Oh the Redhook Brewery...

....oh and that was even more fun :D Now what was the purpose of the night again? A trivia night?? mmmmmm I may have missed a question or two :D and ANDY - You DEFINITELY win my award for the best face on pics....and that of the best pic ;) isn't the pic of Todd Moore eating so "genuine"? :) thanks for teaching me your mastery of photography!

Night out at the pub

On Saturday night we went out to one of the pub in the Temple bar area - my fav part of town-, a blast :D Anke broke her record and drank 1/2 a pint :) Not bad Anke ;) I am SO proud of you! We did some nice sing alongs too...oh glad it was only the two of us. I'll do another "American Pie" with you anytime!!!!

Lisboa!

So you won't seemany pictures of monuments and lansdcapes from my trip to Lisbo since I spent 90% of my time in meetings and conference rooms....but nonetheless had a hell of a time with my account team from Belgium :D Was also able to enjoy 1 hour of sun at each lunch breaks. Which equals two hours of sun in two days. More than I've enjoyed so far this summer in Europe! - Seattle people, I just hate you and your heat wave :D

Out with the boys in Lokeren

Going out to the Lokeren's Irish pub - yes, it follows me!!!!- with Chris and a few of his friends :)

More pics from the party

Yes, I, my eyes are sparkling quite a great deal.....I wish I could say it was because of the flash of the camera :) Mais c'est a cause de l'elixir d'amour et de ses framboises.....on ne dirait pas comme ca, mais c'est traitre, les framboise :D

Burrying the Bachelors' life

In France, when you have you bachelor/bachelorette party -often celebrate together these days-, we are quite serious about it: we burry the bachelors' life.....litterally :) Last night, we had a such a party for my friends Pamela and Matthieu, who are getting married. So, in addition to having the couple go on scavenger hunts dressed in silly costumes etc, one of the oldest traditions for bachelor parties is to fill out a coffin with bottles of wine: each person attending the party brings one bottle and usually writes a personal note on it and voila! Evrything goes in the coffin. Then, the coffin is burried in either the couple's backyard or sometimes that of their parents, and is only to be brought back up when the couple has its first child and shared with the people who originally came to the bachelor party, to celebrate the birth of the child :)

Of course, part of the fun is also getting the couple tp dig the whole - or rather, how to make sure that they have the hardest time making it and keeping it as is until they are ready to bring the coffin at the end of the night. Oh on Saturday we had plenty of fun putting all the dirt back when Pam and Matt were not looking :)

Was a blast and seriously I would not have missed this in the world! Can't wait until they have their first baby.....means everybody who was there is invited to digg up the coffin. Soazic, you missed out really ;)

Deporting the Import/ Peter's B-day party, 05/19/07

How often in your life do you get to have a deportation party? As promised, here are some pictures:) From top to bottom: 1. Patty and Kathy -making her famous Lemon Drop Martinis yumm 2. My salsa friends :) 3. Mordida! 4. Why are Noah and I always goofing around? eh eh people tell us we are just "special" ;) 4. Penny, David and I drinking wine by the pool