My Spot

Morris and I often have the "Where do you think you will end up" conversation with many of his classmates. Morris and I have made the decision we will be moving to Logan, Utah after graduation to work with Mo's dad at his practice. I am hoping by the time we finish his residency program, Logan will have a Nordstrom and Target. The move will be much easier on both of us if so. Many of our friends have not decided where they would like to begin there practice or have not yet come to an agreement with there spouse on where to set up shop. My brother and his wife showed us a website called Find Your Spot that may help some of you out in this decision. You can find your spot here .

My Top 5 Spots Are:

1. Norfolk, VA

2. Knoxville, TN

3. Charleston, SC

4. Cincinnati, OH

5. Jacksonville, FL

Other places to consider in my top 10:

7. Seattle, WA

9. Long Island, NY

*Morris will not admit to this but Boise, ID appeared in his top 5.

Cake Diaries

Here are some photos of my latest cake creations.

Mothers Day Cake--Basket of Flowers

Tea Pot Cake--Supposed to be fondant but I chickened out and used fondant only for polka dots.

Debi Birthday Cake--I made this cake for my good friend Debi for her golden birthday on the 28th. Happy Birthday Deb!

Stay tuned for the Father's Day Cake next week.

Seattle's Best

Last weekend Seattle hosted the Annual AAO Conference (American Association of Orthodontists). I like to tag along to the conferences when they are held in neat cities and because Morris's father is an orthodontist we usually get to spend some time with his parents as well. We traveled down with our good friends the Lee's and spent some time exploring together. We had such a great time in Seattle and we managed to avoid rain until our last day in town when it dumped on us. Morris and I spent our first night in town at Safeco Field where we saw the M's defeated by the Padres (8-1), at least we had a very entertaining ride to the ballpark provided by the Seattle finest on city bus #9. We decided a cab would be the a better form of transportation given the time of night. Earlier that day Morris and I took a city tour of Seattle where we explored the Space Needle, the beautiful University of Washington campus, the Chittenden Locks, and wonderful views of Peugeot Sound. Other highlights of the trip included a visit to the Seattle Central Library, the Seattle Art Museum, and Pike Place Market. We also managed to squeeze in a quick visit with our friends from UCLA the Olsen's who are now attending UW. It was so fun to see them and there cute little boys. We really enjoyed our time in Seattle, I loved how alive the art community is in Seattle. I wish we had more time to enjoy more museums and more galleries in this wonderful city.

One Zero Zero

An entire Benjamin. This is my 100th post for Poole Party. Thanks for reading and your comments.

"No Business Like Show Business"

On Saturday night Morris and I went to "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Morris has a patient who works at the RBPAC and offered to get us tickets to the show. I was really looking forward to a night out with my husband--our time together has been very infrequent lately. We had fantastic seats and had such a great time seeing this show. Morris said "it is nice to have patients with benefits." Hopefully he his patient is still working there next year when "Miss Saigon" is there and he will hook us up with tickets again.

More PINKBERRY Please

On Saturday I decide to take Morris to the place all of the money in our bank account has been disappearing to. I have not yet figured out what is so fantastic about this frozen yogurt but whatever it is I love it! I am not the only one--everyone in this whole city is as obsessed as I am. Lucky for me there is a Pinkberry very close to my work in Beverly Hills that seems to always be on my way while I am out running errands. I recently discovered there is one right by our house as well, Lucky me. Morris is now a big fan as well.

"Student of the Year"

This afternoon Morris and I went to a luncheon in Anaheim for the Pierre Fauchard Academy. The PFA is a worldwide dental organization that recognizes outstanding leaders in the dental profession. The PFA awards a scholarship to one student from each dental school in the nation. Last week Morris was told he had been chosen as the "Student of the Year" for 2007 from UCLA. This weekend the California Dental Association (CDA) was held in Anaheim and they had a luncheon to honor the recipients of the scholarship from Southern California. We sat next to some interesting people and they were giving Morris some helpful info. for his upcoming residency interviews. It was a great afternoon--good food, great tips, and a little bit of green in our pocket. Congratulations Morris! You earned it.

Am I Really Qualified?

I had never thought of myself as a really organized person until I began work as a personal assistant and I had to quickly learn how to keep a million things in order. For the last couple weeks I have been working a second job as an organizer. I have been helping an Interior Designer to put her business and life in order. Before we could set up her office and business we had to sort through hundreds of boxes and piles of junk. I have never seen so much stuff in my life! This second job has been much more work than I originally anticipated. After several weeks we are starting to see the end of a messy space now that we have set up a filing system and taken several trips to Goodwill. It has been a lot of fun to look at fabrics and floor plans and put boards together again. It has been nice to feel like a designer again and to reconnect with my creative side. I am looking forward to only having one job again and just being able to go home after an already long day of work.

The above picture is the result of my latest closet purge, this happens about once a month. The other picture is of my closet--now professional organizer on a normal day--I'm not sure I would hire me.

May Day Cake

This is a picture of the cake I made at my class last night--not exactly like the one the teacher made but I decided I am just not supposed to make roses. The roses I was supposed to make to go on my cake just didn't turn out and I could not put them on my cake so I decided to go for the easier sweet peas and even easier drop flowers. Maybe next weeks cake will turn out better.

P.S. This is the last time I will post a picture of both my cake as well as Marissa's as it is only becoming more obvious how much better she is at this whole cake decorating thing.