Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend in DC...lots of food, lots of family, and lots of Wii. Wii is the most fun video game system I've ever played, and we spent a lot of time at Uncle Reza's place playing tennis, ski jump, yoga, baseball, bowling and more on the Wii. It really is addictive!

Now we are back in Atlanta relaxing and preparing for the long week ahead. Can't we stay on vacation a little longer?

Missing all of our friends and family that we didn't get to see this weekend. Can't wait to see you soon.

Here are a few pics from the weekend:

Almost Thanksgiving

Arya told me that I haven't been updating my blog often enough. I am shocked...shocked! I didn't think he read it! Aw, I have the cutest little brother.

We are heading up to DC tomorrow afternoon, and staying at Uncle Reza's house until Saturday. I'm thrilled. Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday, mostly because it's stress free (no, of course I'm not cooking, why do you ask?), we get to eat delicious food (my auntie Lis's famous stuffing), lounge around all day, and then go to a movie. This is Nathan's first Thanksgiving with the Heidari/Emami family, and I hope he enjoys it as much as I clearly will.

More updates from DC, and Thanksgiving pics, to come!

Yeah, Baby!

On Saturday, Patricia and I spent most of the day (after a brunch at Food 101), shopping for cute items for Brooke's baby shower, which is in a few weeks. I have to say, that while looking at baby clothes and blankets and pacifiers was really adorable, it also emphasized to me that I'm not quite ready to embark on that big step just yet. I'm just thrilled to have friends who are having babies so that I can play with them instead.

How cute is the whale theme on this onesie?

Also, Carolyn just announced that she's pregnant with baby #2! So, little Hadley is going to have a younger brother or sister. I'm so excited to see her, as well as pregnant Jenny (and of course the other, not pregnant girls) in Charlottesville this February.

Short work week! I'm so excited for Thanksgiving.

Bonjour!

Yesterday I got my hair cut and lowlighted at Dragonfly, a gorgeous new salon in west midtown. Holly has cut my hair once before, and I just think she is amazing.

I feel so French with my shorter, darker hair. I keep saying that, too. tres chic, oui oui, ca va, mon cherie, bonjour!

Now I just need some red lipstick.

Water, Water, Everywhere...

I feel like I start every post with "we had such a busy week" but really, this past weekend was insane.

Friday Night: One Midtown Kitchen and the 'World Financial Crisis Party' at Patricia and Josh's place.

Saturday Morning: Brae and Seth were in town for Brae's Zooma Race (she developed this women's race series after quitting her law firm job). The race was on Sunday, and I volunteered to help out with packet pick-up on Saturday.

Saturday early afternoon: Call from Nathan. The apartment is partially flooded. My darling husband left a nalgene bottle to fill up on our fridge door, and quickly forgot about it. It overflowed for 45 minutes and left a huge wet patch in our dining room area.

Saturday afternoon-evening: UNC crowd over for Football AND basketball games.

Saturday night: Dinner at Trois.

Sunday, 5:45am: Wake up and head out to Volunteer at the Zooma race! Here's what it looked like when we first got there:

Not only dark, but cold too!

Here we are after the sun came out at the finish line. It was a great time, and Brae did an amazing job. Almost 2,000 people ran!

Sunday afternoon: To the mall to finish up wedding registry stuff

Sunday evening: I cooked Zereshk Polo for Seth, Brae, Erica Buxton, and her sister. And guess what? It was good! Maybe the best I've ever made it (I'm proud of myself!).

Today I took the series 53 exam (passed, thankfully), and got my haircut (and dyed dark!), and just want to pass out now. More to come tomorrow.

Red Shoes

Despite having an extremely busy work day, I'm happy today, for several reasons (one of them is a secret, for now!). The other is my new red shoes. Really, I think patent leather red shoes were put on this earth to make you feel like a little girl again, or maybe a little girl's doll. Not to mention that I got them at J.Crew during some sort of freakish sale that allowed me to buy these $138 shoes for $40.

It was meant to be.

Sunday Morning

Nathan went to UNC for Homecoming this weekend, so I've had a few days to myself to study for my upcoming series 53 exam, catch up on reading, and have a girls night. Last night I watched TWO Romantic Comedies plus Good Will Hunting. It was wonderful.

This morning I took a walk to get some coffee...it's such a pretty Fall day, I had to take a few pictures.

How gorgeous is this little apartment building?



I think Firefighters live in this house.

Voting

What a big day!

The wait to vote was about an hour and a half, which wasn't too bad.



I am now a Georgia Voter...never thought I'd say that!

Arts and Crafts

Nathan and I had a very busy Sunday. First, we had our usual breakfast trip to Alon's (our favorite bakery) for a gruyere scone and a poppyseed danish, and iced coffees. Delicious!

Then, a slightly stressful trip to Macy's to return our entire wedding china set, which we found out was defective. I was so sad to return my Kate Spade pattern, and was not looking forward to picking out a new one. Of course, my wonderful husband convinced me to get over it, and our china search was underway. It only took a few hours to find a new china set, and I love it!

Our other big Sunday to-do was a little arts and crafts project. Our friends Abbey and Doug, with whom we went to the Halloween Party, accidentally left a part of Doug's costume at our place at the end of the night. So, rather than return the item to Doug (not fun), Nathan thought up the idea of creating a ransom note to slip under their door (Fun!).

The exchange is happening tonight. He'd better come alone, or the pants will get hurt!