Just arrived home from the last family holiday party of the season. It is so nice to not be furiously packing in anticipation of an early wakeup and long flight back to SF. But, then again, that also means I won't be waking up in SF anytime soon. To the left is what it looked like this afternoon with Christmas wishes from our friend. Thanks Karen! Xmas on the westside is a whole different ballgame than the cold and snowy northeast yuletide festivities.

And festive it was with a fantastic Festivus party, a great Christmas eve eve with the family (which of course included the star, Oren), a Jewish Christmas Eve just Lu and I with ethnic food and a movie, and then dinner and conversation on Strong Island with the rest of the family tonight. As you can see from the right, Festivus on the east coast is a little bit different than the west coast variety. The wonderful thing is that no matter which coast we are on, we are surrounded by incredible friends. All of whom are extremely good at having a very good time. The bonus of easy commutes to the family holiday fun has made this season even more relaxed.

But it's not quite done, is it? There's only three days of work ahead, and then one final weekend of 07 to blaze through. We've got music in our future. I can't freakin wait. But I have a question! Where the hell did this year go?

Labels: festivus, music, photos