where is fruit by the foot when you need it?

      new years' eve was lovely. nicole and i went to madison and 5th (and blew roughly $50 each on crab cakes, spinach and ricotta gnocchi, pumpkin risotto, and pomegranate martinis. worth it. WORTH IT.), and celebrated the countdown at blue chalk cafe. they were giving out free glasses of (surprisingly decent) champagne. i sang Journey - Don't Stop Believin' at the top of my lungs when it came on. we danced well past the point of perspiration. kai picked me up at 2a. and my countdown kiss? why, that's a secret i'll NEVER tell! i couldn't resist bringing Gossip Girl into the entry :) all in all, a wonderful start to 2008.

      since drinking was kept to a minimum, the following morning wasn't spent nursing a hangover until 4p. elaine and i feasted at buck's for breakfast (word to the wise: get on their croissant french toast as soon as you can). then i went on a borders spree with a christmas gift card. 8 books should sustain me through the 21 hours i will spend either on the plane or at the various airports.

      mara and i went to the city for dim sum and shopping and we found this:



      i went to sacramento again to visit nichole. we ate wonderful food, visited her mom's studio (she takes AMAZING photographs. amazing.), and watched "the namesake", which i am now in love with and curious to read the book. this photo's from a different artist at the studio, but the sculpture fascinated me. you can't see it, but there's a lock over her crotch and no key in sight.



      ho hum. one week until i leave the country. until then, it's packing, seeing the last of you randoms, and convincing my mother to buy me a new camera. the one i've had since early high school has a lens problem, again, and the last time i went to get it fixed, it cost me $150. the canon powershot sd1000 is $180 including tax and works beautifully. hmmm!

      time for chocolate consumption in front of the television.