Hello 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 9:26AM
Julie Manwaring in calligraphy

This year's holidays were particularly sweet. We rounded out 2012 on a high note of love and gratitude with family...and a few magical Christmas day snowflakes.

The 6 hour flight back to SF is always a tough reminder of just how far we live from our favorite people. But after my teary goodbyes (I'm a weeper!) and mopey flight (during which I watched all 100 of VH1's top female singers count down...I'm not proud of this, I'm just saying, it's a long flight) we returned to our sweet little apartment, sunny skies, and a New Year's Eve celebration with friends who love food and fun as much as we do—a good reminder of why we came back.

So it is, the tree is down, the decorations boxed up, and the apartment is cleaned and organized—I'd say we're ready and pumped to kick off 2013. I have a good feeling about lucky '13.

(...I recently sent out these food flags ordered by a mom for her little boy's first birthday party—he's ringing in the new year and celebrating his first year in fine fashion. Pass the cake!)

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