Randomness

My roommate sent me this and I thought it was awesome. Eyelashes - on a car!

Bullet Points

• The other day, there was a mosquito in my bathroom. When I killed it by smashing it up against the wall, there was a huge streak of blood on the wall. The boyfriend pointed out that that was probably either his or my blood. It's weird and gross to think about how a mosquito actually sucks your blood and carries it around in them.
• My cousin is in town visiting from Seattle. He arrived yesterday and seems to be having a fun time so far.
• I thought I had misplaced the new shoes I got last month, and was totally stressing about it. Turns out they were in my closet the whole time. Oops!
• Played pick up soccer on the National Mall the other day. Love that I can do that here in DC (see photo)
• The London Olympics start a year from today - so excited!

Decisions, Decisions

Back in May my friend invited me to a free event at this fancy salon - we were only going for the free food and drinks there - but I entered my name in the raffle and ended up winning a free haircut! I finally got around to making an appointment, and next week I am getting my haircut. Seeing as this is probably the fanciest place I will ever get my hair cut at, I want to take full advantage and not just get a boring trim. So now I have a BIG DECISION to make - how to get my haircut. 

Since I am not a morning person whatsoever, I want something that is super easy to do in the morning and is no fuss. In the summer I just let my hair air dry pretty much every morning which means just natural waves, like this:

In the wintertime I blow it dry every morning and then straighten it to look like this:

Every time I watch the movie He's Just Not That Into You, I think how much I love Ginnifer Goodwin's hair in the movie. But she has such a round face, I'm not sure it would look the as good on me with such an oval shaped face.

This would be my dream haircut, but since I have a widow's peak my bangs never look right because they start too far back from my forehead:

So, let me know if you have any suggestions!

Wedding Plans

My sister is getting married September of next year and they have a date and a venue all set! Hooray! Saturday my sister took me to the venue site so I could see it. I don't know what I was expecting, but it blew away my expectations. The venue is called River Farm and it is very historical - it was owned by George Washington from 1760 until his death in 1799. The site is now the American Horticultural Society Headquarters so there are TONS of beautiful flowers all around the house.

My sister was set on having an outdoor wedding, and after seeing the venue she chose, I can see why she fell in love with the site. This is the front of the house:

This is the side of the house which overlooks the Potomac

And this is the beautiful garden out in the backyard (I love all the benches)

I got distracted and forgot to take a picture of the tent, so this is from the venue's website:

I am so excited for her, and now that they have a venue and a date, I feel like all the other pieces will start to fall into place. I am so excited and can't wait for the big day!

Happy Birthday to My Blog

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the starting of my blog and my first post! Thank you to all my readers and commenters!

I haven't written in a while, probably because there hasn't been much going on. Work has been getting busier and a bit more stressful, we are in the middle of a heat wave here in DC, and the boyfriend left me for a week to go home and visit his family.

I purchased some travel books for Turkey, which has been making me even more excited for the trip! Also, Turkish is not an easy language to pronounce.

I watched the Women's World Cup game on Sunday with my soccer team after our game (we won!) and I can't tell you how disappointed I was with the game. The US dominated that game, had SOOO many chances at scoring goals and lost the lead not once but twice. And then, to top is all off, they were just downright horrible at their penalty kicks. Since when does the US suck at penalty kicks? When we were watching the game, there was a guy at a table behind me with his wife and kids. He kept yelling out the most ridiculous things during the game, like when one of the players would shoot the ball at goal and would barely miss, he would yell out "take her out, she is sucking". It was super annoying to hear someone yell when they have no idea what they are talking about.

Yesterday I worked from home because I had a doctor's appointment, and what was supposed to be a nice relaxing day ended up being quite stressful because my boss had asked me last minute for a report on something I was unfamiliar with. But I got it all done and I think he was happy with what I put together.

Happy Anniversary

Today is a very special day for me - it is the 2 year anniversary of my first "date" with the boyfriend. We had met a few weeks prior when Jesica double-booked the boyfriend and I for lunch, and we ate out on the Navy Memorial. After our initial first meeting, we started talking when we would see each other out (we had the same group of friends), and then I invited him to my sister's then-boyfriend's (now fiancee's) barbecue. He came, we hung out, and then we left to go to his co-worker's birthday celebration. Luckily, there is photographic evidence of this first "date" to live on forever.

After that night, he asked me out on a proper date to Two Amy's, and we have been happily together ever since! Here are some pictures so you can see how cute we are:

On vacation in Central Park NYC

On a break from a bike ride - one of our favorite activities

Taking the now infamous jumping pictures

Watching soccer - another one of our favorite activities

Weekend Recap

How is it already Monday again? This weekend went by way too fast. Friday night the boyfriend came over and we just chilled at home. Saturday morning he had an architecture class so I made plans with my friend and some co-workers to go to All Fired Up to paint some pottery. I made a mug that I am going to use as my water cup when I paint. Next weekend I can pick it up and find out if I made the Wall of Fame like last time.

After painting, I met up with the boyfriend and we went out for his friend's birthday celebration. We started off at her new apartment in Mt. Pleasant and then hit up the bars in U St. After the bars we all headed over to Ben's Chili Bowl for some late night snacking. By the time we left it was late and we spent forever trying to get a cab. It was making me so mad that the cabbies would lock the door, crack their window and ask "where you going?" and then drive off when I told them which neighborhood. If I'm paying you to do your job, why do you refuse me. So frustrating! Luckily, my friend Jesica's boyfriend happened to be driving into the city and was able to come rescue us and drive us home.

Sunday I watched the Women's World Cup game as the US took on Brazil in the quarter finals and it was the most amazing come-back game I have ever seen. Once overtime started I had to leave for my own game, so I had to find out later how it ended and I couldn't believe that they had won! Speaking of my soccer game, it was in the late afternoon and by then it was so hot out that I felt like my feet were melting off. Despite this, I managed to play a good game and we won. After soccer the boyfriend and I had dinner and then decided to hit the tennis ball around since it had cooled off a bit. Then we watched 127 Hours which was really good. James Franco was amazing in it and the story itself was so intense. Then I was off to bed after sufficiently tiring myself out.

Lobster Time

Earlier today, one of my co-workers kindly sent out an email alerting staff that the DC Lobster Truck would be in our neighborhood today for lunch. Seeing as I have yet to experience the food truck craze, and I forgot my lunch in my rush to leave in the morning, I decided to partake. Some other co-workers left earlier and said they would scope it out for us. They told us the line was long but not crazy, so we decided to venture over.

When we arrived, the line was long but not nearly as long as it gets in DC (I would think, I've never actually seen the line). While we were in line waiting, a nice gentleman informed us that there were 2 kinds of rolls - the Maine and the Connecticut. The Maine had mayo and the Connecticut had butter. At first I was going to go with butter, but then I decided to go the more classic route and go with the Maine.

Then I had to decide if I wanted to get the combo or just the roll. The combo came with potato chips and a drink and was only $3 more, so I figured if I was going to splurge on the roll, I might as well go all out. They have their own brand of Maine sodas that come in a variety of interesting flavors, and I chose the Orange Creme Soda which turned out to be an excellent choice.

After we ordered, our food came out surprisingly quick, and then we were back off to the office to eat it. The roll was so delicious and full of huge chunks of lobster - they definitely didn't skimp on that. There was some debate at the table as to which was better - the butter or the mayo, but I was extremely satisfied with my choice, especially because the mayo wasn't over-powering whatsoever. You could still taste the lobster flavor itself. With it being $18, its not something I would have very often, but it was a great treat to try on this otherwise rather dull Friday afternoon.

The line to order

Lobster Truck

Soda Selection

The roll - deliciousness

Pictures

 Long overdue, but here are some pictures from the boyfriend and I's roadtrip to Ohio a few weekends ago for my friend's wedding.

Welcome to Ohio!

My hometown!

The wedding venue

The wedding ceremony

The boyfriend at the wedding looking handsome

My high school friends and I at the wedding

Indians Game

The boyfriend and I at the Indians game

Also, here are some pictures from the 4th of July fireworks at Iwo Jima

And, just for fun, me with some SkinnyGirl Margarita

Turkey? Why Not!

Yesterday the boyfriend saw an email from a travel website saying that ticket prices were reduced on tickets to Istanbul, so naturally he asked "hey, do you want to Turkey?" to which I replied "sure" and that was that. This morning tickets were purchased and now I'm super excited for October to come. 2011 certainly will be a big travel year for me - England AND Turkey. Hope I can top that in 2012!