Raven in Town!- Jan 24-27, 2013

Brandy had been excited for months when she found out Raven would be making the trip from Miami for a visit to Portlandia on her birthday and she definitely showed her a good time.  Cosmic tubing on Mt. Hood, Voodoo Donuts, good eats, Mississippi and Hawthorne, and a great b-day party.  Still not enough time to share all the glory of PDX.

Lady Gaga Monster Pit- Jan 15, 2013

Khahn scored us tickets to the sold-out Lady Gaga concert and I was determined to dress with more fishnet and feather this time around.  Brandy had an amazing outfit complete with a fishnet fascinator and ginormous earrings.  We got randomly selected at the door for a free upgrade to the Monster pit which is in the center of the circular stage that Gaga performs on.  Awesome!  It was a fantastic concert with fun peeps and a great view.

Home for NY and Mommy's 60th B-day- Dec 29-Jan 2, 2013

ADPi House

Allen Fieldhouse

 I was so excited to go home for New Years and get to help my mom celebrate her 60th birthday.  It'd been over a year since I'd been home.  Brandy got to see my high school, Lawrence and KU, meet the fam, and the gloriousness that is Wichita.  My mom had a great time at her party which most of her friends were able to attend.  It was fantastic.

Xbox Karaoke at Khahns- Dec 27, 2012

It wasn't quite Voice Box, but we had a great time at Khahn's making fools of ourselves with her American Idol game.  Britt was an excellent bartender as usual, though I was on call, so no imbibing for me.  Brandy serenaded Khahn passionately and Britt showed off her rapping skills.

Xmas with Brandy- Dec 25, 2012

At first I was disappointed that I wouldn't be going home for Christmas this year (crazy airline ticket prices!), but it turned out to be a wonderful Xmas.  Brandy and I hit up Peacock Lane with it's National Lampoons style street of lights, watched The Hobbit in 3D, and had a lovely dinner at Salty's.  Wonderful.

Crystal's B-day Din- Dec 20, 2012

Crystal's had a big year-- coming back to Portland, getting married, living with Ben-- but her b-day was pretty low-key and really nice.  Her parents were in town and so her mom made Chili and we had St. Cupcakes...yum.  Plus Ben taught us how to eat cupcakes to maximize the frosting... take off bottom and sandwich the frosting on top...Genius!

Pentatonix- Dec 18, 2012

So Kim and Lisa and I all loved the Sing-off and getting a chance to see Pentatonix live was an amazing experience.  So talented!  I took Brandy and although she was skeptical about acapella at first and even joked with her coworkers about it, I think she was converted.  It was also cool to have so many of the other shows contestants at the show.   An all-star crowd.  Really sad that the show was cancelled.