My new prosumer camera.

After seeing the Annie Leibowitz exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in December, I've really been inspired to capture beautiful Europe with finer equipment.

I went in search for a new breed- a prosumer (not professional, not consumer) camera. It is the perfect combination of being lightweight and small like a point-and-shoot, while having the awesome ability of attaching lenses like an SLR.

I bought this excellent silver Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 for less than $400. It shoots HD video and has awesome micro-photo capability as well as a very wide 24mm lens. I've shot 1 gig worth of pictures and video over the last 2 days. I'm glad I recently upgraded to a terabyte drive.

All dryers not created equal.

I had no idea the technology of hairdryers had changed so much over the last 10 years since I last bought one. I had my first revolutionizing ionic hair drying experience recently while in Fort Lauderdale. Thank you, Caroline. The 'ions' made my hair not only smooth and straight, but also shiny for seemingly the first time ever. I don't understand it; it just works.

So recently, I went on a search for the perfect affordable ionizing hairdryer. Mat and I spent a few days reading www.consumersearch.com and standing in overwhelming aisles before we finally we decided that one particular Revlon from Target was as good as any.
After taking it home and being severely disappointed, I promptly returned it the next morning.

I eventually bought the awesome Bed Head "Light Me Up" Active Ionic Dryer (The same that Caroline has.) for $30 from Marshalls and I've brought it back to the UK.
Now I only need to find the perfect converter so it doesn't blow up upon plugging into these surging UK outlets.

UK Visa

After waiting for what felt like eternity, my UK Visa has finally
arrived.. and just in time! It arrived at 10:30 am today and I fly
tomorrow at 1:40PM! It is so pretty and shiny and represents to me no
longer needing to feel like I'm living in London illegally. Business
school will be hard undoubtedly, but I'm excited to go in one
direction full force for a while.. or at least excited to stay in one
place for a while.

Rue Cler Brunch

On Saturday, we went to Rue Cler for the ever-tasty Asparagus, Chevre
and Tomato sauce crepe. To die for!

Soiree Party at Mat's

On Friday, Mat had some people over for some werewolf, Scene It and
drinking. With Caroline's insightful guidance, it ended up as a
fantastic yoga 'can you do this', 'how about this' party that made me
wonderfully reminiscent of gymnastic exercises at recess in the 4th
grade. Caroline has some great friends.

Random Florida Family Time

Unending gaming New Year's Day at the party/wedding house.