the one who makes me bendy turned 28.

our thanksgiving meal turned out to just be the tip of the iceberg as far as as our celebration of thanksgiving was concerned. sunday afternoon, we all headed to annie and matt's, friends who have a beautiful apartment in the city, and spent the entire day, preparing (well, i did a lot of sitting on the couch--i'm not really the first to jump up and get all helpy helpy in the kitchen and there seemed to be enough of them crowded around the oven), anticipating, and enjoying a fantastic turkey dinner. they have a real oven so we could actually have turkey. it was super delicious and i think i'm still full.

but i did more than eat this weekend. saturday night, we celebrated amelia's (my yoga instructor who's the size of my leg) 28th birthday. about 7 of us headed to hongdae, a really hip and lively part of the city, to a bar called bricxx and it was sooooo cool. probably one of the coolest bars i've been to, and that says a lot cuz i lived in chicago for a year. it was dark and candle lit and underground and we sat on cushions on the floor and i think i may have said "seriously you guys, i just love this bar! seriously! it's so cool!" about 15 times over the course of the night. so we ate food that was too spicy and drank some german pinot grigio that was too delicious and had cake that was too small, and then we hit two other places and i danced my face off and didn't get home till 4 am. what am i, like, in college or something? i know. i haven't stayed out that late for a really, really long time. but i was having a genuinely great time and enjoying the people i was with so much. one of them, debbie, was a girl i met at church awhile back and she goes to yoga with me, and debbie's roommate rob came with his korean girlfriend mido (i don't know why i specify that she is korean, but i'm just trying to create a picture for my readers), and then amelia along with 2 more of their korean friends. i think one of the reasons i enjoyed the night so much (other than the fabulous atmospheric bar) was because it was with different people then i often find myself hanging out with. it was really nice to hang out with non-work people and not talk about work stuff (b/c that is what tends to happen when you're with work people). i can't swing those up-till-4-am nights like i used to (i don't know how the kids are doing it these days), but it was most definitely worth it.

so i found an old white head board in the trash and decided it would make a nice art project. so i spent a night last week painting it and had a blast. i'm no artist to say the last, but i enjoyed every stroke of the brush. :) i put it by my window b/c when i put it behind my bed, 3/4 of it was covered. (i just sleep on a mattress on the floor). so here is the finished project.