Shopping!

Just bought a pretty pair of shoes for a pretty little lady!



While at the Loubie store there was some celeb from the new Bourne movie that I didn't recognize. He had two bodyguards and the storepeople were all buzzing about him after he left.

EEEEeee! Can't wait to wrap these up and give em them to their lucky new owner. I really love the bag though. Might keep it to carry my dirty laundry around in.

OMG!!!!!!!!

Just arrived in LA.

Look what Jesse got me!!!

Best present EVER!!!

I literally squealed with delight!!!!

Can I haz video gamez???

I saw Doug yesterday for his lunchbreak.

As you may remember, Doug makes video games!

And as you also may remember, I went through an awkward phase, where video games were kind of my life...



Doug brought me an armful of presents...




I love Doug!

Thank you!!!!

Happy day!!!!!

Goodbye Prasma / Hello DJ Hero

Something is noticeably missing from our living room.



Yes. As we prepare for our final weeks in the apartment, we've had to find new homes for our things.

I'm "storing" my beloved telly at Yvonne & Kathy's.



In reality I will probably never retrieve it.

And Sierra & Dakota will plop themselves in front of it and change from being the most beautiful children into the world into obese monsters.



Perhaps as immediate karmic payback, Doug stopped by a few hours later and gifted me with DJ HERO!

It is going to be so amazing.

Doug. Is. So Dreamy.

Semi-amazing dinner @ Giano

So I've been a little bummertown lately this week because the holidays are a little bit depressing when your family is in shambles. (My mom went crazy and gave $400,000 and counting to her "Nigerian prince" boyfriend she has never met, and is involved in a half-dozen other similar schemes and we're all doing separate Thanksgivings and I currently don't have plans etc etc)

But my dad and Sandra took me out to eat at Giano in the East Village for my almost-birthday celebration the other night.

The dinner was semi-amazing in that the appetizers were out of this world, but the entrees were only OK, with Sandra's fish actually being borderline awful.

Appetizers:

Melanzana Alla Parmigiana In Sfoglia - eggplant, tomatoes, mozzarella and basil in light puffed pastry - 5 stars



Quaglia Con Datteri E Gamberi - quail stuffed with dates and shrimp, wrapped in bacon and served with port wine reduction and mashed potatoes - 5 stars times ten million



Pappardelle Al Ragu Di Cervo - home made pappardelle pasta with venison ragout and orange zest - 4 stars



Orata Con Patate E Porcini - orata filet sauteed with porcini mushrooms and thinly sliced potatoes - 1/2 star...it tasted like bait.



And my dad came bearing wonderful presents.

A beauutiful jade-and-diamond ring specially designed for Sandra and made up of some of my grandma's reconstuted jewels..



And sick new headphones for my travels...



Delicious. Thanks Dad!

By the way, Anne gives best gifts

Hello Mexican fighting masks!

half asian book

I got this book in the mail the other day.

Somebody knows I love half asians.



But there was no card or note!

I don't know who sent it!

Who sent this to me?

Thank you I love it!

Tellmetellmetellme.

I know it wasn't MAO...

Update: THANK YOU YEEBEE!

Golden Egg

DannyHong, my #1 reader, just sent me a great gift.




Thanks buddy!

More MAO presents...

Professional gift-giver Anne showed up at the treehouse yesterday bearing three gifts.

As we all know, all good things come in threes.

Three's company... Three musketeers... Three bears... Three chairs...

Three.



Gift one was a beautiful (and sad) book of pictures from New Orleans chronicling the aftermath of the hurricane and flooding.



Gift two was...a city guide...to New Orleans...



And gift three was a card...



...bearing a poem...

...announcing a trip to New Orleans!



Amazing.

Anne is the best. Ever.

Trip is planned for October.

Who wants to come?

Presents!

Bobby gave me the sweetest gift yesterday.

A shirt...



...that once belonged to Tom Welling!



(It very well might have been a lie to get rid of an ugly shirt that he no longer wanted, but I do know that Bobby does, in fact, know Tom Welling...)

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Also Anne sent me a sweet Spice Girls yo-yo the other day.



Thank you both!

Anne arrives/gives good presents

Anne (MAO) got in late Thursday night.

SO exciting.

Anne is known for giving the most thoughtful and epic "Just because..." presents in the world.

For Christmas she (and Felix) already got me a Wii...

Then on my last trip to NY she got me my "Town Drunk" T-shirt...

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This time around she came bearing sweet photobooks...



100 semi-frozen dumplings from Tasty Dumpling...



AND....

SPICE GIRLS DOLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Anne = Good + Better + Best

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!

FELIX AND ANNE BOUGHT ME A WII FOR XMAS!!!!!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I just danced around the room like a crazyperson for 5 minutes)

Felix I think was more excited about opening it than me though.

He looked like a small gleeful child.

Day of Birth

Woke up to a beautiful surprise FedEx delivery from Anne.



Also Kwisty (and MikeMike) gave me an incredible gift which they "accidentally" left the $500 price tag on.

(I think if I were spending that kind of dough I'd do the same thing.)





Between facebook and texts and gchat and phone calls this day is going so lovely.

Thank you to all my loved ones.

Drinking commences in 6 hours and 43 minutes.

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Oh I should probably also mention that I highlighted my hair.



It looks AWFUL.

You'll see later.

Best Present EVER

Katie, being the thoughtfullest beautifullest little treat, gave me a birthday present which I will treasure forever for the rest of my life (yes that is redundant but also true).

It is a photo album, yes.

But it's not just ANY photo album...

It is special.

It is so so special.



Thank you my princess.