We are having a dessert buffet at work today. It’s kind of depressing how excited I am for this, but once I saw all the delicious things that everyone brought in, I realized I wasn’t even as excited as I should have been.
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| oreo cheesecakes |
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| chocolate covered oreos |
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| chocolate fondue…mmmm |
This is about to be me:
You can just call me Augustus Gloop.
We are going to Sausalito for supper, it’s one of my favourite little towns in the Bay area, and keeping it low key since we are off to LA this weekend. I officially finished my “cleanse” two days ago, so I’m super excited to eat pasta for the first time in almost a month!
It’s going to be just like this, with hopefully the exact same number of mustaches and accordions.
Merry Christmas!
I hope your Christmas is less this:
And more this:
The opera house was gorgeous, it was all marble and gold leaf everywhere. I almost took a picture of the bathroom vanity because I couldn’t remember the last time I had been in a public place with actual faucets, instead of the automatic kind, but I decided whipping out my camera in a public bathroom was at least awkward, or possibly ground for arrest.
We had planned on eating supper before the show, but we weren’t very hungry and decided to just get drinks and dessert.
My work Christmas party was last Thursday, and I seriously had so much fun. In the afternoon I joined a team for The Amazing Race: Honeybadger Edition, which was basically a scavenger hunt all around San Francisco where we had clues and challenges to figure out, and we had to try to make it back to the office in the shortest time.
We were literally running all over the city like crazy people, sweating in ugly sweaters, wrapped in Christmas lights and wearing reindeer antlers, and it was a lot of fun. The great thing about this city is that there are so many crazily dressed and insane people wandering around all the time, that nobody even gave us a second look, it was pretty funny.
Later that evening we had a big party with food, drinks, ice sculptures and karaoke, and it was a blast. I got to meet a bunch of new people at the company, and party with my fellow AC’s. I absolutely love karaoke, I used to go to karaoke all the time in Hawaii, but I haven’t been since we moved here and I missed it.
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| Honeybadger ice scuplture |
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| Oh Canada |
I will take literally any excuse to sing “Piano Man” at the top of my lungs. The night ended with me singing a stirring rendition of the Canadian national anthem with the 2 other Canucks that work in our office.
My ugly sweater was a casualty of the evening, I can’t find it anywhere. Apparently I am destined to be forced to to hunt down a new one every year.
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| SF at Christmas |
Skating was really fun, although they had “hockey skates” and I use the term loosely. They had absolutely no edge, and I kept waiting to crash head long into the boards and take 4 or 5 unlucky souls with me. I managed to stay upright but I really missed my picks, and regretted my decision not to bring my skates to California with me.
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| “A good skater can skate in anything”- Just Friends |
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| Trying not to die |
Here are few of my favourite things about this time of year:
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this week because it is basically going to be an epic lineup of fun-ness and joy. Plans for this week include ice skating, putting up our Christmas lights, and frolicking.
I am hopefully snuggled up in the snowy wilderness of the GWN right now, but Happy Thanksgiving to all my Amerrrrrrrcan friends.
A Specialty’s chocolate chip cookie and some sparkle to brighten your day. Perfection.
Since I flat out refuse to watch scary movies ever since the time I was dragged into the midnight showing of Hostel and found myself sitting with a stranger’s jacket over my head crying for two straight hours, I’ve had to make my own Halloween traditions.
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| Can you |
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| guess which |
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| pumpkin is |
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| mine? |
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| He should always wear that hair, it was amazing |
We started out at Bar None on Union St. and then made our way to Polk, and finished the night off on Fillmore, with a much needed stop at Extreme Pizza somewhere in there. This was my first time going out to the bars in San Francisco, and I had so much fun I’ll definitely be doing it again soon.
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| Our friend James doing the Gangnam Style dance for everyone on the street |
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| Love them |
Sunday was absolutely gorgeous, and as we were driving home I saw so many cute little restaurants, shops and farmers markets throughout the city. I am very excited to spend some more time exploring!
loveliness. 