Mariya and Miguelito. December 18, 2006 10:47pm (photo by Jill Hatzai)

It's 2:53pm on Saturday as I type these words. It's been a mellow but still very satisfying week so far. Thing is that I've been sleeping in a lot--usually until 1:00pm. Then again, I've been going to bed at 4:00am or later so it works out. Hehe. Despite the late schedule, I'm still getting enough sleep to thwart off any symptoms of coughs, colds etc. Today (Saturday) worked out nicely since I have the day off from dance classes so (surprise, surprise), I slept in again although I did have to get up a little before noon to tidy things up a bit since there were some classes scheduled in the dance studio next to my room.

Anywayz, my photographer friend Jill Hatzai sent me a bunch of photos from Monday night at Citron and I published a few here to keep the buzz going since the next two Mondays are cancelled on account of the fact that they fall on Christmas and New Year's Day. It's my favorite gig of the week, so I'm gonna be in serious withdrawal. It's all good though. It'll give me a chance to catch up with family and friends.

So I haven't blogged for a few days and based on my last two entries, you probably think I'm fixated on food. I am. :-) But my friends who know me well, know how much I love to eat good food.

Anywayz, this past Wednesday, a dancer friend invited me accompany her to a holiday party at some ritzy hotel in downtown DC.This company rented out one of the larger ballrooms, set the holiday ambience with red stage lights, a DJ and of course setup a lavish buffet featuring everything from fresh pastas, steamed veggies, turkey, Virginia ham and more. Yum! Funny thing is that neither of us knew anyone there---we got entry to this party thanks to my friend's father who works for the company. Hehe. Can't complain. The food was good and so was the company. :-)

It actually brought back memories of when I used to have a day job and would attend these holiday parties--not as fancy as this one, but along the same sort of lines with lots of food, silly but fun games with my fellow office workers like musical chairs, doing the electric slide, bingo etc.

Afterwards, I stopped by my brother Kevin's art boutique to make my weekly visit, say hello and see what's he's up to. You know me, despite all the food from the party, my high metabolism made me hungry again and we ended up going out to dinner with a couple of friends. I got myself a juicy medium-rare 12-ounce steak at nearby Woodgrill. Yum! Made it home by 11:00pm-ish and went straight to bed but got up again a few hours later. Oh well. Can't fight it: I'm a night person.