HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2013. We made it. Survived the Mayan Apocalypse and all. Congrats.

How was your New Years festivities?  I didn’t do much yesterday. Did a family shoot (in downtown Tacoma … what a beautiful location!). And today I spent the day making Gyoza (Chinese Pot Stickers) from scratch with my family. But I’ll save the details with for the first of my 5TT post below.

1  GYOZA DAY - So in my family, we don’t really do much for Christmas. I don’t know what happened but sometime over the years we consolidated Christmas and New Years into a single holiday called Gyoza Day. And to us, it’s the most favoritest family tradition. It’s one of those no-exceptions holidays. I missed it one year for a wedding and was like “never again!”

Anyways. So we’ve been doing this every New Years Day ever since I was a little girl. And my step-father and aunts have been doing it since they were kids. It’s a full family assembly line of prepping, rolling, filling, and boiling the dumplings. And then we eat, eat, eat!

I know y’all are jealous. You should be. It was delicious. Anyways, happy New Year!

2  LES MIS - So earlier this week I watched Les Miserables and I may have sung throughout most of it. And even though it is amazing (Anne Hathaway was sooo good and that girl who played Eponine was incredible!) - I still think the stage production was better on a different level. There’s just something about watching a Broadway show on stage.

Seriously - listen to her. It’s amazing.

(I do have to admit that I first heard this song when Joey sang it on Dawson’s Creek. This is where I get my cultural insight. TV. Ha!)

3  GREAT GATSBY - While watching Les Mis, we got to preview the new trailer for The Great Gatsby and dude, it looks so amazing. Full of wonderment and beautiful costumes and most likely amazing acting and photography (it’s a Baz Luhrman film).

I’m kind of excited about this movie but I feel like I have to have a literature refresher. I read this book in like junior high or something and I don’t remember it at all. A lit refresher and a Red Curtain marathon (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and that dancing movie … although I didn’t really like the dancing one).

OMG I just realized that Isla Fisher is in this movie. She is one of my favorites (shout out to Hot Rod - fav movie ever).

4  SEAHAWKS ADVANCE!!  - Yep. It’s nice being home when we’re winning. Say what?! Yes. Go HAWKS.  I know what I’m doing on January 6th. Game day.