52 weeks of 26!

Updates

2013-01-06T00:25:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone -

I got behind for awhile while traveling and having my laptop die. I'm working on catching up and I'm almost there. I'm moving my blog to http://cristalogletree.wordpress.com/ and will send an email update with the link once I'm all caught up.

We've just arrived in Malaysia, but leave tomorrow morning to travel around Thailand for 3-4 weeks. At that point we'll come back to Kuala Lumpur and start apartment hunting. I'll probably get behind again over the next few weeks, but I promise I'll catch up!

Keep in touch!

Cristal

Week 38: November 26 to December 2

2012-12-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

Mon: hang out with sindy, make tamales, new couch and recliner arrive, pack,
Tue: went to the office with mom, finished packing, flight to new york city
Wed: work, went to see columbus statue, walk to pick up laptop, played with google nexus phone, watched silver linings playbook, class presentation, miracle fruit
Thur: 97th street farmers market, absolute bagels, nap then work
Fri: work, walk down to rockefeller christmas tree
Sat: work, hang out in queens with arnis elle and gustavs
Sun: come home from queens, nap, work

Pictures:

Week 37: November 19 to November 25

2012-11-25T15:53:00.000-08:00

Monday: driving to TX from DC, arrive in the evening with tito and tia mila
Tuesday: went to the office with mom for edgars birthday
Wednesday: jacob and family went to see the piano lesson
Thursday: thanksgiving! tito deep fried the turkey and smoked 2 pork shoulders, mom and I made mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies, and veggies
Friday: stopped by macy's - crazy black Friday, thanksgiving leftovers for lunch at avol's, jacob and family went to see a royal affair
Saturday: jacob and family went to see columbus statue, jacob and family went to the twenty-seventh man, cristal's laptop died :-(
Sunday: work most of the day, presentation group meeting

Pictures:

Week 36: November 12 to November 18

2012-11-18T08:33:00.000-08:00

Monday: walked down to 72 met laura briefly, subway down to chambers, walked up hudson through NYU and washington square park, walked through east village and up through gramercy and saw stuy town, train back home, work and dinner
Tuesday: jacob in delaware, work all day, panel at columbia on digital diplomacy, dinner party with panelists,
Wednesday: work most of the day, shake shack for lunch saw artie from glee!, class, online apartment hunting,
Thursday: work most of the day, vietnamese for lunch, work, school visit, class
Friday: apartment hunting upper west side, walk around midtown, cook huge batch of lentil stew, watched queen of versailles with anya,
Saturday: bolt bus to DC, taylor's sandwiches, hgtv and country music videos, pick up reena, hang out at nena's,
Sunday: tia mila arrives at noon, pack at tito's house, stop by tio rafael's, leave for TX!, stop around midnight to sleep for a few hours

Pictures:

Week 35: November 5 to November 11

2012-11-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

Monday: shark tank, work
Tuesday: work, arnis elle stavi over for dinner and the night, election!, OBAMA!
Wednesday: work, snow!, class
Thursday: walk around central park and upper east side, errands, work, class
Friday: work, lunch at cascabel taqueria, work, wondee siam v delivery with tom marni mike
Saturday: brunch with laura, walk all over brooklyn with laura, work
Sunday: walked up to harlem through riverside park , made it up to around 155th, trained back down, work, anya and joe back and thai for dinner

Pictures:

Week 34: October 29 to November 4

2012-11-04T10:19:00.000-08:00

Monday: storm, staying in NJ, hurricane sandy!, lost power around 730pm
Tuesday: walk around teaneck and hackensack with jacob and eloise, taipei noodle house for lunch, cab back to nyc, dinner at carol and lorens
Wednesday: some morning work, walk to broadway, who's afraid of virginia woolf, walk back to UWS
Thursday: work, relax, work, dinner with alan and gen, work
Friday: tasty egg and leftover breakfast, watched alan's movie, walked up to and around columbia campus, tasty late thai lunch, shark tank and downton abbey
Saturday: work at home, subway to 66th, walk across central park and over queensboro bridge, hang out with arnis elle and stavi in queens
Sunday: absolute bagels, jacob walk in the park, downton abbey, jacob's pickles, jacob's fitbit at 25k+, work

Pictures:

Week 33: October 22 to October 28

2012-10-28T18:30:00.000-07:00

Monday: go to work with michael, do homework, lunch with liz and kim, more work at airtech, michael's training session then pupusas, jacob arrives!
Tuesday: wake up, stop by airtech and pick up supplies, at home doing projects, go to agility training with melissa and merlin, play zonk
Wednesday: drive through boulder to estes, avery brewing, play hearts, snow!
Thursday: overnight snow!, pack and clean up, flight to nyc
Friday: jacob interview in baltimore, walk around nyc with alan and eloise, high line, MoMA, WTC, chelsea market, Gazala's for dinner, grace on broadway
Saturday: alan birthday brunch , meet up with laura, bryant park, NY public library grand central, hang out in brooklyn with laura laurie and co, potluck dinner
Sunday: michael randall and oscar over for brunch, storm coming in, cori's wedding in NJ

Pictures:

Thank you to Laura and Eloise for a lot of these pictures!

Week 32: October 15 to October 21

2012-10-21T18:59:00.002-07:00

Monday: starting fitbit!, making tamales with avol mom and tias sandra mila and yita, walk with mom, work
Tuesday: walk with mom tia yita and copper, errands: shopping, car, copper, mail pecans, tamales for lunch with avol, watch rio with haylee hazel jayden, packing!
Wednesday: goodbye breakfast with the fam at regio, flight to dallas then flight to denver, class, tasty grilled chicken salad for dinner, some hulu plus tv
Thursday: early wake up to go work at airtech with michael, work, grocery shopping, homework
Friday: early wake up to go work at airtech with michael, 90s hip hop Friday at work, bbq for lunch at airtech, cooked argentine lentil stew with michael for dinner, played hearts with michael melissa and brian
Saturday: breakfast burritos from santiagos, fun off leash dog hike area in elk meadow, oktoberfest party with michaels work friends, michaels indoor soccer game
Sunday: work morning, michael's soccer game, vietnamese food, movie night

Pictures:

Week 31: October 8 to October 14

2012-10-14T22:17:00.001-07:00

Monday: work, buffet at hibachi grill, quest app reading
Tuesday: work, sindy and wendy five guys and dexter, cook spaghetti squash dish, work, quest apps
Wednesday: work, class, work
Thursday: work, class, vp debate
Friday: work, house hunting with tia mila, spaghetti squash dinner for avol, kenny rogers concert, drinks with mom and tias
Saturday: work, pupusas at pupusodromo, order vitamins for avol online, work
Sunday: finished quest apps!!, cut tree down at tia yita's, halloween preview with the kids, couponing with sindy and wendy, dexter!

Pictures:

Week 30: October 1 to October 7

2012-10-07T21:34:00.002-07:00

Monday: flight from lima to miami, flight from miami to houston, hi texas and family!, alfajores de havanna, pecan picking
Tuesday: work most of the day, thai tom yum ramen for lunch, tasty brownies, jacob flies around SD!, pop's famous spaghetti for dinner
Wednesday: work, read outside, work, class, debate
Thursday: work, lunch with mom tia sandra alex, class
Friday: work, grocery shopping, cooked argentine lentil stew, work, hot date with sindy
Saturday: chinatown lunch with mom tia sandra and yoga friends, reflexology massage, drive around china town and vietnamese town, work,
Sunday: michael ran a marathon!, work, picked pecans in the backyard, phone dates

Pictures:

Week 29: September 24 to September 30

2012-09-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

Monday: no internet, starbucks internet fail, fileteado porteno internet win
Tuesday: slow internet at home, work, gringo standup, homemade lentil stew!, mason and mer over
Wednesday: internet!!!!!, work, tasty steak dinner, class
Thursday: work, pizza at plaza dorrego, work, evening at mercedes'
Friday: work, hipodromo with mason, walk around and drinks in palermo
Saturday: some apartment wrap up, walk around florida, plaza san martin, buy luggage, argentina vs nz rugby, la brigada then out with mason, jorge and co
Sunday: sick, packing, key return madness, airport for flight to lima, bye buenos aires

Pictures:

Week 28: September 17 to September 23

2012-09-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

Monday: work, havanna reading, nap, work, downton abbey
Tuesday: work, rain, tasty lunch out, work
Wednesday: work, parrilla steak for lunch, empanada dinner, class, sindy wendy jayden vid chat
Thursday: no internet, MACBA, tasty sandwich and cute lunch place, starbucks/work, dos mas dos
Friday: no internet, starbucks, plaza dorrego, mason and jorge then josh mark and marcelo
Saturday: no internet, plaza dorrego afternoon, prometheus, read
Sunday: no internet, sleep in, walk around entire feria san telmo, plaza dorrego balcony snack, steak at home and movie

Pictures:

Week 27: September 10 to September 16

2012-09-16T12:18:00.000-07:00

Monday: beautiful sunrise, boat trip to puerto blest and los cantaros, scottish shower
Tuesday: work, pool and scottish shower, bus ride, cute young girl from oregon
Wednesday: still on the bus, afternoon arrival to BA, work, class, 26 and a half!
Thursday: work, nap, work, buenos aires philharmonic at teatro colon
Friday: sleep in , work, nap, drinks and fries at plaza dorrego, pasta and che with mason
Saturday: pick up bagel, walk around palermo and recoleta, warm but not sunny day, bbq with mason and mercedes
Sunday: sleep in, work, delicious homemade dinner with asparagus, skype

Pictures:

Week 26: September 3 to September 9

2012-09-10T17:02:00.002-07:00

Monday: sleep in, still feeling kind of sick, work most of the day, nice day, cold night
Tuesday: wake up, breakfast, seinfeld, 21 hr bus ride
Wednesday: arrive in bariloche, cerro campanario, tabla patagonica for dinner, class, work
Thursday: early wake up to finish work, circuito chico gorgeous 25k hilly bike ride!, gilberts for dinner, class, work
Friday: lots of work, and reading, delicious pasta, antare,
Saturday: early wake up, bus to el bolson, short hike, artisan fair, bus back
Sunday: leave hostel for new hotel, cordero at Don Molino, pool and scottish shower, work, che part 1

Pictures:

Bonus, a couple extra panoramas this week!

Week 25: August 27 to September 2

2012-09-02T21:10:00.000-07:00

Monday: homework, spanish class, pasta for dinner, dulce de leche hot chocolate
Tuesday: sleep in , lots of work all day, almost famous
Wednesday: morning spanish class, walk around palermo and recoleta, botanical garden, first class of fall semester
Thursday: work, spanish class, clean apartment, dinner/drinks with mason, second class of fall semester
Friday: steak and baked potato for lunch, trouble recargando phone, museo penitenciario, dominoes, homemade empanadas, mason over
Saturday: potatoes and eggs, rugby in belgrano, el alamo, el ateneo
Sunday: sleep in, feria san telmo, long outdoor patio lunch, relax and some work, both feeling a little cold/flu-ish

Pictures:

Week 24: August 20 to August 26

2012-08-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

Monday: homework, work, spanish class, seinfeld, pasta
Tuesday: work, carancho, spanish class, mercado san telmo groceries, cooked dinner
Wednesday: earlier wake up, morning spanish classes, walk around recoleta/palermo, MALBA then first colectivo ride, pizza for dinner
Thursday: wake up early, lost in recoleta, recoleta cemetery tour, cultural center, basilica nuestra senora del pilar, ice cream, lots of veggies and milanesa
Friday: work, spanish class, spanish homework, gibraltar for dinner and drinks,
Saturday: argentine cooking class, nap, rugby
Sunday: sleep in, feria san telmo, mexican food, long walk, drinks, tango festival, museo nacional de bellas artes, colectivo 17, motorcycle diaries, 1 year trip-aversary!

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Week 23: August 13 to August 19

2012-08-19T17:01:00.001-07:00

Monday: walk around BA, beautiful sunny day, choripan and bondiola, work then desnivel steak!, nueve reinas
Tuesday: rain most of the day, work most of the day, café tortoni with anya, dinner at zum edelweiss with anya, joe and co
Wednesday: la poesia, el zanjon, clothes shopping (thanks Anya!), la brigada, la boca
Thursday: work, rain, spanish lesson, spanish meeting, chinese take-out
Friday: rain, brunch at el federal, subte, galeria pacifico, rain
Saturday: sleep in, work, dinner with a kiwi couple, tasty gelato
Sunday: sleep in, beautiful sunny day, walk through feria san telmo, walk to recoleta, la biela and the flower!

Pictures:

Week 22: August 6 to August 12

2012-08-12T14:48:00.000-07:00

Monday: quick breakfast, markets walking tour, terremotos at la piojera then lomitos at fuente alemana, nap and packing, work
Tuesday: pack, flight to buenos aires, cool old apartment!, dinner at el federal
Wednesday: work all day, plaza dorrego - havanna for a snack, the gibraltar, checked out mercado san telmo, dinner at home
Thursday: morning work, afternoon nap, first spanish appointment with the nutty spanish professor, last chile class, glee
Friday: work, read, ba free tours - aristocratic, gibraltar for a late dinner,
Saturday: sleep in, work, read, rain all day
Sunday: spanish homework, huge potatoes!, spanish class, feria de san telmo, olympics closing ceremony and fernet

Pictures:

Week 21: July 30 to August 5

2012-08-05T19:42:00.001-07:00

Monday: work, nap, grocery shopping, laundry, work
Tuesday: work all day, class, late dinner at the clinic, mad men
Wednesday: work, walk around, new shoes, il postino
Thursday: work, girltank meeting at start up chile, groceries, machuca, work
Friday: work, spicy chile walking tour, piscolas, hot dog and empanadas, work, raviolis and out
Saturday: work, walk around santiago, pastel de choclo and cazuela de pollo, downton abbey
Sunday: museo de bellas artes, walk around santiago, work

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Week 20: July 23 to July 29

2012-07-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

Mon: lecture on media in chile, lecture on cinema in chile, work
Tue: visit to penalolen, cheesburger for dinner, class
Wed: lecture on penguin revolution, shopping at handicrafts market, indian take-out, work
Thur: last lecture of the study tour: economics and education, rest and work in the afternoon, fun at los buenos muchachos
Fri: jacob arrives early morning, study tour debrief/wrap-up, trip to la moneda, dinner out at bellavista
Sat: day trip to pomaire and isla negra, dinner in lastarria
Sun: last day for the study tour group, tour at la chascona (neruda's santiago house), walking around downtown, submarino/coffee and work

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Week 19: July 16 to July 22

2012-07-22T16:44:00.000-07:00

Monday: walk around santiago, lunch at mercado central, holiday, baggage still lost
Tuesday: lecture: "education in chile", empanadas for lunch, walk around bella vista, class, watched machuca
Wednesday: lecture: "Political changes in Chile: Dictatorship/Democracy" by Francisco Javier Diaz, policy advisor and speech writer for Bachelet, shopping b/c baggage still lost, work, liguria for dinner
Thursday: visit to memory museum, movie: el diario de agustin, nap, work, chinese take-out
Friday: meeting with educacion2020, lunch, shopping at crafts market, work
Saturday: bus to valparaiso, funicular, seafood lunch and walk around, museo a cielo abierto, tire trouble and bus back
Sunday: day off, rest, work, bagagge still lost

Pictures (FYI - 6 of these pictures were taken by my classmates and I got them from facebook!):

Week 18: July 9 to July 15

2012-07-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

Monday: work/box unpacking, power outage nap, haylee and hayzel swim meet, movie at star cinema
Tuesday: work, packing, nap, jacob going away party
Wednesday: jacob flight to DC, work, walk to tia yita's
Thursday: lots of errands, haylee and hayzel prelims, work, class, iphone tutorial
Friday: work, visiting people, ordering lots of vitamins online, facebook tutorial
Saturday: saying bye to people, flight to miami, flight to lima
Sunday: flight to santiago, lost lugagge, walk around santiago city center with class, tired and work catch-up

Pictures:

Week 17: July 2 to July 8

2012-07-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

Monday: work all day, jacob hair cut, chicken dinner at avol's, camera? :-(
Tuesday: happy 30th anniversary parents!, work at avol's in the morning, edible arrangement, class, parenthood
Wednesday: work and store, lasagna and charamuscas!, jayden haircut, fireworks, happy 4th!
Thursday: up before sunrise for crabbing, crabs!, camera drop in water, tree chop, work and records
Friday: happy birthday avol, work, copper walk, david and jamie, slingshot, class
Saturday: work, avol's birthday party!, butcher pig, pig roast, family
Sunday: leftovers, blood sausage, liver, heart, lungs, work, sorting boxes, movie with parents

Pictures:

Week 16: June 25 to July 1

2012-07-01T09:04:00.000-07:00

Monday: packing, errands, in n out, flight to houston, pops and copper!
Tuesday: happy bday tia sandra!, early wake up to take hector to school, hang out with avol, class, happy bday sindy!
Wednesday: play with copps, work, play with copps, happy bday hector!, late mom airport pickup
Thursday: play with copps, jacob run with copps, work, nap
Friday: help move the pool slide, looked at cows and pigs for avols bday, jacob blog, cristal chat with mom
Saturday: yoga, avol's then pouring at the store, work, steak dinner, sabado gigante
Sunday: work, uefa euro 2012 final at tio ramons, good meat, game of thrones

Pictures:

Week 15: June 18 to 24

2012-06-24T13:07:00.000-07:00

Monday: work all day, the dictator
Tuesday: mom's in CA!, tech and ed reform class, old spaghetti factory
Wednesday: morning at csusm, new external hd, hot tub, longest day of the year!, work
Thursday: work, nap, walk at the beach, father of invention
Friday: morning work, garage packing, walk at the beach, costco, anna over for dinner
Saturday: parada family brunch with eloise and alan, anita's wedding!
Sunday: work, nap, walk around coronado, blood and gifts

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