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december 3: article. what’s an article that you read that blew you away? that you shared with all your friends. that you referenced throughout the year.

there’s a once monthly blog on NYT called “and the pursuit of happiness”. maira kalman does these beautiful history lines with images and creativity. i look forward to it each month.

the one from july is called can do. it’s spectacular: inspiring, creative, poignant. simply lovely. i look at it frequently. i adore it.

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december 2: restaurant moment. the best restaurant experience you had this year.

this summer i worked for a think tank in dc and had the time of my life.

while there, a friend [i like neither details nor labels] took me to dinner. he and i had a phenomenal time. jazz, good food [best crabcake in dc], great wine, and good company. we talked for hours. i learned a lot about myself from him, from that dinner.

i learned that i may not be as cynical as i thought. that i’ve got the world in front of me. that my goals and dreams between 20 and 60 will change, and that’s okay. that i’m self-defeating. that life is what we make it. that while independence is good, so is sharing your life with another. that i’m not meant to have all the answers at 22. that might is a lot less important than is.

it wasn’t so much that i walked away from the night with an “aha!” moment. it was more of a slow realization of what happy means to me, what life is! it is a great example from my early 20s, my life in dc. it was a perfect night. i owe him so much for what that night gave me. his comments, kindness, humor, thoughts; such intellect and self-assurance. a rainy early june evening in dc, which, from the outside would look sweet, perhaps, but in reality was much more.  it is a memory i hope to carry with me forever.



tardy to the party

okay, i’m a bit tardy to the party [hate that song, fwiw], but i found something better to do for december.

this is the last month of the decade. pretty soon, there will be an “01” following the 2. that’ll make new years’ eve glasses kinda funny, i think. so now is the time for reflection.

i’ve decided to do the best of 2009 blog challenge! a more focused, slightly different version of the 30 days of thanks.

let’s get this party started, albeit a few days late.

December 1: trip. what was your best trip in 2009?

i didn’t really take too many “trips” this year [i’m not sure i consider flying home a trip], but without a doubt the trip to my bff’s wedding a mere 2 weeks ago.

reliving the glory days. and i couldn’t have been happier or surrounded by better people. so much love.