Brunching at Cafe Boulud!

Rather than exchanging presents this year, Quel and I decided to treat ourselves to a nice brunch instead!

A friend had recommended Café Boulud, which I believe just opened in the fall. It's located at the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville.

We had the butter lettuce salad, soup of the day (chestnut), steak & eggs and the warm chocolate coulant for dessert! Deeeelish!

I think we're going to make this our annual Christmas gift to each other so we can try new restos out there! Any recommends for next year? :)

Merry Christmas!

I must have been a good girl this year because Santa brought me an awesome gift - the camera lens I've wanted for a long time: 18-200mm zoom lens!! Whoooohooooo!

Can't wait to start clicking away with this new toy of mine. And, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of that when baby #2 arrives!!

Merry Christmas everyone... hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

Meeting up with old friends!

Since Derek was in town, I got together with Mark, Quel and Derek for dinner (at Spacco) and dessert (at Amore). I haven't seen these guys in ages, but it's like no time had passed when we got together. That's one of the things I love about the holidays - you get to see people you haven't seen or talked to in a while!

It was a fun night - the guys didn't realize how pregnant I was, so it was great to see their reactions! haha.

Happy Holidays!

Gingerbread Houses!

We had a gingerbread house competition at work - each department was responsible for entering a house (completely all edible ingredients to be used only).

The photos are what they came up with! Looks like some people went all out! I won't say which one I did (because it was literally me that did the house for my department in the 15 minutes I had to spare). But I didn't win, can you believe it??

Just thought I'd share! Happy Holidays!

Christmas baking tradition...

Di had us over for her traditional Christmas cookie baking day! It's funny because it used to be we all helped her make the cookies, but the last couple of years, she's been baking herself while the rest of us watch the kids! (See last year's post here). A year certainly makes a difference! Samara was just a month old then, and the kids had just started walking. This year, the kids are talking, and are definitely more active!

It was fun nonetheless. Thanks for the cookies Di! I make such yummy cookies just by watching you! :)