Project 365: 155 | Thanksgiving | 11.22.12

Project 365: 155 | Thanksgiving | 11.22.12

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving at my mother and father-in-law's house without at least three kinds of cranberry sauce. A fourth arrived shortly after I took this photo.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 154 | Pies | 11.21.12

Project 365: 154 | Pies | 11.21.12

My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner was an olive oil, herb and parmesan dip and a pecan pie. I went ahead and made two because it is just as easy as making one and I wanted to have one at home for us to enjoy.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 153 | Home | 11.20.12

Project 365: 153 | Home | 11.20.12

I love to travel but I also love coming back home.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 152 | Dolly | 11.19.12

Project 365: 152 | Dolly | 11.19.12

This was one of my favorite pieces, Andy Warhol's Dolly painting, that we saw during our visit to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is an incredible museum with tons of American art in a beautiful building, surrounded by lots of water and trees and a nature/art trail. Admission is always free.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 151 | Tree | 11.18.12

Project 365: 151 | Tree | 11.18.12

On Sunday, we drove with my parents from New Orleans to my cousin's house in Arkansas. He goes above and beyond with Christmas decorations and luckily he had most everything up by our visit. This was the Christmas tree in our room -- one of the eight in his house.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 150 | Cemetery | 11.17.12

Project 365: 150 | Cemetery | 11.17.12

I find the cemeteries in New Orleans to be so interesting and quite a bit spookier than others because of the above ground vaults. On Saturday, we were wandering around the beautiful Garden District and came across the Lafayette Cemetery. I took a lot of photos but settled on this one for my photo of the day. I will be posting more photos soon.

Camera: Canon Rebel T1i

Project 365: 149 | Carousel | 11.16.12

Project 365: 149 | Carousel | 11.16.12

One of my favorite bars in New Orleans is the Carousel Bar inside Hotel Monteleone. They serve up lots of classic cocktails and yes, the bar moves slowly around in a circle. While enjoying our drinks, we chatted with a fabulous couple from Chicago and later walked with them to Frenchman street where we listened to a reggae band and drank beer. Good times.  

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 148 | Beignet | 11.15.12

Project 365: 148 | Beignet | 11.15.12

We arrived in New Orleans early last Thursday morning, checked in at our hotel, and made our way to Cafe Du Monde for lattes and beignets. It was the perfect start to our first day in the big easy.

Camera: Canon Rebel T1i

Project 365: 147 | Redeye | 11.14.12

Project 365: 147 | Redeye | 11.14.12

Late last Wednesday night, we boarded a red eye flight for New Orleans.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 146 | Metro | 11.13.12

Project 365: 146 | Metro | 11.13.12

At home manicure. Nail polish is Sephora by OPI Metro Chic.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 145 | Meatloaf | 11.12.12

Project 365: 145 | Meatloaf | 11.12.12

One of our favorite recipes -- pan fried turkey meatloaf in bell pepper rings with tomato sauce and fried sage.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 145 | Pioneer | 11.11.12

Project 365: 145 | Pioneer | 11.11.12

Sunday fun day wine tasting.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 144 | Shadow | 11.10.12

Project 365: 144 | Shadow | 11.10.12

This photo was from almost two weeks ago (I'm a bit behind in posting photos.) when I got up super early to drive my parents to the airport. They were heading to Arkansas and my honey and I followed a few days later, to meet them in New Orleans.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 137-143 | 11.03.12 - 11.09.12

Project 365: 137 | Mimosas | 11.03.12 

Last Saturday we met our former roommates for brunch and lots of mimosas. 

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 138 | Fluids | 11.04.12

This is my only photo from Sunday but I am impressed I even got this one. I woke up in the middle of the night, horribly sick with a stomach bug. I was out of commission Sunday and Monday and, although I was feeling much better, I still felt "off" until later in the week. 

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 139 | President | 11.05.12 

I vote-by-mail but usually fill out my ballot the night before the election and then turn it in at a polling place. It makes me feel closer to the process and I wanted an "I Voted." sticker.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 140 | Vote | 11.06.12 

Voting Day! Woot! 

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 141 | Celebratory | 11.07.12

We stayed up late on Tuesday night to watch President Obama's speech (yay!) but I went to bed worried about California's Prop 30. First thing Wednesday morning I woke up, checked the news, and was thrilled to learn that Prop 30 had passed! That night I had a belated celebratory drink.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 142 | Boots | 11.08.12

The temperature dropped ~20º over the course of a few days this week and I was happy to have a reason to put on these boots, a pair of leggings, a sweater dress, and a scarf.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 143 | Bag | 11.09.12

With a birthday gift card, I purchased a camera bag insert thingy. It didn't fit into the messenger bag that I already own soooooo I used that as an excuse to buy a new bag. I went to a local store that sells my favorite ones at a discount and this was my favorite. It is made of recycled materials and the camera bag fits perfectly. This will be great for our upcoming trips and it will also be my new work bag.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 130-136 | 10.27.12 - 11.02.12

Project 365: 130 | Pumpkins | 10.27.12

This was the extent of our Halloween decorating this year. $2 pumpkins from Trader Joe's. 

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 131 | Lagunitas | 10.28.12

On Sunday afternoon we decided to take an impromptu trip to split beer samplers at two nearby breweries.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 132 | What was that?! | 10.29.12

Stella Kitty concerned about an outside noise, right after she stole sips of water from my glass and just before I got myself a fresh glass.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 133 | Trees | 10.30.12

It was nice of the trees behind our house to get all pretty and fall like. They are even more beautifully colorful now. 

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 134 | Pig | 10.31.12

Happy Halloween! I had a meeting out of the office and missed the costume parade. Luckily I got a sneak peek of some of colleagues' outfits, like this pig from Angry Birds. Another colleague was the yellow bird.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 135 | Scarf | 11.01.12

I celebrated the first day of November by wearing one of my favorite scarves.

Camera: iPhone

Project 365: 136 | Patio | 11.02.12

We went out to eat last night and enjoyed a late afternoon beer on the restaurant patio. Soon after I took this photo we ran into friends and joined them inside. 

Camera: iPhone