Los Enanitos Verdes at the Paradise in Allston last night. It was super fun!
They are a band from Argentina that Raf has liked for a long time. I like them a lot too. Everyone was really excited!

We had fun waiting for the show to start too. I had fun with my straight hair. :)
They played lots of songs everyone knew. Raf has videos that he's going to put on his blog.

Aquarium

Raf and I went to the aquarium yesterday to check out the cuties. Just look at these jelly fish!We saw lots of cool animals. I felt like fish paparazzi!I thought Sarah would like these lovey penguins:We got to hold starfish in the tide pool section. The water was really cold!Mom loves this eel. We saw 3 of them!This picture was inspired by Susie, only she got to hold the real octopus!Raf was cute with the penguins.He really liked the sharks!