day 254: Yesterday afternoon Allison and I met up in Orange County for a marathon Christmas shopping session. I love shopping for presents but by the end of the day we were pretty wiped out. A crowded mall can really take it out of you.

day 253: This morning I photographed a first birthday party for an incredibly cute little baby girl. It was a traditional Korean birthday complete with the Korean dress (hanbok) and she was pretty much the cutest thing ever. Here’s one of my favorite pictures from the day.

day 252: Well while we were in France my 50mm 1.8 lens went kaput. It just plain stopped focusing one day. I was about to buy a new lens to replace it when I decided to give it one last shot and test out my old one. And wouldn’t you know it works!! Here’s our fridge… a test shot with the 1.8 goodness. Those magnets in the back are only about 1/4″ away and are out of focus. Oh how I love the shallow depth of field 🙂

day 251: mmm-mm tasty! Ben and I are attempting to take down an entire box on our own. Unless you want to come over and eat one. We have lots. Seriously. Want an orange?

day 250: I still can’t believe the temperature difference between here and New York, or here and France, or pretty much here and anywhere else right now. It’s supposed to be fall but it was about 82 degrees today according to the weather channel. It was downright toasty outside at lunch!

day 249: It seems the time change has done bad things for my photo-taking abilities. If I don’t take a picture before I go to work, it will be pitch black out by the time I leave the office. It also doesn’t help that I’ve been going to bed at 9pm. I guess I’m not 100% adjusted back to pacific time yet!

day 248: Actually this post has nothing to do with Kansas, or traveling for that matter. I just wanted to show off my shiny new red shoes (Dorothy… get it?). I like crazy bright shoes and I got these in New York. No place better for crazy shoes than Manhattan!

day 247: We got home from our amazing vacation last night and I think Ben and I were both quite wiped out. He was also quite happy to see Rita and they took a little nap on the floor…. before we got up and got in the bed and passed out by 8pm. Jet lag has a way of turning me into an old lady.

day 246: I can’t believe my brother’s getting married! I couldn’t be happier and he couldn’t have picked a better bride… congratulations Chris and Tara!

day 245: Today in addition to all of the other fun New York sightseeing, we got to have the awesome-ly cool outing of going to see a Broadway show… starring one of my oldest friends. I’ve been friends with Bridget since middle school and it was way way beyond cool to see her starring in the new Mark Twain comedy “Is He Dead?” which is playing at the Lyceum theater. We got to go backstage (and on the stage) after the show and it was pretty much the best thing ever. If you’re in New York you should definitely go see the show… it’s hilarious!