On Christmas morning, we headed into the living room to open presents, drink tea and coffee, and chat.
I was completely shocked to open a package and find…
the new Canon PowerShot s90! I’d been debating on whether I wanted to get an SLR or a smaller camera; I wanted an SLR for the quality, but didn’t want the hassle of carrying around another bag all the time. Well, this camera has the quality of the SLR, and it automatically adjusts to the appropriate setting, be it portrait or macro.
Eager to try out my new toy, I wasted no time by snapping photos of our special Christmas-morning breakfast: banana pancakes!
I wanted some protein…
…so I topped my three pancakes with plain Oikos Greek yogurt and real maple syrup.
It was quite a festive morning.
We hung around the house for a little while (Ari read me the first 20 pages of the camera manual), then headed out to the movie theater to see Sherlock Holmes. We always see movies on Christmas Day, and tend to go to the big blockbusters. The rest of New York City seemed to have the same idea as us; the line was so long it snaked up three flights of stairs! Luckily, my parents got there early and were in the front of the line. We tease my mom for wanting to get to movies, restaurants, and airports early, but sometimes she’s right 
Meanwhile, Ari and I stopped at a deli to get lunch.
My spinach salad had beets, mandarin oranges, carrots, curried shrimp cucumbers, blue cheese and honey mustard dressing on the side.
We also snacked on chestnuts my dad had roasted in the morning…
… and sneaked some homemade, unbuttered (but generously salted!) popcorn in… all of a sudden, I can’t get enough salty snacks!
The movie was really good (as was the eye candy); although I fell asleep for the first hour. I don’t know what’s wrong with me- you really can’t take me anywhere! The theater was pretty warm, though. It was pouring rain when we left the theater, so we hurried home to leftovers and a warm apartment.
We had pumpkin/sweet potato/coconut soup…
… pasta using slow-roasted tomatoes for sauce (delicious)…
… and a palate-cleansing fennel-and-navel-orange salad.
We gobbled up the last of the bûche de Noël for dessert, of course!
The magic of the holidays doesn’t seem to be dissipating, no matter how old I get or how “adult” my life may seem to be. It’s not about gifts or fancy dinners, but a time to share with my family and those I love.
I hope you had a happy, healthy and safe holiday. Until next year…
looks like such a beautiful celebration
happy new camera!!
enjoy your day <3
Sounds like a fabulous Christmas overall! Great gifts (love the new camera), good eats, and a fun movie (Josh and I want to see it too!). Enjoy your Sunday
Congrats on the camera! I have the older version and I <3 it. Enjoy the rest of your weekend
Ahhh — I am so jealous of everyone’s new cameras!
(Even though I do love mine…)
Have a great day!
<3 <3
I really love the pictures you were able to take with your new camera. I’m so glad you were able to have exactly the kind of Christmas that you wanted. There’s nothing better (well, in my opinion at least) than a low-key day filled with family, food, and Jude Law!
I love a grown up Christmas! I’m glad you received some goodies. I love the new camera too. I’m still loving my Cannon that I have…good picture taker.
Wow, the new camera is great! What a fantastic present.
I wanna see Sherlock Holmes! I’m glad that you liked it.
Your new camera takes great pictures! I love it!!! And, uh, I hope you didn’t roll out of bed looking that gorgeous. You are supposed to look nasty when you open presents Christmas morning, didn’t you hear? Merry Christmas, LVP!
What a lovely Christmas! I love that camera the quality seems great. I’m hoping to get an SLR soon, I’d like to get into photography.
Our family always does movies on Christmas, too, and we decided on Sherlock Holmes. I really like it! I never fall asleep in movies, though! I love going.
Glad you had a Merry Christmas! Lovely pics!
Four things:
1. Nice new camera! I love Canon Powershots. Such good cameras.
2. Your fam is adorable (Ari too, of course)
3. Buche de Noel is the SHIZ.
4. I’m planning many a weekend trip to NYC this semester, and we definitely need to meet up!
your new cam is AWESOME! and i love that it is still a point and shoot! and you are seriously gorgeous my dear…and your skin – what products do you use?
happy belated christmas! looks like you had a wonderful time with the fam + ari, and i am so glad to hear that. i am right with ya – there is something magical and fun about the holidays, and i hope that never dies out for me.
i need that pumpkin/SP/coconut soup in my life and that buche de noel! awesome – i saw the bobby flay throwdown where he challenged the king of those cakes (in NYC i think) and it was AWESOME!
lots of love to you girl!
Sherlock Holmes = eye candy for sure!! What a nice new camera! Have fun using it
PS. I got your BBM but I ended up getting it really late and felt bad responding so, thank you for the Christmas wishes!!
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