Monthly Archives: December 2009

by yeti9000 | December 31, 2009

Happy New Year, amigos!

Here’s hoping everyone had a safe and healthy Christmas and that when the ball drops tonight at midnight you are eating and drinking something fantastic with someone you truly love. Hell, you ain’t even gotta love them that much if … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 24, 2009

Feliz Navidad, amigos!

If you’re anything like us, today is gonna be kinda crazy. Christine will be baking till she drops, Greta and the cats will continue terrorizing our Christmas tree and I will do my best to stamp and address the mountain … Continue reading →

Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)

Wow…I know this is kind of old news by now, but we’re both still really, really sad about the sudden death of Brittany Murphy on Sunday at the age of 32. Like most people we fell in love with her … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 23, 2009

“Alexa Chung” gets the axe…

While catching up on our “Alexa Chung” episodes over the weekend, Christine, Greta and I were stunned to hear an emotional Chung proclaim on last Thursday’s episode that not only would that be her last episode of the year, but … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 18, 2009

Joe Lieberman socks!

With that old turncoat, Senator Joe Lieberman doing everything he can to derail genuine health care reform in the Senate this week, I’m starting to think that maybe Al Gore “losing” in 200o wasn’t such a bad thing. I mean, … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 17, 2009

Christine’s award-winning Gingerbread House Bundt Cake

OK, we have been waiting to blog about Christine’s award-winning bundt cake for a year. Literally! See, by the time we finished making it for Christine’s work Christmas party, it was already too late in the season to blog about … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 16, 2009

“Merry Swiftmas” to all…

As you know, Christine and I are crazy Christmas music geeks with KOST 103.5 playing non-stop in the casa and XM Radio’s handful of holiday-themed channels pre-programmed in the Chenbot. And though we usually pick up a couple of new … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 16, 2009

2010 Golden Globe Nominees

With Greta teething like crazy, no one in our household has been getting much sleep lately. So, since I was still awake at 4:30AM this morning, I figured I may as well stay up to watch the Golden Globe Nominations … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 10, 2009

A Mother’s Cookies Christmas…

One of the coolest things about Mother’s Cookies triumphant return from the dead this year was that it meant we would have one more variety of Christmas cookies to plate for our holiday guests…you know, provided we didn’t eat them … Continue reading →

Amazon’s 25 Days of Free!

One of the only things we love more than Christmas music this time of year are freebies — actually, who am I kidding, we love freebies all year long! — so when our friend, Ginger, told us about Amazon.com’s “25 … Continue reading →

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by yeti9000 | December 5, 2009

Unique L.A. starts today!

Longtime readers are probably sick of hearing us rave about how cool the Unique L.A. independent design show is, but for the rest of you, please trust me when I tell you that Unique L.A. rocks, yo! This weekend will … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Happy New Year, amigos!

Feliz Navidad, amigos!

Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)

“Alexa Chung” gets the axe…

Joe Lieberman socks!

Christine’s award-winning Gingerbread House Bundt Cake

“Merry Swiftmas” to all…

2010 Golden Globe Nominees

A Mother’s Cookies Christmas…

Amazon’s 25 Days of Free!

Unique L.A. starts today!

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