Woohoo! My blog hit 1000 visitors :)

Happy birthday to you, Blog! And many more.

Thanks for visiting everyone, especially the people from Cherry Hills NJ, Chicago, and Portland OR. Keep up the good work.

To celebrate...

Birthday cake for everyone! For good measure there is even carrot cake (for the cookie monster), beefcake, pancake, and fruitcake-- you like?

Island Cake


Gift Cake


Mad hatter cake



Spidey Jr's cake


Elegant Cake


Balloon cake


Martini cake


Pain d'or Cake

Shopping Spree Cake and Martini Cupcake


Strawberry shortcake


Firefighter cake

Pumpkin cake


Topsy Turvy Cake


cupcake tree


Ladybug cake


Petit Fours


Mocha cake


Beefcake


Fresh fruit cake


Anchorman Beefcake

Pancake


Pancake cake


Buggy leaves cake


Frog Prince Cake


Grill Cake


Lobster Cake


Artherosclerosis cake


Spring Canopy Cake


Sweet 16 Cake




Black and Blue Cake


Care Bear Cake


Crabcake


Drippy Cake

Easter Egg Cake





Teapot Cake

Carnival Cake

Enchanted Forest Cake

Jester Cake

Movie Theme Cake






Fashionista Cake


Carrot Cake


Mardi Gras Cake


Monster Truck Cake


Underwater Cake

Gift Bag Cake







George in the Jungle Cake

St Croix Cake

Silver Bear Cake

Shopping Spree Cake

Dom Perignon Cake








Presents Cake


Flower Cake

Mod Cake

Billards Cake

Magic Castle Cake









Fruicake=food?

Rose Cake

Rabbit Cake

Easter Cake

Cupcakes










Fruit Cake

Tickle Me Elmo Cake

Flowery Cake


Gift Boxes Cake



Pretty Cake


Woah that was a lot of cake! Which one is your favorite?

Greasy Mr. Rogers

Summer, summer, where art thou? My most beloved season was but a whisper away last week, and now has lept back into the ether as quick as the thief of dreams at dawn first stirrings. And I wax poetic in memorandum of the tease of a heat wave. The high was 72degF just 3 days ago!

Pump it up, warm, balmy weather! Pump!

Now why did I title this entry Greasy Mr. Rogers? WELL

today, I had two songs stuck in my head: The Mr. Roger's Show theme song and Summer Nights from Grease. What a combo, right? The Mr. Roger's lick got stuck after I heard from a lecturer for the first time in years that there is "homework." That sort of thing was just assumed after high school, but it was endearing hearing it again. Not that high school and Mr. Roger's have much in common. However, Mr. Rogers did pass away shortly after my high school graduation. The respected Reverend Fred Rogers passed away on 2/27/2003, according to Wikipedia. So let's hear it one more time for Fred, everybody.

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...

Now for a little more uptempo to usher back in the summer weather, think warm and balmy:

[Danny]Summer lovin' had me a blast[Sandy]Summer lovin' happened so fast[Danny]I met a girl crazy for me[Sandy]Met a boy cute as can be[Both]Summer days driftin' away, to uh-oh those summer nights....

[Danny]She swam by me, she got a cramp[Sandy]He ran by me, got my suit damp[Danny]I saved her life, she nearly drowned[Sandy]He showed off, splashing around[Both]Summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those summer nights

Oh!

What I wouldn't give to have some velvety gelato right now. There are probably two places that I like best to idle away time -- grocery stores and gelaterias. The selection is dizzying! Gelato is like a cup of pure summer. To have the real stuff off the streets of Rome would be out of this world. Well, actually, I'd probably walk around Rome and snack on gelato all day long :) Since I have no trips planned, the next best thing is a nice little place called Caffe Gelato not far away from me. Will have to make a visit and report back.

Round and Round

we go, just like the Sugarbabes song. Except in this case, instead of popstars dancing with guys in a glamorous music video, it's me and my boys -- Drake, Grant, Nolte. -sigh- :/ What a wonderful world indeed. But life would be so much more fun with a soundtrack. What else should go on mine?

Lyrics (Round Round)

When I go round, baby round round

Spend the night on me

I don't need no man

Got my kicks for free(Free free free free)

When your still in my face

You're messing with my brain

If you're trying to resist me

Then you better think again

If you move to my music

The music's got to give

If I'm too complicated

That's the way

I want to live

Flowers

A mini-garden just for you :) If there's anything that makes me smile on even the coldest, snowiest, wintery day, it's gorgeous flowers in bloom. I share these with you, dear reader. They smell great too :)

You know?

It's a sad day when hitting well above the pass level and getting a damn high percentage is not good enough on an exam. I normally don't talk about school stuff here because medicine isn't as glamorous as Grey's Anatomy pretends, but it is a sad day worth noting :( Sadly. The next exam block will be a city block long and fast and furious.

These days, I am eating too much, dressing frumpily, and gorging myself in books or the internet. What a healthy existance. Don't try this at home, kids and older kids.

Alright, enough complaining! It has been a long time since I blogged, and fun did visit from time to time.

Last October, I went out with friends from my floor to Cafe Iberico -- que magnifico! I salute the Spaniards that came up with tapas and sangria :) Here is the group at the restaurant, next to a most delightful wall of china figurines and wares; next is the trio of roommates, dubbable as "shortest, shorter, and short" or "brown, tan, and yellow."

Aren't these flowers some beauties below? I had roses in my hair several months ago, reprising a style I did a few years ago. I've been thinking whether stargazer lilies are even better than red velvety roses and did my first time lapse series (w lilies). Although I didn't stand at the exact same spot each time, I did have the presence of mind to keep the light conditions similar. If the series looks a fraction as delicious as the lilies smelled, I'll be quite pleased.

Turandot Opening Night Gala Performance

Lyric's blurb for this one is "An exotic Chinese princess beckons all suitors: Answer three riddles and she is yours. Get them wrong and you die." Dramatic, no? Even more dramatic were the music by Puccini and set saturated with reds and purples. I've heard Nessun Dorma many times before, but after seeing production it makes a lot more sense. Calaf (Vladimir Galouzine)= Love :)


Act I



Vertigo, anyone?


I'm not at the senior home, honestly ... And time marches on :)


Smelling the roses at intermission


Finale (their capes make a heart)


lobby




good night