27!

There's always magic in the air during the post season and if you're lucky enough to have your team go to the World Series, even more so then. The Yankees had an incredible year (103-59) so it was the icing on the cake for them to win the World Series. The teams they played against in the ALCS and then in the WS really made for a good show. I applaud the Angels and the Phillies for putting up a good fight! Would love for the Yanks to do it again next year. I really don't want to see Matsui or Damon go but I understand the need to bring in new and younger players.

When they won on the 4th, there was no way I was going to miss the parade that Friday, the 6th.

What a cutie! This dog was decked out in Yankee gear.

The crowd went a little wild there, throwing people in the air.

Newspapers EVERYWHERE.

Matsui = MVP AND Pedro's daddy :-)

Jay-Z and A-Rod.

Andy Pettite and kids.

Mariano Rivera!! How fitting they should choose him to close out the parade :-)

old fart.

November is off to a beautiful start...

I turned 24 on the 8th and received this gorgeous Yankees bomber jacket from the parents! They definitely went all out this year. This gift was just one of many.


Jonathan and his parents surprised me with a cake at the end of the day! You can NEVER go wrong with ice cream cake.

This beauty (Coach) is my gift from Jonathan. He just earned major brownie points with this gift choice! (not that he needed it) It is a lot more purple in person. I'm afraid to get finger prints on it LOL.

He took my sister and I out to dinner at Jade. It's this fantastic Asian restaurant in Forest Hills. Highly recommended.

Robyn & I.

This really was one of the most memorable birthdays I've had in a good long while! It was just a great day from start to finish. JD & his family were nothing but good to me and the same goes to mine, as well as my close friends and all the birthday wishes I received.

Mr. November...who's it gonna be?

What a way to kick off the month. Yankees are coming home to the Bronx, with a fantastic chance to win the World Series. What better way to christen the new stadium? I have this gut feeling it was all meant to happen this way, with the Core 4 in the lineup for tomorrow. Ah, baseball magic.

I feel like the anti-Yankees slurs are in full force. Haven't heard them this strong since they went against Boston in '04. There are even Yankees fans that are getting nasty with other Yankees fans. Well, not nasty but snide rather. They claim some people are not real fans and just jumping on the bandwagon of a winning team. The Yankee fans get so much grief at times, that it's best to not admit you're a fan of them at times, haha. I think the more supporters, the merrier. I think the key to keeping sane during the baseball season (at least during this point) is to avoid reading anything you know will irk you.

So it turns out having a wedding on Halloween was actually brilliant. I had so much fun and I still got to dress up, albiet not in costume. The ceremony was at 3pm at St. Andrew Avellino Church in Flushing with the reception following at 6pm in the Bronx, at the gorgeous Marina Del Rey. That place was something else. Jonathan's sister got married there two years ago and I'm sure Alexis remembered it from them. Seriously, if you are in the NYC area, I highly recommend it. Location, food, staff, atmopshere were all on their game. I will be posting pictures first chance I get.

Starbucks came out with their Christmas menu already. I'm sipping on a gingerbread latte as I type. This makes me very excited for the holidays. That and I can swear, some evenings...I can smell Christmas coming.

october magic? perhaps.

Even with last night's debacle, I still have faith the Yankees are gonna win it at home. It was kind of like it was meant to be that way. A.J Burnett giving it away like that in the first inning, allowing 4 runs was just...tough to watch. Teixiera saved the day later in the game but Nick Swisher ultimately failed the team. It was kind of laughable that the fate of the game ended with him! (He is pretty much not a reliable guy for a hit.)

So it's safe to say I know what I'll be doing Saturday night!

Tiffany actually came out with me last night to watch the game at a bar near my job. I wanted to be close so that I could run right over to work at the needed time and then run back LOL. Even though Tiff likes to root for, well, not the Yankees, she is still gracious about it so it was pretty funny. And this guy from Australia that started chatting us up (mostly Tiff, since my eyes were glued to the TV), was rooting for the Angels too. He was the sole person clapping every time they got a hit. He was getting some stares, that much is for sure, haha, but an interesting person overall. I feel bad -- because of his Aussie lingo, you know, calling guys 'mate' and stuff, another person assumed he was gay and sent him to Gaslight, downtown. Gaslight is a gay bar. He thought he was there just to watch the game and drink a beer. I hope we showed him not all New Yorkers are rude like that!

MLB mania

It's probably a good thing I don't watch baseball during the regular season. I drive myself into a tizzy during the postseason! The past three ALCS games have been something else. Between the psychology exam today and Game 4, I don't know what I'm more jittery about!

Mariano Rivera -- baseball hero/Game 3

Hip Hip Jorge! (Game 3 -- solo homerun)

A-Rod's HR in Game 2

Tex's great catching skills.

Jeter's solo HR/Game 3

Photo credit: nydailynews.com

weekend wrap up.

I can't believe how fast October is going -- am I really turning 24 in twenty-six days?! Sheesh!

Here's what's been going on lately...

J.D, his parents, sister, nephew & myself tried to make a trip out to Roosevelt Field Mall yesterday, Columbus Day. But halfway there Johnny started wailing to the point where he was going red in the face! Turns out all he needed was hugs from Mommy and a good distraction. Needless to say we didn't make out to the mall but it was quite a car ride! Here he is in his uncle JD's arms after his bout of sobbing.

On Saturday we all went out to eat at Frost, a restaurant in Brooklyn. If you're ever in the Williamsburg area, check it out! Small place & my dish (the gnocchi) was delicious with its meat sauce. Highly recommended. The chicken dishes are also really good. Staff is very accomodating (especially since we came with the baby).

Robyn and I spotted Julia Stiles signing autographs after a night show of Oleanna, the new play over at the Golden Theatre. (Where Avenue Q used to be before it went back to Off-Broadway). My sister was hilarious, she goes "Yup, she has no boobs" after taking a quick look at her. (Typical Robyn). I have to say, J.Stiles looks exactly the same in person as she does on the big screen.

Last Saturday, AnnaMarie celebrated her birthday at 230 5th, a rooftop bar/indoor club. Her sister celebrated her birthday last spring and I celebrated Halloween there last year. It's a pretty popular place, even though the kicker is it looks like an ordinary office building from the outside! We had a gorgeous view...

I am dreaming of owning this camera.

I keep hearing rave reviews about it. I know God has more pressing matters to attend but do you think He could send over one of those if I ask enough? :-P

thursday woes

The worst thing to do is assign on a test on a Friday. At first glance it seems like a good idea because you get the entire week to study. Mondays are no better either -- spending all your free time on a weekend studying is no good.

But when your one History class is every Friday, you're stuck. I thought I had all week to review my notes but the damn week just flew by!! I've been in college since '03! You'd think I'd know better LOL.

So have I mentioned I have a wedding to attend on Halloween? Yup! Jonathan's cousin Alexis is marrying Gaetano on the 31st. I love weddings -- plus Alexis & her soon-to-be husband are great together. I'm happy to celebrate with them. Too bad Kim & Vinnie are having a house party that night!! I highly doubt I will make it, however, if Jonathan & I are lucky enough, we'll get to go out that night in costume and meet up with K&V and company.

I don't know what I'm going as. Actually that's a lie; I'm planning on Tinkerbell but i'm gonna need a backup if it doesn't work out. Maybe Olive Oyl. I can see Jonathan pulling off Popeye, voice and all. (Not that they share a voice but he's very good at imitating people.)

My dad turned 46 yesterday so we celebrated with a dinner and cake. My mom and I started cooking a German meal around 4:30. 4 hours later it was done! We didn't expect it to take so long. Oma helped and so did Alex, who Jonathan & i bumped into en route to the supermarket. For the cake we had Black Forest (not surprisingly -- we wanted to keep up with the German theme). Jonathan loved spending time with my family and the feeling was mutual. My dad also gave me, Chris and Jonathan great advice concerning our futures, jobs, life in general. Whenever my dad talks, you can't help but listen. He is someone who has lived his life and experienced/seen a lot so you know everything he says is true and can be trusted. I am proud and happy to call him my dad.

Back to Kim for a second, she saw Hamlet last night and based on her positive review of Jude's performance ("amazed at his range") I am itching to see it before it ends in December! Maybe I'll go around my birthday. Although I really want to see Rock of Ages. And by really I mean badly.