...the many parties of Christmas

As we all know, Christmas is the time of year where you don't have to feel bad about going out nearly every night of the week... Aside from work parties and Christmas coffee dates, Troy and I made the rounds of Vancouver with a couple of Harling Pours with Pete and friends, some yule-tide Patron at Greg and Mon's party, and nothing but the best merlot at Jon and Laura's open house. 

Peter and Elias 

Elias and Troy

Troy and Jumbo! 

Monica

Matt and Shaina 

Ashley and Alsy 

Hostess and Moi

Troy and Greg cuddling in the corner #howcute 

Me and Shaina

Troy at the end of the night...

"Throw this on the internet for the fans" 

The Kilians at Fable for Brunch 

Laura, Pam and Perry Bula 

Kyle

Timmy 

Jon and Julie

Pam and Ben

Me and Ricci 

Christmas Craft Day

This year the Higgs/Pecknolds/Daltons kicked off Christmas with an epic craft and baking day... from 12pm-8pm we drank mulled wine, rolled ginger dough, iced and decorated cookies, created some amazing Hello Kitty snow globes and ate wayyyyy too much cheese. It was a great day ladies- looking forward to making it our annual tradition!

Lucky

Fashion Tuesday...

Charlotte in just a sampling of her many outfits for work- Killing it every time! 

Last Day in NYC...

Run around the "seawall"... not as beautiful as Vancouver, but a great day for run in any case. 

A visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

Down at 30 Rockefeller Election fever was in the air... 

Troy #shouldhavebeenapapparazzi

Final meal in Meatpacking District... Dougy ordered the Lobster thermidore... WOW!  

NY Giants

I want to start by saying how unnatural it is for me to write about football, but in fitting with the theme of sticking out like a sore thumb, I am just going to go with it.

On our second to last day in NY, Troy, Jon, Doug and I ventured from Manhattan to Jersey to watch the NY Giants play the Pittsburgh Steelers... the tailgating was OUT OF CONTROL as you can see from the below picture. It was a sea of blue, red and Denver Hayes... I rolled in wearing a leopard print sweater and grey skinny jeans...  the only red thing I had on me was my Starbucks cup. Awkward. 

We were getting some serious stares from the locals who had all the comforts of home in their designated parking space- beer, sausages, propane tanks, chips, chairs, music.. so major, and so quickly bought some toques from a vendor in order to be a little more discreet. 

By the end of the game I went with the full Monty of Giants gear in order to fend off the minus 50 wind chill that I was feeling as we sat and watched the Steelers win the game. It was a crazy day and pretty neat to see New Yorkers screaming and fighting (literally) for their beloved Giants. 

Below is the progression of my outfits... 

Tailgating... you really have to see it to believe it

#tourists... I think Troy actually said to me, "You have to get rid of that cup!" 

Giants toques: check! 

Down on the field watching the Steelers warm up- this was really neat!

National Anthem was sung by Megan Hilty from one of my shows, Smash  

Amazing! 

Got the blanket and jacket... still cold. 

Enter gloves! 

And then just straight up cuddling with Doug to keep warm... what a day!