Happy New Year

Let's talk about all of the wonderfulness of 2010. Because really, there have been some truly wonderful events in my life chronicled on Eat Run Read this year.

I made some amazing food, went on more trips than ever before, saw 2 friends and my sister get married, and I did some really fun stuff with my awesome DC friends (6x6, LLC, LOTR-Emily, Photoman, Co-Worker Megan, and SpeedyKate to name a few)!

First let's talk food:

I made Fluffy Puffy Coffee Spice Cookies with Dark Chocolate and Walnuts.

For LLC's birthday I did a 6-layer Coffee Butterscotch Spice Cake.

Pizza Parties were an event at my house.

The Key Lime Cake.

The Cookie Dough Fudge Cheesecake. Oh my!

The Mocha Pillow Cookies.

The Summer Peach Chantilly Cake.

LOTR-Emily's Caramel Birthday Cake. 

The Caramel Apple Tart with Walnut Streusel. 

Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies. 

Some cakes were less successful, but pretty hilarious. Aka, the Blue Cake. 

And the Pumpkin Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies. Whoopie!

And oh the places I went!

I went to Boston for Jess's birthday and a Dessert Extravaganza. 

Aishe married Kelly in Texas and my study abroad group had a reunion. 

6x6 and I went to Florida. 

Costa Rica was the most ridiculously insanely awesome vacation ever!

I went home to lounge on the beach in Tahoe. 

Amy married Jordan in Vail, Colorado. 

Sister1 married Geoff in San Francisco. (If you haven't seen the pictures yet, click on that link!)

Firsts of 2010:

I started doing Bikram Yoga (this post and this post and this post). 

Sister2 ran the National Marathon in pink spandex and a unitard! And finished in 3:30:50!

I started Refugee Assistance volunteering with a wonderful Congolese family.

I started writing for Examiner.com as the DC Running Examiner. 

Mama visited in March, Jess came in August, and Sister1 and Geoff came to visit in November.

My favorite books this year were:

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux

Life with Picasso by Francoise Gillot. 

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Running:

Running was a bit not up to par in 2010, but I did manage to race the Capital Challenge 3-Mile Race in April, and a pretty epic all-day relay (River to Sea) in New Jersey in July. 

And I told you all about my family's running history, and my perspective on running. 

Phew! It's been quite a 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!