May 30th, 2010

Ashley and I decided to head out to the Strawberry Festival out in Pungo on Sunday. As you can see, there isn't anything strawberry-related about these photos, and because it was sooo hot.. we decided to skip the strawberry picking. We had a pleasant lunch there, though! :)

May 29th, 2010

[Party favors I put together]

[Some of the food]

[The beginning of Baby Joshua's College Fund]

[Birthday cupcakes for my Ariston who will soon be 2!]

[The CAKE!!! Best cake ever from Jaime's bakery... it's the almond and strawberry heaven cake I mentioned some photos-a-day back in March!]

[Homemade sangria!]

[The parents-to-be!]

[Baby shower games!]

[Here's the Mama-to-be opening gifts!]

[The family singing Happy Birthday to Aris!]

This past week has been a busy one because I've been planning a baby shower for my sister and her husband, Jose! It's been a lot of fun gathering all the decorations, planning games, and buying gifts! I can't wait to meet little Baby Joshua!

May 20th, 2010

Thursday night was taco night! And for dessert... fried ice cream! Natalie's recipe was simply A-MAZ-ING!!! I love getting together with these girls... we share stories and laugh like there's no tomorrow. :)

May 17th, 2010

I had a nice solo lunch at Tropical Smoothie. Because things have been quite busy lately, I have found having solo lunches while doing homework or reading have actually been quite soothing for me.

May 13th, 2010

On this afternoon, Tara, Bobby, and I had ice cream at Doumar's. I tried to capture a photo of Mr. Doumar himself who was showing how the original cone machine works (which is still in use!) in an interview. He is the cutest, littlest old man!

May 9th, 2010

I got a cupcake at Baked & Wired at Georgetown after brunch! [Georgetown Cupcake had the craziest line of life]. I got the Karen's birthday cupcake and it was absolutely delightful! You all must try it if you can! ;)

I hope all the moms out there had a great Mother's day! I thought it was lucky to find a Mama Duck and her ducklings on the Georgetown canal on Mother's Day! :)

Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy! And happy birthday to my Nanay! Love and miss you both! ♥

May 7th, 2010

I enjoyed a lovely evening with Sarah and Eirene in DC! I've missed them!

The last two photos are in Co Co Sala... it was chocolate heaven! A little too sweet for my taste, but a treat nonetheless! :)

May 6th, 2010

Because I had some time off from school (one week, ehh?), I decided to get away from home and pay a visit to my old home, Arlington. I made it just in time for Eirene's birthday dinner! We went to Bon Chon in Annandale (they specialize in Korean Fried Chicken... it was heaven! Very similar to my recipe... teehee!) ... Followed by bing soo for dessert! :) I was so exhausted after dinner (as you can see above), but it felt real nice to indulge and be in the company of good friends!

Happy birthday, Eirene! So glad I got to celebrate with you!

May 5th, 2010

Cinco de Mayo at Guadalajara's Town Center!

April 28th, 2010

Tara, months back you were wondering what my photo(s) would be for April 28th... and well, they're all of your birthday celebration!!! ;)

Tara decided to have an animal-themed birthday dinner (she's so young at heart! I love it!), and it was just a lot of fun! Tara was a sheep (Tara is to sheep what I am to birds) and I was supposed to be a bird, but I ended up looking more like a Native American, haha! I had a blast Tara! I hope you enjoyed all your birthday celebrations!!! :)

April 27th, 2010

Not to brag, but my chicken adobo just keeps getting better and better! :)

April 16th, 2010

[Best picture of Jeremy and April, haha!]

This ended up to be a very fun night which started off with a late dinner at Gordon Biersch!

April 13th, 2010

At Buffalo Wild Wings for their Tuesday Night special! Yummmm!

April 9th, 2010

I apologize for the unintended hiatus! April ended up being a pretty crazy month, but I certainly have no complaints. I'm just glad to have a week off from school because now I feel I can catch up on all the things I didn't have time to do in the past, like update this blog! I guess these three weeks worth of photos will show you just what I've been up to!

Pizza and wine night! This was post-zumba and Natalie and I were super excited about our Domino's Pizza (happy, Jose?!) Their new recipe, by the way, is deeelish! ;)

March 28th, 2010

My sister, brother-in-law, and I decided to take a day trip to Williamsburg. This was my first time in Williamsburg in about a year and a half, and I was just overcome with nostalgia. We weren't there for that long, so we didn't get to see a lot of my favorite places, but my sister insisted we stop at the Cheese Shop because she had a craving for their sandwiches. I'm hoping to make more trips there, especially now that it's Spring. I honestly think Williamsburg is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever lived.

March 23rd, 2010

My gym buddies and I decided to indulge in b-dub wings and ice cream, rather than head to the gym! I certainly didn't complain ;)

March 12th, 2010

Ashley's ice cream party! She was such a great hostess, and she and Andrew have the most adorable home! Just check out the beautiful spread and all the wonderful toppings! My orange sherbet sticks out like a sore thumb, haha!

All of us at the end of the night... of course, we should've taken the picture at the beginning of the night when we weren't stuffed with pita and hummus, ice cream, and s'mores. I just love how we all got so dressed up too! Oh, fun! :)

March 11th, 2010

Home-made Orange Sherbet! Mmmmmm.... it was a creamsicle delight! :) I've had this ice cream maker in my house the entire time, and only thought to make ice cream now (well, Ashley's ice cream party really prompted the idea)! Hopefully it won't be the last time ;)

March 10th, 2010

I love my arugula salad!

March 7th, 2010

Now, I know that Kin's Wok was my photo-a-day before, but I don't really care. Rewarding myself with Kin's Wok take-out was my motivation to go to my Biostats review session. It was worth it.