more birthday excitement!

I've never celebrated so many birthdays in one week but it's wonderful.

Monday, August 25 - Sohail's birthday which we celebrated over a homemade frenchish dinner.

Tuesday, August 25th - Sohail's cousin Daniel turned 21 so we clebrated with his family

And we celebrated ours too!

Thursday, August 27th - Luna took me out to lunch for a delicious, three course birthday celebration. Thanks Luna!

Birthdays!

Sohail and my birthdays are just four days apart (three years and 361 days to be exact but who's counting?) so his parents took us out to celebrate last night. It was great seeing them again.

typical weekend

Some photos of a typical weekend in DC. When I don't post anything, I've probably been doing something similar (plus laundry and groceries!).

Friday night - Sohail made two Persian stews for our friends who came over including one very new addition to our group of friends.

Saturday soccer. A must!

Saturday afternoon at the Corcoran

We saw a wonderful exhibit of William Eggleston's work. I highly recommend it if you're in DC. If not, look him up!

Saturday afternoon... drama... saw a guy with a bullet in his arm.

Luna's birthday on Sunday

Getting manicures

All pampered

new fun

Problem: socks with holes

Solution: Maman's sewing machine + concentration

Almost there

Problem solved!

Thanks Maman!!!

apartment hunt

After sharing a studio for almost a year, Sohail and I decided it was time to find a bigger apartment so we went hunting last weekend. While we didn't find something that would work, we did have a good time and saw a beautiful sky on our way home.

Amazing cloud with moon over Dupont

This building was crazy. The basement looked like an insane asylum!

weekend in dirty jersey

A few weekend ago we met Sohail's sister and her boyfriend in NJ for a beach weekend. We had wonderful weather and were graced by Max's presence.

Sara and Davyde

Max made a friend named Bruno. This dog peed on my bag... three times!
Tita - remind you of anything?

Max hates waves but likes playing with us. What a dilemma!

Sand on the other hand is Max's best friend.

happy 4th

happy fourth of july!

sailing with janelle

not much sun but lots of wind to fill our sails

sohail and janelle

max got a bath and a bone to celebrate the holiday weekend (plus some extra hugs and walks)

cook out at my aunt and uncle's on the fourth

monica & mel

sangrai

now i'm ready for the 14th of juillet!

Bon Voyage Maman!

Maman's in town this weekend to drop Max off for his summer vacation in DC while she visits her family.

Sohail & Maman came to cheer us on for the Lawyers Have Heart 10k Saturday morning.

After the race / before brunch with Rebecca and Sarah.

A picnic at the Duke Ellington jazz festival on the mall

At the jazz festival

And, I have a new accessory in my life!
I just got my ears pierced after receiving these beautiful earrings as a gift.

picnic

Finally I did something blogworthy! Acutally, I've been doing a lot of blogworthy things (a picnic on the Capitol lawn with Sarah and Barney, weekends with Sohail's family, and several birthday parites) but first my camera battery died and then I got out of the habit of taking pictures. But today we had a wonderful picnic with lots of friends and I remembered to take a few photos at the very last minute. Enjoy...

With Rebecca and Ian

Leaving the park. Shirin - do you recognize this dress?

Sophie's visit etc...

At the end of my week in Charleston, my cousin Sophie, who's studying abroad in the US, came to visit us in Charleston. I think I learned as much about America and Americans through her stories of her host family as she did! Now I'm back in DC and ready to start my new job... Happy mothers' day!

With Derek and Dad at CofC

A stressed Max and a happy Addy - This was a typical scene at our house this week.

Sophie arriving

Cousins Walking along the battery
At waterfront park

Shaddows on the steps of the dungeon

Horse and carriage

Persian breakfast in Washington

Charleston in May

As most of you know, I'm between jobs so I'm in Charleston for the week enjoying family and friends and the nice weather. Sunday we went to the beach with the dogs. It was great.

Flying a kite

Kite boarders

Max and Addy

A very happy Max

Maman

another relaxing weekend....

I must admit that I have rarely felt as relaxed and happy in life as a I do now. It's not that I've had such a hard life up until this point but rather that law school & the bar exam really put things into perspective. I just didn't know how good I had it before law school. So what have I been doing with all my new found free time? Friday: DC United soccer game with some friends. Saturday: Pick-up soccer in Georgetown with friends, reading / napping on the national mall, aperetif in Chinatown and watching Milk (great film!). Sunday: girls' day with Anne (see Albany post) who's in town for a conference and then a crepe dinner with Anne and Sohail. I hope you're all enjoying life as well. For those of you in school or under other pressures, don't despair! All that schooling is going to make your life better than ever before once you're done.

Napping on the National Mall

View from the blanket.

I really liked the look of this tree...