Bread Talk

Bread Talk
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I'm not sure why, but this photo I took back in 2005 in Singapore is my most popular Flickr photo by far... over 250 views.

Oh What a Night!

Breaking News: Barack Obama Elected President of the United States of America!  

What a headline!  

We are overwhelmed with emotion... we are speechless.

We are hopeful... we are full.

We look each other in the eyes and see possibility for our future and our children's future that did not exist before this moment.

We are proud!

To honor the words of the late Martin Luther King, Jr...

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Oh What a Day!

Wow!  It seems like ages ago when Jamil and I attended an Obama fundraiser in May 2007 at H2O in DC.  I kinda of remembered him from the 2004 DNC, but when I saw Obama on Oprah I was hooked!  So, attending the fundraiser in '07 was the beginning of my journey in politics.  Instead of keeping a distance and playing the "I just don't know enough to talk about the candidates and issues" card, I started reading and talking and listening and one of my favorite things about this educational process has been sharing it with Jamil.  We have very similar views, but we also challenge each other to think about the issues and really figure out for ourselves what it is that we believe in.  

So, after this long, windy road, it only seemed fitting that we go to the polls together on this historical election day.  We woke up around 5am and walked to our polling place conveniently located at South Lakes High School right next to our neighborhood to find over 200 people already there!  We made bets with the woman in front of us on how long it would take to make it through... much to my delight I grossly overestimated with my 1hr 20 min as it only took me 35 minutes ones the doors opened... thank you to Precinct 244!

Just found Vimeo

If I could take more vacations, I'd probably be a consistent early adopter. Instead, I spend my vacations just catching up. Today I found this site called Vimeo that has me wanting to buy a video camera and go create stuff. I found several inspirational user created videos, and this 5 min video was the best so far. It is embedded below.


Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

We can have our cake & eat it too!

Monday, the 27th was our 1st Anniversary and we chose to partake in the tradition of eating our wedding cake top.  I've heard mixed reviews about the edible-ness of a year old cake... mostly that it tastes stale or sour or just plain "old".  So, we figured we'd go through the hassle anyway and if it's bad then at least we'll have all that good luck or whatever it is that eating the cake is supposed to bring.  Our cake top resided in my parents freezer for about 10 months after which I threw it in a cooler and took it on a 6 hour journey to our freezer.  Then we packed it in our carry on suitcase and with my effort of full disclosure to the TSA we luckily did not get pulled aside for a search.  The cake did a nice job of thawing on the trip down here and then fit perfectly in the refrigerator in our room.  Soooooooooo, in case you're wondering how our cake fared it's year long journey... it was amazing!  Just as yummy and moist as it was at our reception!  Thank you to whoever it was that wrapped it up so well and to my parents for providing such a wonderful home during it's infancy! :)  

On top of all the luck we'll have from eating our cake and

the sweet goodness it provided our pallets, we will also

treasure the photos we took and the fun we had trying to get the right lighting and timing and faces and such.  It was a wonderful ending to a wonderful 1st Anniversary and

we're looking forward to many more!

Yes, it is a small world

It's also an overused cliché, but appropriate. I would have never thought we'd run into someone we knew, not even a remote acquaintance.

But out of the blue we were approached by Angel Peitz and her husband Chris (they got married last week). While I didn't remember them, Lambeth did as they grew up in the same town, and have some common friends. Those two caught on a lot of old gossip and stories. Next time they start girly talkin' I'll grab Chris and go get into some trouble ;)

I'm sorry...

But I just had to post a picture of our 2nd order of this DEE-licious plate of Guacamole Con Totopos. Not only is it a delicious dish, but its fun to say!

What's up with the boots?

We're all settled in to our 7-day home away from home at the Cozumel Palace.  Both the room and the view are great!  We were greeted by the always congenial & amazingly hospitable Palace Resort staff along with an all out rain storm.  So, while our 1st day here was primarily spent inside... see the scrabble post below... I'm happy to report that we're snug as two bugs in a rug (whatever that means).  

Okay, now with the boots.  While I don't claim to be a fashion guru, I do believe it to be rather odd to see a fellow hotel guest sitting by the pool in a tank top, shorts, and UGS!!!!!!!  Jamil couldn't resist getting a picture and kudos to him for protecting the anonimity of the poolside boots offender!

Tomorrow we kick off the week with our complimentary Mani, Pedi, & Massage... of course Jamil will be getting the most manly Mani & Pedi available! :)  Then we'll see what Cozumel Island has in store for us the rest of the week.  

Scrabble Showdown in Cozumel

Its hard to believe its only 7:30pm here in lovely Cozumel. Lambeth and I got up this morning at 5:20am, threw on clothes, gathered our pre-packed bags, and caught a cab to Dulles Airport. 8 hours later we touched down here in Mexico (@ 11:45am to be exact). If that math seems hokie, its because we're in a different time-zone: 2 hours earlier than DC-time since Cozumel did the "fall back" thing earlier than the US.

Is that confusing or what? We're already prepared to be confused for the trip back this Sunday, which is the US's DST day.

About 30 mins ago, Lambeth made a miraculous comeback in our first ever Scrabble competition... 215 to 218. On the last play of the game, she threw down "ODE" on a "triple palabra" square. What?? Neither of us had any scrabble pieces left. I have to say I'm proud of us... we did it with Scrabble for the spanish language. We used three Spanish letters that don't exist in the English alphabet to form the words "puRR" (Lambeth), "latCH" and "seLL" (Jamil).