Monthly Archives: December 2009

Bye Bye 2009

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It is astonishing how fast time flies.  2009 is drawing to a close.  Recently, on the tv show Medium, the 16 year old daughter was mad at her parents for picking her up from a sleepover with her friends and 18 year old boys.  The mom explained to her that the time would come when she will be 18 and can have fun at such parties.  But, the time she spent being mad at her parents would just *poof* be gone, and she would not get those precious seconds back.  Thinking about that, I am going to strive to live each moment to the fullest because once it is gone; it is gone.

2009 was full of events, experiences and changes for us.  Here are the highlights:

January 24…Nephew’s 1-Month Dinner, Hacienda Heights

April 16…4th Dating Anniversary at Beacon, Culver City

May 2…J & W’s Wedding at San Marino Community Church and the Hilton, Pasadena

May 20-21…Bro’s Law School Graduation at Columbia University, New York

May 30…Our Wedding at Pacific Palms Resort, Industry Hills

June 13…A & C’s Wedding at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro

June 27…27th Birthday at Disneyland, Anaheim

July 11…Niece’s 2nd Birthday, Redlands

August 15…K & S’s Wedding at Red Shanghai, Marina Del Rey

October 30-November 8…Honeymoon, Europe

November 14…Move to the Bay Area

November 26 & 28…Thanksgiving with Family & Nephew’s Early 1st Birthday

December 13…Hubby’s “30th” Birthday at Jang Su Jang, Santa Clara

December 25…Our First Christmas as Hubby and Wifey

Photo Credits: Our Wedding, Moving to Nor Cal

Casino Royale

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Hubby’s company holiday parteeeeeee was on December 12.  We shuttled into San Francisco to the beautiful and historic Palace Hotel.  The hotel is extremely grand and celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.  It was a great backdrop for the Casino Royale themed extravaganza.

Palace Hotel


entrance at night


Garden Court

When we arrived to the hotel, we were greeted by the Nutcracker.  The Garden Court had a giant Christmas tree and several different hor d’oeuver stations and bars.  The room to the left had a casino/game theme and more food and drink.  The room to the right had a stage with live music, a photo booth and again more food and drink.

Nutcracker welcome


Christmas tree in Garden Court


stage for live music

The food was pretty tasty.  One of the highlights was a mashed potato bar with either shrimp or pork toppings.  Other food items included: mini beef dip sandwiches, fries, a baked salmon type thing, different types of pasta, cheese and crackers, avocado sushi, mini desserts, and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.


mashed potato bar with shrimp


mini beef dip sandwich


mini desserts

Hubby and I did not make it to the photo booth, so we took a picture with a Christmas tree in the room with all the games.  It was a fun and memorable night.*

*I say memorable because on the ride back, someone on the bus must have had one too many drinks and threw up.  The stench was horrific; I had to breathe inside my jacket to get “fresh” air.  The crazy thing was the day before, LL told me a story of how her friend threw up on the shuttle at a company event.  I figured it was a rare occasion and not something I would need to worry about.  Boy, was I wrong!