Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
a fall full of festivals
lake merrit
The post title says it all, really. Our first fall in Oakland has been full of holiday festivities. The trees up here are full and bright, dripping down leaves of crunchy orange on all the side walks. I was in Sacramento for work the other week and there were literally piles of leaves in front of quaint houses. It's so picturesque! Leaves turn colors in Long Beach, too, but for some reason up here it feels like a whole new world of autumn. It's been made even more wholesome (yes, there is something more wholesome than piles of leaves) by the events we've shared with our friends up here.
Karva Chauth
My first Karva Chauth! I wasn't going to fast at first but then decided to do it at the last minute. I ate nothing but a Jamba Juice smoothie all day and let me tell you, I was grumpy as all hell. Ric surprised me at home with treats and bits 'n bobs he got me from the Indian store in celebration of Karva Chauth. I love that fella. For dinner we went to House of Curries, our local Indian haunt. When we first moved to Oakland, we ate there 3x a week because we had yet unpacked everything.
My first Karva Chauth! I wasn't going to fast at first but then decided to do it at the last minute. I ate nothing but a Jamba Juice smoothie all day and let me tell you, I was grumpy as all hell. Ric surprised me at home with treats and bits 'n bobs he got me from the Indian store in celebration of Karva Chauth. I love that fella. For dinner we went to House of Curries, our local Indian haunt. When we first moved to Oakland, we ate there 3x a week because we had yet unpacked everything.
Diwali
Our wonderful friends totally made our first Diwali away from home so memorable! At first I was going to do a big Diwali blow out and once I started planning, I started experience acute planning fatigue. What could be bringing this on? OH WAIT THATS RIGHT I PLANNED A 300 PERSON WEDDING THIS YEAR. I embarrassingly changed the E-vite to a cocktail party theme and swallowed my disappointment. Cue friends to the rescue! Val brought fireworks from Pacifica and everyone was super interested in the story of Diwali (for which I used the YouTube video below). It was such a magical night.
After our cozy Diwali celebration on Sunday, our neighbors had a proper Diwali pooja on Monday night. It was wonderful to feel the commonality with other people practicing my religion. I'm so happy that we have religiously-active neighbors!
Friendsgiving
Val and Miguel took the lead on Friendsgiving this year, our first one in the Bay Area! They set up at Dolores Park and really went all out. We had such an amazing spread! I brought 4 bottles of chilled champagne, obvi. After the picnic we went back to their new apartment in the Mission and drank it up. I accidentally had (hopefully*) dog poop on my shoes and stank up the whole house. But it was Friendsgiving so even though I was a stink bomb, my friends had to love me anyway. MUHAHAHA.
Val and Miguel took the lead on Friendsgiving this year, our first one in the Bay Area! They set up at Dolores Park and really went all out. We had such an amazing spread! I brought 4 bottles of chilled champagne, obvi. After the picnic we went back to their new apartment in the Mission and drank it up. I accidentally had (hopefully*) dog poop on my shoes and stank up the whole house. But it was Friendsgiving so even though I was a stink bomb, my friends had to love me anyway. MUHAHAHA.
Holiday Cocktails
Next month Claire and Kasey are hosting Holiday Cocktails in lieu of a Christmas celebration... stay tuned!
Next month Claire and Kasey are hosting Holiday Cocktails in lieu of a Christmas celebration... stay tuned!
Friday, November 1, 2013
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