Friday, January 2, 2009

Happy 2009!

To start the new year, you've got to send the old year out in style.  So Arnie and I relaxed in one of our favorite traditions - Champagne Thursday - while preparing a small meal of Corn Tarragon Chowder and Steak au Poivre.

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Next we joined up with a couple of friends and headed down to the Pan Pacific Hotel for a fancy New Year's Eve bash hosted by our friend Dougie.  It was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up - a rarity in Seattle!

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And at midnight the champagne flowed and the Space Needle exploded in a brilliant display of color.

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The next day Eric and I boarded a redeye to Houston, met Bailey and Liv early in the morning and we all headed down to Liberia, Costa Rica.  On the flight in we saw beautiful azure islands (which I didn't snap a photo of) and a billowing volcano.

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Eric took a well deserved nap while Bailey secured us transportation and we piled in clown car style and headed for the coast.

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We found our house in Tamarindo and Liv played tour guide for our sweet digs. 

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Plenty of room for the month if anyone wants to come visit!

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2 comments:

Cyrus said...

I'm insanely jelous.. Hopefully I'll make it down before you all head out. When will we see more photo's?

dlott said...

Not sure. There's a lot of surfing to be done and no case for my camera!