sorbetto time

Have you had one of these yet? Sooooo good! We've all heard the recent struggles of Starbucks and the surge of customers at pinkberry... but did you know that starbucks owns a decent chunk of pinkberry? Starbucks is kicked off the summer with these new drinks... the SORBETTO. There are a few different flavors, and some of them are made with REAL pinkberry yogurt! My favorite is the tangry citrus ice with the pinkberry on top (the one shown on the left).

Sorbetto's are up there with a few of my favorite things... (in no particular order)

1. pinkberry
2. iphone
3. j.crew
4. 40D
5. kathy

If you haven't already... go to the starbucks that's probably 0.2 miles from where you are right now... and pick one up... if they don't have it... go another 0.2 miles to the next starbucks... they'll probably have it.

p.s. it costs $2.95 and the cup is kind of small... but it's plenty to fill the tummy. enjoy!

reversible

I realized this morning when I got to work that I had brown shoes on, while wearing a black belt. Fortunately, I was wearing a reversible belt... so I just went to the bathroom and did a quick switcheroo... and wallah! Now my belt matches my shoes.

I LOVE my reversible belt! Most guys either wear black or brown dress shoes anyways... so this is seriously all you need... ONE BELT!

MEN: Go buy one!
WOMEN: Go buy your man one if they don't have one already... they'll thank you... and you'll thank me.

Banana Republic - $59

Engaged!

Did I fool you with my blog title? No... I'm not engaged... but Mir and Eric are!!! Woohoo!!! Talk about the sweetest and purest proposal ever too - i don't want to ruin the story so you can ask them personally. And check out the ring! Probably can't see in this picture... but it's FREAKIN HUGE!!! So happy for you two! You guys deserve only the best!

Partyline with the newly engaged!

World Without Rules

While my iphone is getting updated with the new software, I decided to write about the BEST MOVIE EVER! Probably one of the most aniticpated and hyped up movie of the year... and not to my surprise, it was AWESOME!! It was purely 2 hours and 40 minutes of pure awesomeness!

Just wanna give props to the late Heath Ledger. No one will ever play the joker as he did for as long as the batman franchise lives on.

I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone that hasn't seen it yet so i'll stop here... but PLEASE WATCH IT!!! Hopefully i'll get to see it on IMAX before it leaves the theater.

Frisco Time

Took a trip to San Francisco this past July 4th weekend. It was so much fun! We went to a dodger v. giants game on Friday, and amidst the fears of getting beat up, we showed our blue pride and cheered our team to victory. I love the camaraderie that was formed between all the other dodger fans! Here are a few photos from the weekend. I uploaded more here.

Partyline

WadaWang!

Dju and his baby's mama

nick and his better half

superstar miriam and her awesome man

dale borrowing my kat to pose

EVA!!!

I experience the best animated film ever this past weekend: WALL-E!!! It was so incredibly detailed and well thought out, that I came out wanting to see it again because I knew there were a ton of details that I didn't catch.

On top of the awesome animation was a great story with a lot of relevant messages:

1) Technology will be super cool in the future
2) We don't have to clean after ourselves in the future
3) Apple Computers will rule the world!!

Just kidding... but the real messages:

1) Technology makes humans lazy
2) Humans are wasteful
3) People don't communicate anymore like they used to
4) Love is sacrificial

Anything I missed?

Dude... soooooo goooood!!!! Can't wait to see it again!

home away from home

If I think about it, I spend more time at the office or on the road then I do at home. Pretty sad if you think about it. But it's comforting to know you have cool co-workers to spend most of the day with. I present to you... the Integrated Real Estate Solutions team (minus our 3 awesome bosses):

Mark


Christy


Jeremiah


Me


Our beloved basketball hoop

Roar Heard Around the World

He's done it again folks! When Tiger made that 15 foot put on 18 during the final round of the US Open to take the Open into playoffs, I literally jumped out of my sofa and screamed with joy (no one was home). He was still recovering from his knee surgery, and this was his first time playing since his surgery. He faced Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole playoff that went on for an additional sudden death hole... Tiger pulled through with clutch shots and extraordinary putts. Down by 1 stroke moving onto the 18th hole of the playoff, Tiger clinches the birdie for the second day in a row to take Rocco for one more hole... Sudden Death! And "suddenly" Rocco couldn't hold his ground and hit two bad shots. Tiger kept focus and parred out, while Rocco bogeyd.

Is Tiger Woods the greatest athlete of our time? My opinion: YES. There is no match for his ability as a golfer... and there is no match for the clutchness of any sport. Just as Michael Phelps was born to be a swimmer, Tiger Woods was born to be the greatest golfer to ever walk on grass... and possibly the greatest athlete to ever compete.

Congrats Tiger!

3G = disappointment

Apple announced the second generation of the iphone today: iphone 3G. What's changed? Well, a few things actually.

1. 3G upgrade (obviously)

2. Built-in GPS

3. Flush earphone jack

4. Minor exterior facelift

5. Price drop to $199 and $299

Yea... that's about it. What the heck? I am utterly disappointed by this upgrade. I wanted something spectacular... like the rumored video chat capability! I guess they have to save something for next time. 

I think I'll actually pass on this upgrade... although, it's still a beautiful piece of machine.

Mac for life!

Upgrade

So my first experience with a digital SLR was from a Nikon D40X... it was a good run for about a year, but I've noticed a tone difference between canon's and nikon's, and personally, I like photos that were taken with a canon better. So... I sold my nikon, and am now going to upgrade to this canon 40d. I'm trying to take photography a little more seriously and hopefully having a nice camera will motivate me to learn more about it.

Nathan, i know you read this, and i know you're a nikon guy... so don't hate me... haha.