Hi There! First off, beware of the Auburn Tigers you Alabama fans. I am a fan to be feared, haha! And how bout’ that fabulous designer jewelry of mine? These CBS wrist bands were passed out at the Auburn Bar in NYC last weekend, and they brought on some good luck!!

This was my attempt being serious; however, Stan kept making me laugh. I was not successfully in holding back a laugh and smile, the result was a “smirkish” look on my face. And I was anyway I was getting strange looks from other subway riders. Since I somewhat failed at my photo shoot, I’ve opted to stay behind the camera for the rest of this post, well almost all of it. The weekend quickly came to an end, and the week began. And now it is the weekend again, what in the world? The weather was beautiful most of this week, and the holiday spirit in the air is swarming around like crazy! I love it. Christmas windows are popping up. There are no longer pumpkins and mums at Whole Foods, but Christmas greens, rosemary trees, Panettone cakes (which I never really knew what was behind the box until I lived in Rome) and an abundance of apple mix cider and chestnuts. Ice skating at Rockefeller is open, and the line is growing. Tourists are swarming in. And you know, you just really want to be in the midst of the fun, well at for little bit. It is also nice to retreat home after a long and busy day. So for a little fun, I met a friend who graduated with me from architecture for a eventful day in the city.

We started off at the MoMA. Where we viewed the Abstract Expressionist exhibit, attended a walking lecture, and talked over a superb lunch of lentil soup, foccacia bread and espresso at Cafe2. 

I also learned how to make the perfect meringue for the top of a Thanksgiving Pie next week. So yes, the day at the museum was most definitely educational!! 

Later that afternoon we “subwayed” it down to the AIA NY offices to chat with the wonderful director there, Mr. Bell. We were lucky enough to meet in the winning design structure for Sukkah City 2010. I’d seen the 12 entries earlier this month on display in Union Square. However, the structures were closed off to the public because of liability reasons. So the fact we got to walk in, sit down and chat in the fabulous space was amazing, experiencing the space from the inside is fabulous!! 

And the cap off the fun. Sarah and I walked a couple of blocks, well actually about 20, to Eataly. We enjoyed a truly authentic Italian pasta dinner! 

Have a lovely weekend!! I will be back with a weekly roundUP soon!! xo

my weekend was fabulous. and yours? the weather was splendid here, except that the wind was killer. my birthday was fun. it ended with a just lovely on friday night. stan and i went to dinner at perry street. a fabulous jean-georges restaurant on perry @ wsh. my attire-a new j.crew brocade top from my mom. and my new fragrance decorated the air. at the restaurant, my dinner choice-the chef’s tasting menu. um…to die for goodness in your mouth! my dessert was even adorned with a candle. our waiter-from montgomery, al and went to auburn. smallworld.

saturday came quickly. my birthday high faded…i worked out hard after my BIG dinner. and made way to the au bar to watch the tigers stomp all over the razorbacks. war d*** eagle my fellow tiger friends. cam is part of the heisman talk, so i might just be in attendance to that announcement @ nyc’s nokia theater. just so you know…auburn’s got hard core fans in nyc. we cried “war eagle”, cheered until our voices faded, and chanted “it’s great to be an auburn tiger”. however, we didn’t roll times square. maybe for the iron bowl, after all it would be crazy convenient considering the charmin restrooms are nearby.

sunday i found myself on a long local train commute to church with a friend from san diego. the express train was not running. too bad i didn’t have the chance to enjoy a subway jam session from these guys. instead i was lucky enough to enjoy three amigos and there mariachi band. it was lovely at 10 in the morning. i went to church here. it was spirit filled and full of passion for jesus. we talked about conflict resolution, “if we really want to be a community, that means there will be conflict. how do we deal with this in a loving, Christ-like way?” we prayed for our city. we prayed for it’s believers. and we prayed for a spirit-filled world. the holy spirit was alive and well.

then ali took me to lunch for a late birthday. we went to a favorite: the hummus place. i have officially visited every location in the city now, i do believe. then we went for a longggggggg walk along riverside drive and the west side waterfront. beautiful. we were fully aware of god’s amazing creation that surrounded us, and completely swept away from the craziness city life. we found ourselves surrounded by green trees, the rocky banks of the hudson and a million bikers/walkers/runners/precious families.

god i thank you for a beautiful weekend. your grace is enough. all the good gifts we enjoy in our daily lives affirm your love for us.

The other night we ventured out to the new Citi Field Baseball Park to get a little does of Major League Baseball {MLB}. The extent of my baseball roots goes back to to weekend family trips to Atlanta to see the Braves play. Or perhaps my Braves roots go even deeper and I just was not aware of it? After all, I did dress up as a player (along with my brother) one year for Halloween. Was I that big of a fan, or did I just look up to my brother so much that it was a “no option out” decision? Well this weekend I got my baseball fix again, the Mets were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stan’s friend from high school is a Pirates pitcher, and was on the pitcher’s mound for this game. We enjoyed the cool weather, $5 steep coke prices, and the company of new friends for me…