Bridal Shower

Last weekend Sohail's family threw me bridal shower which was so much fun!

There was lots of delicious food.

They organized a bunch of games. In this one the guests were split into 3 teams and each team had to dress one person as a bride using only toilet paper and a few other things. These girls look so good, I don't know why I bothered buying a dress!

And then everyone gave me wedding advice.

And Shaydah paid pin the veil on the bride.

I opened lots of presents.

And we had this cake Shahnaz's colleague made and admired the flowers Maman sent.

And hung out with good friends.

"bachelorette" weekend

The celebrate my upcoming nuptials, my college friends came up for a weekend in DC. But this year we've already had two weddings in our group which means two previous bachelorette weekends so we made this one low key and invited the guys (including one very little guy) which was the perfect way for me to celebrate with them.

Shirin, Gabriel, Kai and Sarah met me at my office after work on Friday.

The view is so much better with them there!

After a delicious Malaysian dinner, we came back to our place for a Backgammon tournament. The Persians beat the (Franco-)Americans for sure!

We did take some time away from the guys for an amazing girls' brunch at the Tabard Inn.

The weather was beautiful, the food delicious, and the friends wonderful - I couldn't have asked for more.

Then we walked around the city. Shirin knows you can never have to many friends so she made one more in Dupont Circle.

Having drinks in Chinatown with Chris and Deena.

And with Sohail.

We all spent lots of time passing Kai around who was such a good boy the whole weekend.

labor day weekend hike

Time for a blog catch up! On Labor Day weekend, Rebecca, one of her childhood friends and I went for a beautiful hike in Great Falls, Maryland, just an hour outside of DC.

Tourists visiting the area the old fashion way.

white water

The hike is called the billy goat trail for a good reason - it's very rocky.

another great day with Rebecca