01.31.11

I finally got a new phone to replace my old, basically-non-functioning one:

01.30.11

Lucy made a nest out of the pillows:

01.29.11

Went to one of our favorite dancing events in Pittsburgh, the monthly Title Town funk and soul night at the Shadow Lounge. Unfortunately, it was a little too crowded to stay long, but they did have a neat Terrible Towel sign projected on the wall:

01.28.11

Husband and puppy sharing some snuggle time before bed:

01.27.11

We went to see the first of our Oscar-nominated movies today, Black Swan. Here is the gloomy outside of the theater:

01.26.11

Had dinner at 4 Wood Grille, complete with their yummy crispy fries:

01.25.11

Lucy napping on the couch:

01.24.11

Our absolute favorite coffeeshop of all time, the 61c:

01.23.11

My Terrible Towel and chunk of Three Rivers Stadium (and stuffed penguin named Geno) on our Hometown Spirit shelf before the Steelers won the AFC Championship game!!

01.22.11

Red sky at night, sailors' delight! Our backyard, as we were cooking dinner:

01.21.11

We had a lovely double date at dinner with my parents at Tyma'z Middle Eastern restaurant in the North Hills. The night finished off with some top-notch baklava:

01.20.11

Another winter wonderland! Several inches of snow by the time I got home from work:

01.19.11

Time to do our monthly wine cabinet restock! First wine of the month - a syrah and viognier blend from Washington.

01.18.11

We had a delicious dinner at 4 Wood Grille down the street from our house. They have lovely salads!

01.17.11

We made some yummy pork chop salads at home for dinner!

01.16.11

An amazing home-cooked meal at my parents' house! This kind of stuff makes me want to move home sometimes :)

01.15.11

In honor of the Steelers' comeback win against the Ravens, we played their defensive anthem, "Renegade" by Styx in Rock Band. Twice!

01.14.11

Lucy gives kisses:

01.13.11

Michael made steak and eggs for breakfast:

01.12.11

Two hours of intense Rock Band late at night:

01.11.11

First sizeable snowfall of the new year! This is our backyard:

01.10.11

We spent some time this evening working on our travel plans for California in March:

01.09.11

Today is our Lucy-versary! We got our little angel girl one year ago today, and here she is in her Carter Beauford t-shirt:

01.08.11

Lucy made a new friend today, and was quite sad to see her have to go!

01.07.11

While walking on a Friday night, we found out that a famous Pittsburgh restaurant, Jimmy Tsang's, had closed its doors:



They used to make the best Singapore slings in the city of Pittsburgh, which is why we were headed there in the first place. Sad!

01.06.11

In honor of Ukrainian Christmas, Michael dressed up in lights, and wound up looking like Christmas Rambo:

01.05.11

We usually leave our tree up until Ukrainian Christmas on January 7, but the branches were starting to drop ornaments, so we had to take it down a few days early.

01.04.11

Traffic during rush hour, as seen through my mirror while stopped on the Boulevard of the Allies:

01.03.11

Lucy injured her toe and had to wear a booty for the evening to protect it:

01.02.11

Our first fancy wine of the new year:

01.01.11

This blog is going to be used to post our daily photos for 2011. As one of our Achievements for the year, we want to post one picture each day for the entire year. You can read more about this in our main blog at 101 Achievements.

Here's our first picture of the year, taken on January 1, 2011:


Miss Lucy learning to use a New Year's noisemaker. She says, "Doot doot doot, I make a happy new year sound doot doot."