Baby It's Cold Outside

December 24 - Christmas Eve

still havent been shopping. so upsetting. oh well...i'm eating like 5 meals a day. The food is AMAZING. i wish LA had these restaurants too. i worked on apps in the morning...bleh. but then we went to Central Park for lunch. it was a beautiful day! =)

1. first stop, FAO toy store. SO big!

1. hehe cute

2. giant keyboard. these girls were playing christmas carols on them. what a workout

1. fancy nancy doll. nancy: "it's me!" sureee

2. apple store! ALMOST convinced my dad to buy me a new nano. ALMOST grrr

1. beautifulllll

2. central park skating rink

1. more pics from central park

1. family by skating rink

2. me and nancy

1. dad, mom and me

2. another part of central park. its huge

1. pretttty

2. mom and dad. oh oops dad has his eyes closed

1. me and nancy. i wish i were that much taller

2. another part of central park. theres a really pretty fountain. u can kinda see it...

1. treees

2. leavessss. artsy? i tried

3. i love new york. so prettty.

1. christmas colors! i've always wanted to ride around in one of those

2. yeah...another artsy attempt.

1. yay we finally made it to the Central Park Boathouse where we had reservations for lunch! It's in the middle of central park which means like a 20 minute walk to get to it. whew

2. after we're full and jolly

1. the plate glows!

2. me and nancy. we're not wearing the same thing...

1. familyyy

1. simply salmon salad (mine)

2. Boathouse Burger - Roasted tomatoes, grilled Vidalia onions,house made pickles (nancys)

1. Sautéed Red Snapper - Heirloom tomato salad and grilled lemon (moms)
2. Basil Crusted Halibut - Roasted artichokes, oven dried tomatoes, confit garlicLemon supreme and brown butter (dads)

we had dinner with my uncle? great uncle? (asian family trees are confusing) anyways, we went to Flushing, NY (which is in queens? i think). good seafood. the table next to us was eating snails. ughhh gross. then we went to buy fish balls cuz my dad loves them. they're really yummy.

1. ok i lied. apparently i'm not fookinese, but rather fujianese. there, i have proof. haha

2. the fujianese fish balls. they're not fish balls...just fish in a ball. lol.

tomorrow is christmas!!! yay! can't wait. my sister doesnt have a christmas tree in her apartment whcih is weird cuz my house always has a huge one. i wonder what we're doing tomorrow....