Super Cute!

These photos of wedding photographer Jason Lee's kids are soo cute! Check out his interview chock full with more fun and creative photos.

Cotton and China

Happy Anniversary to Bolivia!!



According to Wikipedia, the traditional 2nd year anniversary gift is cotton and modern day gift is china. Unfortunately I got them neither. Instead, I sent a pretty sweet e-card, haha! It's the thought right? Happy Anniversary!

Moth-Tastic

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Last night a group of us went to the Moth Grand SLAM Championship at the Gem Theater. And let me tell you, good times had by all! Prior to last night I had never heard of The Moth, but my friend Alli had recommended the show and she never steers us wrong!

The Moth is a storytelling organization founded in '97 by poet and novelist, George Dawes Green. He wanted to recreate an atmosphere similar to the one in Georgia where a group of friends would gather together and tell stories on their friend Wanda's porch. The Moth started small (in his living room) and grew to bigger venues in New York, Chicago and Detroit!

It was named 'The Moth' because Green and his friends had said that "the characters in their best stories would often find themselves drawn to some bright light—of adventure, ambition, knowledge—but then find themselves burned or trapped, leaving them with some essential conflict to face before the story could reach its conclusion." The name stuck and has grown to more than 3,000 live shows and 100,000 audience members. To listen: http://www.themoth.org/radio

The Moth hosts story slams every first Thursday of the month at Cliff Bell's to a sold out crowd. Every story slam has a different theme, 'Near Death, Secrets, Love Hurts', etc. Every storyteller has five minutes and the story doesn't have to be funny, or even real! But it does have to be believable and captivate the audience. Last night was a gathering of champions from the last 10 story slams. The winner from last night (Courtney Bellanti) goes on to represent Detroit at the Moth Ball in New York City!

I think I'm full hooked now and can't wait to listen to more stories from The Moth...

Happy Friday all!

B.O.B aka Bobby Ray - tastic

On Friday night, we celebrated Vanessa's birthday at Amnesia, inside MotorCity Casino. And to our happiness slash dismay (i'll explain), B.O.B aka Bobby Ray was set to perform.

So, in order to get in to Amnesia, we were put on a list. On Thursday we found out that Ambassador Magazine and Grey Goose were sponsoring an event with B.O.B., that had a guest list of 350 people. When we arrived, we found out that their event guest list superceded the list that we were on. We arrived at Amnesia at 9, got bumped, had to wait and eventually got in around 11:30 p.m. just in time to see him perform. Even though it was annoying having to wait, we were lucky enough to hang out at the Iridescence restaurant bar, while majority of our party had to wait downstairs in line in the main lobby.

B.O.B's performance ended up being pretty sweet, so it all turned out in the end! Happy Birthday Ness!

This one time, when I lived in France...

Liv and I always tease our friend Alli about how she lived in France when she was little, because she NEVER mentions it. Seriously, if it were us...we would never let people forget it!

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More weekend shenanigans...

Luda and I took part in some major gluttony this weekend. We stuffed our faces at the Fuji Buffet. If you haven't been to the Fuji Buffet, you're missing out. Yes, it does cost a bit more than your average buffet, but it is totally worth it. They have a wide selection of your standard buffet staples--dumplings, crab legs, fried rice and a frozen yogurt machine. But they also have a fantastic sushi bar and fresh vegetable and shrimp tempura. I know what you're thinking...fantastic, fresh, sushi and buffet do not all fit in the same sentence. But I also was a skeptic and have become a Fuji fan. Don't knock it until you try it. It's the ultimate buffet.



On Sunday, me, bolivia and the kiddies went to the Arts and Apples Festival in Rochester. It was a great day for supporting the arts, I must say. Below are some snap shots of the kiddies and their crafts!

Tan Tan and her bunny hat (the back had a cute cottontail!)





Kieran and his spaceship hat!

Wedding Tastic!

My friends Sarah and Tim got engaged this weekend! Congratulations to you both :)

Here's Sarah donning Kim Kim's purple flowers in her hair...and of course, the ring! Beautious, just beautious.

First Day of School!

Today was Kieran's first day of Kindergarten (and Tanith's first day of Pre-K) :) And it was totally bittersweet. I'm super excited for him to go to school. I think he'll like it and he'll get to meet new friends, but I can't believe he's already 5 years old!

Liv and I went to have a 'first day of school' breakfast with the kiddies. After that, we met them up at school and got to walk in to his classroom. It was kid-tastic!

I know one thing for sure, no matter how old he gets, he will always be boopie bear to me :)


Kieran and Tanith show off their new lunch boxes!