Back.

I feel like I've been gone forever. First I went down to DC with the fam, which was great but also very intense. I come from a family of type A overachievers. A lot of them. Thanksgiving is always a time for me when I re-evaluate what I'm doing and where I'm going with my life. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm not ambitious on my own, but these people would make Sarah Palin look unambitious.

Anyway, after that I came back to New York - Saturday was my one year anniversary with my boyfriend. We went to see the Nutcracker - which I have to admit, always makes me feel kind of classy when I see it... and then had dinner at his place. Next morning we were up early to go to Montreal. Montreal is amazing. People keep asking me why and the explanation always seems so simple to me that it feels like I'm leaving something out. The food is amazing, there are great microbreweries, and the entire city - well country really - is obsessed with hockey. We went to see a Canadiens game -which was 95% sold out on a Tuesday night playing the Thrashers - apparently a crap team or so I'm told, and the place freaked out every time the Canadiens got the puck across the blue line the entire stadium freaked out.

The highlight of the trip was a restaurant we went to - L'Inconnu that was fantastic. It was a chef owned little French/Quebequois place. The food was unreal. If you are ever in that city I would highly recommend it...

It was really hard to come back to the city, but one thing that made it easier was seeing two of my best friends the next day. Going away and coming back is such a freaking rollercoaster. You're sad to come home, then you're happy to be home.

But I got so much done for the business this weekend - first of all, I got my dog blog going - the blog that is for the dog shirts alone. Second, one of the people that is my role model for my business answered my email in which I wrote to her asking for advice. She was wonderful - really encouraging and helpful. I also got an order in for my business cards, wrote a first draft of my press release and sent it off to my friend the PR agent, and I came up with a new idea for a product - well two products actually, but the first one is more doable right now than the other one.