do you like to fly?

I stated posting my “flying” pictures here.  If you have any great ones, do share :)

I rode an elephant!

I had the opportunity to actually ride one of these gentle and majestic animals.  Notice, this one is a female (no tusks).

feeling crafty or political?

This site lets you download your very own do-it-yourself finger-puppets of Obama, Clinton, or McCain. Just download, cut and fold, and you can have a candidate in your pocket.

from the super playful and life-loving author/artist SARK

I’m actually half my age

According to this fun test, which asks questions about your health & lifestyle, my body has only aged six months for each birthday I’ve celebrated.

I’ve got lots to do in the next 22,400 days…

gem sweaterologist, leslie hall

“line these pants with crisco, when i dance the disco” -leslie hall
I love gem sweaters as much as the next girl.  In fact, every holiday I scour the thrift store isles for that so-kitschy-it’s-fabulous sweater to put over leggings and rock to the ugly-sweater holiday party.  But by late December, the ‘good ones’ have already [...]

as promised, Carnaval video is live

I’m not too happy with the video quality after being formatted (in iMovie) for internet streaming. This video looks so much better on my computer. But you can still get an idea for the magnitude of happiness and beauty encompassed in Carnaval.

Video ends at 3:52.

great party theme

Last night my friend Nick and I came up with a great idea for a themed party.  All you need to have is fun friends with good taste in music (and access to a CD burner).  Oh, and also good speakers.  Here are the rules:1. Everyone brings an anonymous mixed CD of 8 songs.  The only thing [...]

the first time I’ve stepped into a photo booth since 1997. last night was the facebook holiday party at bay meadows (yes, the horse track). I’m severely allergic to horses, so I was a bit concerned about going. Luckily, it was all inside a building and the only horses were those in [...]

studio 54

I love themed parties. this one was particularly fun.

being a girly girl

kiira, ryan, and myself getting sculpted at the brow bar

newly shaped brows give me more attitude, no?

a new website for crafty ones

all my pictures (post 1999) are digital, and now scrapbooks are too.
I came across scrapblog.com today, played around, and made this in literally under 5 minutes, without even creating an account:

I LOVE scrap booking, but I haven’t had the time/energy/momentum to actually do so since I was 16. this site is fun, extremely [...]

lo voglio (I want it)

every time I get a ticket, I’m one day closer to selling my stupid car and buying a vespa.

rejuvenated

Just got back from a 3.5-day, no-phone, no-internet, romantic get-away slash birthday present from and with Jeff. We went to Miami to visit our friends Roger and David then rented a convertible and headed south for the keys. David was generous enough to let us stay at his gorgeous vacation home on [...]

hair-cutting house-party

jeff’s studio turns into hair studio

scotty doing a number on jeff

I got my hair did too, but no pictures to capture the new ‘do.
Itamar & Jeff with our stylist Scotty.

great searches that have led to my blog

wordpress has a feature that allows bloggers to view traffic stats. They include fun things like a graph of page views overtime, most clicked links, the source of incoming traffic, and perhaps my favorite– search engine terms that people used to find my blog.
I love reading the random, oftentimes outrageous, searches that lead people [...]

a very san francisco weekend

It started with a joint birthday party with my roommates on Friday. Our theme? Champagne and party dresses. We like seeing our girlfriends get all pretty.

I spent Saturday brunching on Fillmore street and reading books in Alta Plaza Park.

Saturday night we bravely ventured eagerly headed to the Misison for dive bars and hot [...]

blur anyone?

according to my blog stats, you guys really liked the last video.  until I learn how to make good videos (thinking new years resolution?), I’ll just keep sharing those I already have.  enjoy the lip-dubbing below, which occurred when I was left alone in the office…

PS: My Birthday is in 6 days!  I’m not even [...]

carrot cake

I wasn’t kidding when I said I was going to be a carrot for Halloween (costume party 1). These are one-of-a-kind homemade costumes. If you’re interested in dressing up as a vegetable for halloween, I’ll put you in touch with our costume designer.

V6: liisa, annie, katie, moi, priya, tara

use your vocab to feed hungry people!

freerice.com is a fun site that allows you to play vocabulary games for a great prize– feeding someone who’s hungry! The largest food aid agency, the United Nations World Food Program, distributes the rice to people in over 75 countries. The advertisers, who appear in unobtrusive thumbnails on the bottom of the screen, are [...]

surprise trip to Vegas!

For Jeff’s 25th last weekend, 11 of us arranged a surprise trip to Sin City.  He had NO idea where we were going when we packed into a limo after cocktails at Americano.  Even as we approached the airport, he thought we might just be picking someone up.  An hour and a half later, we [...]

And that’s how Lovefest was born

Once upon a time, yesterday, a ship originating from Africa and carrying lions and tigers and gorillas (oh my!) pulled into Pier 39 of San Francisco. The purpose was to bring these new creatures to a California zoo. However, one particular vicious and clever Gorilla escaped using his jedi mind tricks.
The gorilla, removed from his [...]

top five e-mail excerpts from today

My friends are pretty funny. I decided I would share some pieces of e-mails I received today. I’ve concealed names to protect identity/dignity.

Besides, I pretty much agree with you about g-o-d – our differences are only linguistic & pedantic. I just think the term god is useful as a generic term that means [...]

Friend breaks up with boyfriend, girls take trip to LA

What do you do when a friend gets out of a bad relationship? Bash the asshole who hurt her, then take her on a get-away where no one is allowed to say the jerk’s name.
I guess we should thank him for giving us a reason to travel to LA for a girl’s weekend of [...]

Why does Halloween have to be an excuse for girls to dress up like sluts?

I went to a Halloween Super Store this weekend and found it more depressing than super. I wandered through rows of poorly made, tacky, overpriced costumes for women. The first row of slutty professions– slutty librarian, slutty nurse, slutty french maid. The next row of slutty government jobs– slutty cop, slutty firefighter, [...]

the best of south carolina

Thank you, Miss Teen South Carolina, for substantiating the level of cultural fluency and intelligence of U.S. Americans to the rest of the world, especially in South Africa and the Iraq.

I don’t believe in "anti-hangover vodka"

Some things I believe in:- Dancing makes people happy. - I am a better dancer after 2 drinks. - I am a worse dancer after 3.Things I believed for a brief moment of time, mainly due to lack of knowledge and/or experience:- People want to buy you drinks, for the sole and authentic purpose of [...]

A picture tells a thousand words…

could this explain why asians get into better colleges?

Why I love Angry Craigslist Browsers

My friends and I recently placed a Craigslist ad for a driver. It read:
DRIVING MISS DAISY + 3 OF HER FRIENDS
Three lovely, wonderful ladies looking for private driver for this evening. Must be patient, have a sense of humor, and own car. Send picture, profile, and type of car. No weirdos/pervs need apply.
We received [...]