I will update again later!!
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Updated Pictures
I have added a few pictures from my family being here in Atlanta!! Please see the pictures in the folder "Christmas 2005."
I will update again later!!
I will update again later!!
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Compound
Oh my goodness... the hardest part about going 2 weeks between blogs is I have to think so hard as to what I did the week before!! I have been sitting here for about 30 minutes trying to get my thoughts together as to what all I did!!
On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays I have a pretty good routine going. Monday is spent in dance class and with my small group. Tuesdays I go to Aiko with Chris and the past two weeks we met up with Micah and Tory as well as a few other people. The normal Wednesday routine is Mako's and Tongue & Groove.
Last Friday I went out with Carrie to Moondogs and Hole in the Wall. For a while that was the place we were hanging out but we hadn't been there in about two months. It was definitely interesting because there were a ton of Santa Clauses there and a lot of them wanted to talk with Carrie and me. It was very funny being surrounded by men in red suits!!
Last Saturday after work I met up with Chris and Daniel to go out to Moondogs and then Mako's. Some of Daniel's friends came out with us as well. One of his friends was Brooke. We were both quite tired that night so instead of dancing and her and I had a lot of fun hanging out and chatting.
On Sunday Victor got us tickets from a friend, Alex, to a Thrashers hockey game so he, Carrie, Victor (friend of my friend Victor - the same guy that is in the birthday pictures from Victor's birthday - confusing right :) ) and I met up with Alex and a friend of his at the Phillip's Arena. Alex works at the CNN Center which is a part of Phillip's Arena and he is able to get tickets to any game that he wants to. We had really good seats behind the goal. There was a lot of good fights and the game went to a shoot out in overtime. We had a lot of fun!!
This past week I have taken off from work. I had extra days and if I don't take them before the end of the year I lose them. So, Tuesday afternoon I went with my friend Brian to the new aquarium that was built here in Atlanta. The aquarium is absolutely beautiful!! It was a ton of fun to see all of the different fish from around the world. I was much more impressed than I thought I would have been!!
Wednesday this week was a little different than my normal. Chris came over and I made us some dinner and then we watched Nip/Tuck. I taped it using my DVR from the night before which is the best because I can fast forward the commercials!! It was the first time that I had watched the show but I Chris had watched it a few times before so he was able to explain the show to me... I am now hooked! After dinner we met up with Micah at Fox Sports Grill in then new Atlantic Station. Micah works there so we met up with him as he finished work and then he and Chris played pool until Tory showed up and then we went to our usual spots. Afterwards we went to a diner on 10th Street which ended up being quite interesting and a TON of drama. Chris's friend Rachel and her friend Celeste came with us and their personalities and Tory's personality collided. Their 'discussion' became so heated that all of the diner's staff were watching and at one point Micah and I ended up walking away from the table.
Thursday night Chris, Micah and I went to a Churchill Grounds, a jazz club right next to the Fox Theater. I LOVED IT!!! I will definitely go back there again! I have been waiting to go to a jazz club since I moved down. This one is in a beautiful old bar and the music was fabulous! Micah used to work there and says that some of the best jazz musicians go thru there. I can't wait to go back! After the jazz club we ended up back at Mako's. Chris and Micah know a lot of the people that work there so we always end up talking with everyone so now I am getting to know all the people that work there too!
On Friday Carrie and I went to a bar I hadn't been to before, East Andrews. The crowd here is a little more up scale than the places that I normally go but it was a refreshing change. I got a little more dressed up than usual and we had a blast!! We danced and I met someone who was from the Detroit area and had just moved down. He had gone to Central Michigan and had been to Bay City a few times so that was interesting. I also met a guy who could really dance so I had a lot of fun twirling around the dance floor with him!
On Saturday I took Carrie to Compound. She hadn't been there before and I hadn't been there in about five months. It is rated as the best night club in Atlanta and it was a lot of fun. Once again we met someone from Michigan... this guy was from Flint. He and Carrie hit it off pretty well and she spent most of the night talking with him. I had fun talking and dancing with the rest of his friend!! BUT, the most interesting part of the night was who else was there... Jesse Metcalf !!! I loved him when he played Miguel on the soap opera Passions but he is best know as the gardener on Desperate Housewives. And, to me he is just a beautiful in person as on TV!! Terrell Owens and his group was in the club as well and he said hi to me... it was cute!
Since I had all the time off I have been able to get some Christmas shopping in as well as run some errands and managed to find a little bit of time to relax! Today I am doing laundry at Victor's house. The next few days will be spend getting ready for my parents and brother to come into town!! I am very excited and can't wait to see them. They should be in sometime early Wednesday morning.
On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays I have a pretty good routine going. Monday is spent in dance class and with my small group. Tuesdays I go to Aiko with Chris and the past two weeks we met up with Micah and Tory as well as a few other people. The normal Wednesday routine is Mako's and Tongue & Groove.
Last Friday I went out with Carrie to Moondogs and Hole in the Wall. For a while that was the place we were hanging out but we hadn't been there in about two months. It was definitely interesting because there were a ton of Santa Clauses there and a lot of them wanted to talk with Carrie and me. It was very funny being surrounded by men in red suits!!
Last Saturday after work I met up with Chris and Daniel to go out to Moondogs and then Mako's. Some of Daniel's friends came out with us as well. One of his friends was Brooke. We were both quite tired that night so instead of dancing and her and I had a lot of fun hanging out and chatting.
On Sunday Victor got us tickets from a friend, Alex, to a Thrashers hockey game so he, Carrie, Victor (friend of my friend Victor - the same guy that is in the birthday pictures from Victor's birthday - confusing right :) ) and I met up with Alex and a friend of his at the Phillip's Arena. Alex works at the CNN Center which is a part of Phillip's Arena and he is able to get tickets to any game that he wants to. We had really good seats behind the goal. There was a lot of good fights and the game went to a shoot out in overtime. We had a lot of fun!!
This past week I have taken off from work. I had extra days and if I don't take them before the end of the year I lose them. So, Tuesday afternoon I went with my friend Brian to the new aquarium that was built here in Atlanta. The aquarium is absolutely beautiful!! It was a ton of fun to see all of the different fish from around the world. I was much more impressed than I thought I would have been!!
Wednesday this week was a little different than my normal. Chris came over and I made us some dinner and then we watched Nip/Tuck. I taped it using my DVR from the night before which is the best because I can fast forward the commercials!! It was the first time that I had watched the show but I Chris had watched it a few times before so he was able to explain the show to me... I am now hooked! After dinner we met up with Micah at Fox Sports Grill in then new Atlantic Station. Micah works there so we met up with him as he finished work and then he and Chris played pool until Tory showed up and then we went to our usual spots. Afterwards we went to a diner on 10th Street which ended up being quite interesting and a TON of drama. Chris's friend Rachel and her friend Celeste came with us and their personalities and Tory's personality collided. Their 'discussion' became so heated that all of the diner's staff were watching and at one point Micah and I ended up walking away from the table.
Thursday night Chris, Micah and I went to a Churchill Grounds, a jazz club right next to the Fox Theater. I LOVED IT!!! I will definitely go back there again! I have been waiting to go to a jazz club since I moved down. This one is in a beautiful old bar and the music was fabulous! Micah used to work there and says that some of the best jazz musicians go thru there. I can't wait to go back! After the jazz club we ended up back at Mako's. Chris and Micah know a lot of the people that work there so we always end up talking with everyone so now I am getting to know all the people that work there too!
On Friday Carrie and I went to a bar I hadn't been to before, East Andrews. The crowd here is a little more up scale than the places that I normally go but it was a refreshing change. I got a little more dressed up than usual and we had a blast!! We danced and I met someone who was from the Detroit area and had just moved down. He had gone to Central Michigan and had been to Bay City a few times so that was interesting. I also met a guy who could really dance so I had a lot of fun twirling around the dance floor with him!
On Saturday I took Carrie to Compound. She hadn't been there before and I hadn't been there in about five months. It is rated as the best night club in Atlanta and it was a lot of fun. Once again we met someone from Michigan... this guy was from Flint. He and Carrie hit it off pretty well and she spent most of the night talking with him. I had fun talking and dancing with the rest of his friend!! BUT, the most interesting part of the night was who else was there... Jesse Metcalf !!! I loved him when he played Miguel on the soap opera Passions but he is best know as the gardener on Desperate Housewives. And, to me he is just a beautiful in person as on TV!! Terrell Owens and his group was in the club as well and he said hi to me... it was cute!
Since I had all the time off I have been able to get some Christmas shopping in as well as run some errands and managed to find a little bit of time to relax! Today I am doing laundry at Victor's house. The next few days will be spend getting ready for my parents and brother to come into town!! I am very excited and can't wait to see them. They should be in sometime early Wednesday morning.
Monday, December 05, 2005
Christmas Spectacular
Since I last blogged I have had some more fun... no celebrity sighting though... well, maybe...
On Friday night Carrie and I took a cab to Eleven50. We started talking to our cab driver and found out he used to be an aspiring actor. He was an extra in quite a few movies, tv shows, and commercials.
We met up with Victor once we got to Eleven50. We had a lot of fun chatting with each other (it was the first time Victor and Carrie met), chatting with the people around us, and of course DANCING!! After Eleven50 Carrie and I walked over to Twisted Taco and met up with a friend of hers, Jose, who drove us back to my place.
After work on Saturday I went met up with a friend of mine from work, his wife and their friends at Vision. I had met his wife a couple of times before and she is a lot of fun so it was great to see her again and meet some of her friends. We ended up at one of their friend's house so I was out much too late that night!!
On Sunday I got up and went to brunch with my small group. One of the girls from the group, Mary Grace, was baptized at the 1:00pm service so those of us who could met up for brunch beforehand. Generally when I go to church I go by myself so it was nice to go with a group of friends and it was fabulous to watch a friend get baptized!
After church I decided to attend the last show of the season for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I hadn't purchased a ticket so I was hoping that there would be a seat available. Lucky for me I found a free parking spot behind the theater and then once in line for a ticket a lady walked by and handed me a ticket!! She said that they had an extra one and let me have it! I sat next to them during the show and found that she was there with a group of women who work together having a ladies day out. The show was fabulous, as always, and I had a ton of fun!!
I started taking a dance class last week and I take the class every Monday and Tuesday (since they are my off days). The classes I am currently taking are beginning jazz and beginning hip-hop. Tomorrow I will start taking an introduction to dance series which should help with the memorization and the understanding of dance moves. I am very excited about the class!!
Well, I am in the middle of making dinner which my friend Victor is stopping by for in a little bit so I better get back to cooking!!
On Friday night Carrie and I took a cab to Eleven50. We started talking to our cab driver and found out he used to be an aspiring actor. He was an extra in quite a few movies, tv shows, and commercials.
We met up with Victor once we got to Eleven50. We had a lot of fun chatting with each other (it was the first time Victor and Carrie met), chatting with the people around us, and of course DANCING!! After Eleven50 Carrie and I walked over to Twisted Taco and met up with a friend of hers, Jose, who drove us back to my place.
After work on Saturday I went met up with a friend of mine from work, his wife and their friends at Vision. I had met his wife a couple of times before and she is a lot of fun so it was great to see her again and meet some of her friends. We ended up at one of their friend's house so I was out much too late that night!!
On Sunday I got up and went to brunch with my small group. One of the girls from the group, Mary Grace, was baptized at the 1:00pm service so those of us who could met up for brunch beforehand. Generally when I go to church I go by myself so it was nice to go with a group of friends and it was fabulous to watch a friend get baptized!
After church I decided to attend the last show of the season for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I hadn't purchased a ticket so I was hoping that there would be a seat available. Lucky for me I found a free parking spot behind the theater and then once in line for a ticket a lady walked by and handed me a ticket!! She said that they had an extra one and let me have it! I sat next to them during the show and found that she was there with a group of women who work together having a ladies day out. The show was fabulous, as always, and I had a ton of fun!!
I started taking a dance class last week and I take the class every Monday and Tuesday (since they are my off days). The classes I am currently taking are beginning jazz and beginning hip-hop. Tomorrow I will start taking an introduction to dance series which should help with the memorization and the understanding of dance moves. I am very excited about the class!!
Well, I am in the middle of making dinner which my friend Victor is stopping by for in a little bit so I better get back to cooking!!
Friday, December 02, 2005
Jack Rabbit
Ohh my last week has been quite interesting... here is a quick synopsis!!
On Monday I had the girls over from my small group to my apartment. It was our regular meeting that we normally have but this time it was at my place. Made the drive very nice!!
Then Tuesday was back at Aiko for Chris and me. This time Carrie came with us and spent some time on the dance floor with us!! Carrie took some pictures of the event so when they are developed I will add them to the blog.
Wednesday night I met up with Chris in Buckhead. Tory was also out and we started the night at Mako's but Chris found out that Brooke Burke was at Tongue & Groove and wanted to see her, which was fine for me because that is probably my favorite club on that street (there is a group of about 5-10 clubs all within a city block of each other). I didn't know who she was at the time but after seeing her I did recognize her from the E! channel entertainment shows. Tory ran into a few other people at Mako's that he knew so Chris and I went headed over to Tongue & Groove and started talking with people outside the bar.
We were standing there carrying on conversations with a few people when a line of about 5 SUVs drives up. One guy got out of the first one, said something to the owner of the club next to us, and then all the doors to every SUV flies open. Out of one of them steps Charles Barkley and Josh Lucas!!! I was definitely star struck!! I really liked Charles Barkley when he played for the Suns!! And Josh Lucas is very cute... loved him in Sweet Home Alabama!!
Once inside Tongue & Groove we met up with Mika and danced a little bit before heading back to Mako's. We were just playing around in Mako's when one of Mika's friends comes down and said that Shaquille O'Neal was going to be in Jack Rabbit (which was where Charles Barkley and his entourage were) and she really wanted to see him. So we all headed back down the street and were standing outside (which was pretty chilly) when we ran into a few more people that we knew and someone out of the group knew someone in the club that was able to get us in. Although Shaq never did end up there we had a lot of fun inside and Charles did walk by us a few times and once bumped into Chris!! For a girl from a small town with no celebrities siting it was pretty exciting!!
Tonight I went out to dinner with a friend of mine from work before heading out to Halo with Victor. We had a lot of fun people watching but it is now time for me to go to bed. Hope you all had an exciting week as well!!
On Monday I had the girls over from my small group to my apartment. It was our regular meeting that we normally have but this time it was at my place. Made the drive very nice!!
Then Tuesday was back at Aiko for Chris and me. This time Carrie came with us and spent some time on the dance floor with us!! Carrie took some pictures of the event so when they are developed I will add them to the blog.
Wednesday night I met up with Chris in Buckhead. Tory was also out and we started the night at Mako's but Chris found out that Brooke Burke was at Tongue & Groove and wanted to see her, which was fine for me because that is probably my favorite club on that street (there is a group of about 5-10 clubs all within a city block of each other). I didn't know who she was at the time but after seeing her I did recognize her from the E! channel entertainment shows. Tory ran into a few other people at Mako's that he knew so Chris and I went headed over to Tongue & Groove and started talking with people outside the bar.
We were standing there carrying on conversations with a few people when a line of about 5 SUVs drives up. One guy got out of the first one, said something to the owner of the club next to us, and then all the doors to every SUV flies open. Out of one of them steps Charles Barkley and Josh Lucas!!! I was definitely star struck!! I really liked Charles Barkley when he played for the Suns!! And Josh Lucas is very cute... loved him in Sweet Home Alabama!!
Once inside Tongue & Groove we met up with Mika and danced a little bit before heading back to Mako's. We were just playing around in Mako's when one of Mika's friends comes down and said that Shaquille O'Neal was going to be in Jack Rabbit (which was where Charles Barkley and his entourage were) and she really wanted to see him. So we all headed back down the street and were standing outside (which was pretty chilly) when we ran into a few more people that we knew and someone out of the group knew someone in the club that was able to get us in. Although Shaq never did end up there we had a lot of fun inside and Charles did walk by us a few times and once bumped into Chris!! For a girl from a small town with no celebrities siting it was pretty exciting!!
Tonight I went out to dinner with a friend of mine from work before heading out to Halo with Victor. We had a lot of fun people watching but it is now time for me to go to bed. Hope you all had an exciting week as well!!
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