Two Things

Spam Musubis from Marie's potluck party, December 2008

1. Punahou Carnival Post from Pomai -> The MALASSADAS look so good.

::weepies::

It's chilly in NYC tonight.

I hope dad bought extra and popped some in the freezer for my next trip back :D

2. I've had The Supremes, "Where Did Our Love Go," on repeat this whole weekend. But now I've moved on. I tend to do things like that. Listen to one song over and over again for any period of time ranging from two days to three months. Then move to another, fondly storing the old in the back of my mind.

As a result, I am not familiar with many songs. But those I know, I know very well. On repeat now: Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" I might actually like the Bette Midler version a touch more.

"Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is"

Hope your weekend was as lovely as mine ^_^

FuerzaBruta and Some Pizza

FuerzaBruta, Friday Performance

How can it already be Sunday night? The weekends are much too short! These past two days involved what felt like non-stop dancing from Friday to Sunday evening. Dancing in all settings. Theatre. Broadway Studio. Club. Classroom Studio. My apartment - does that count? ;) It feels fantastic to move.

I studied a good deal of modern dance in college. And then stopped once I graduated and moved to NYC. I didn't realize just how much I missed dancing until a few months ago. We're bringing it all baacck.

Photos from Friday's performance of FuerzaBruta with Robyn, Diana, and Lee Anne.

The interactive show involved a good deal of standing, moving, and dancing.

Theater meets acrobatics. With awesome music (thanks for the CD, Diana! :)

The show concludes with a little surprise involving a good deal of water. We left very happy and soaking wet. Stomachs craving something greasy and satisfying, we strolled our dripping selves in the cold down to Artichoke. Pizza time.

One Sicilian pie to go...back to my apartment, conveniently around the corner. Thank you, Lee Anne for venturing back out to pick up the pie!

Oh! Oh man, have you guys see the movie, A Christmas Story? You must have! Anyways, remember the leg lamp? Well. They HAVE THE LAMP at Artichoke. How crazy is that. Robyn and Diana each caught a separate shot of me in utter awe. The lamp is. So. Awesome.

We stuffed our faces. Fiddled with my hat collection. And did, you know, stuff.

More food to follow soon...

Artichoke Basille's Pizza and Brewery
328 E 14th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-2004

Itzy Bitzy in February

It's just past midnight. I am home. And cannot put down these macarons. I am biased, but at least that is disclosed, right? ;)

Mitzy's new flavours for the month:

Chocolate-Strawberry Macaron

Champange Macaron

Earl Grey Macaron

Mango Macaron

Coffee Macaron

Chocolate-Hazelnut Macaron

Mitzy also brought by a few little bites...Chocolate Sables and...

...crazy, crazy good Cheese Shortbread. Neither are for sale yet, but eye candy never hurt anyone ;)

That song I mentioned this morning is still stuck in my head. Stuck in a good way. I don't think I could ever tire of it, especially these few lines...

"...I've got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad..."

So catchy!

Steph is off to Berkeley and Hawai'i tomorrow - have a safe flight and good luck with interviews :) Steph: if you hear someone singing in the middle of the night, that would be me in the next room over, sleep-singing. Thank you for knitting me that awesome hat. It keeps me warm when you tell me the wrong weather report. Which you often do. Eat lots of malassadas when you're home, please.