FTP = Fucking Tree People.
I’ve been meaning to use that acronym as a headline and it was totally going to be used yesterday but I HAD to draw attention to my mockery of a person who changed the world instead, so not only did I have to come back and bring pics but I also had to use FTPs on the site. So here it is! Anyways, this is an acronym (acronyms DO exist outside of the military) used here at Rockefeller Plaza to discuss the ridiculous amount of tourists that have descended upon NYC, but especially here at Rockefeller Plaza and our world-famous tree. Literally, the crowds have gotten so damn plentiful ever since the Christmas Tree went up. And that mo’fo is huge and impressive and it’s not even decorated yet. I can’t even begin to imagine how crowded it’ll be after the end of the month when the lighting occurs. That’ll be something to see.
Okay, I don’t have too much else to say – I’ll elaborate a bit more on the pics below as we go through them, but it’s been a good couple of weeks. I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving and I look forward to surviving the holiday season here in New York and hopefully also back home!
11 Nov 2007 – My Folks Before I Left
11-Nov-2007 17:25, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
11-Nov-2007 17:25, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
11-Nov-2007 17:25, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
11-Nov-2007 17:26, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
13 Nov 2007 – Rockefeller Plaza Tree
13-Nov-2007 07:37, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 283
13-Nov-2007 07:37, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 289
13-Nov-2007 07:37, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 213
13-Nov-2007 07:41, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 141
And now here are the pics from Mila’s wedding! It was great to see everyone again and you could tell Mila was relieved that the wedding went so well and everyone had a blast. I think she mentioned that was really her only concern going into the ceremony and she needn’t have worried. It was a fantastic affair. Great music (Hava Nagila at the beginning of the reception is SUCH a good idea) and great company and great food all combined wonderfully. Seeing Sveta and Mila again though was probably the highlight of seeing my friends again, although getting to see all of them pretty much rocked. That and seeing my family again makes me miss LA and home, but I can’t lie, when I got back to New York after a miserable red-eye flight, I was also happy. So I think I’ll be here for a bit – but one day, I’ll be back, West Coast-style.
10 Nov 2007 – Mila & Scott Got Married!
Mom and Harv that morning
10-Nov-2007 09:09, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
The reception tent before the ceremony
10-Nov-2007 17:48, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.005 sec
10-Nov-2007 17:48, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec
Sveta!
10-Nov-2007 17:50, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec
10-Nov-2007 17:51, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec
Sveta and Tony
10-Nov-2007 17:51, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec
Me and Laryssa - it was great to see her again. She hasn't changed!
10-Nov-2007 17:51, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Sveta and Me
10-Nov-2007 17:53, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec
The rose-strewn aisle to the altar..(is that the right word??)
10-Nov-2007 18:04, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 18:05, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 18:06, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Me and Monina and random stranger guy - it was awesome to see Monina too!
10-Nov-2007 18:35, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Mila getting escorted down the aisle by her proud parents, Roman and Ada
10-Nov-2007 18:46, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 19:03, Canon Canon PowerShot SD630, 2.8, 5.8mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 19:04, Canon Canon PowerShot SD630, 2.8, 5.8mm, 0.017 sec
Mila and Scott taking the walk back as a married couple
10-Nov-2007 19:14, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Jacen and Me - it's funny.. none of us have really changed our personalities
10-Nov-2007 19:43, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Kevin and Jacen and their spouses
10-Nov-2007 19:44, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Monina, me in a jacket that should have been unbuttoned, and Laryssa
10-Nov-2007 20:03, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
The Cancun Table - named that way for a trip they all went on. I was an honorary member.
10-Nov-2007 21:47, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 22:24, SONY DSC-W100, 2.8, 7.9mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 125
10-Nov-2007 22:58, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
Candid shot of Mila visiting around
10-Nov-2007 23:00, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 23:01, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.017 sec
10-Nov-2007 23:02, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.017 sec
Mila getting some wedding cake
10-Nov-2007 23:39, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.017 sec
Mila with her bud Kathy and Kathy's husband
10-Nov-2007 23:40, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 3.5, 12.523mm, 0.017 sec
Dancing Mila!
10-Nov-2007 23:40, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 3.5, 12.523mm, 0.017 sec
And as a note about the flashback picture on the frontpage – I just crack up everytime I see it. And I miss my buds back in Colorado Springs. Because even though life is definitely different and better in many ways now, I still miss the hell out of my friends that I had in the Springs. I seriously wish I could just transplant their lives and jobs out here into NYC. THAT would be perfect. Because I still haven’t found that great group of friends or such to just hang with. And then that pic also has my house’s kitchen in it!!!! I miss my house!!!!! <sigh> Oh well…
