Happy Belated New Year!

Happy New Year! It has been quite a while since I last posted (so I hope there are still people reading!) Life always gets hectic around the holidays and this year it was even more crazy because Ken, my mom and I went to Taiwan!

For Thanksgiving, we all flew to Chicago to visit Ken’s family and Laura’s family. My mom also flew in for the week and we spent the entire time eating with Ken’s parents, Ken’s sister, Laura’s family and our friends. We flew to Chicago the week before Thanksgiving because Ken’s friend was getting married the Friday before the holiday – they got married at Salvage One, a cool venue that has all kinds of stained glass, doors, windows, and tchotkes all over the two floor venue. Me and Ken at the wedding:

It was a fun wedding and we even ate Lou Malnati’s while we were there, which was an unexpected (but very welcomed) surprise. Me and Ken in matching pajamas after their fun wedding:

On Thanksgiving day, we started with a brunch with Laura’s family at their country club – my mom and I have matching jackets and were finally at the same place at the same time:

After the lunch, we headed to Ken’s sister’s house for even more food (to say we ate a lot this trip is an understatement!)

We also spent time with Ken’s niece, Sammy, at the mall and ate at our go to, Zodiac at Neiman Marcus:

When we got back to New York, my friend Anna and I started planning our belated Friendsgiving – this year, we threw it at her apartment on the upper west side! It was a fun potluck with a secret santa/white elephant component and we even had an elf stop by! Some photos from that night:

Poinsettias lining the table:

A very tired elf:

Anna making sure everyone drew a number out of the bowl for the white elephant gift exchange:

And that takes us to the Taiwan trip, which was so fun (and tiring!). I’ll be posting about the Taiwan trip slowly but also adding some restaurant posts that I haven’t gotten a chance to write yet. Stay tuned for new content!