This has been an awesome Christmas with way much good food, parties and friends, family, and a little travel all thrown in for a smashing good time. 2007 has been a fantastic year altogether with lots of personal growth and meeting so many new people. I’ve picked up new friends along the way, had a lot of fun with old friends, met and exceeded my business goals and along with that had some terrific clients who have been fun to work with and so good to me.

As I look towards 2008 I do have a few resolutions. I promise to get back into a more strict gym and fitness routine which has always helped me feel good about my overall health . I love being able to meet the physical demands of my job without having to worry and I truly believe that a well balanced physical fitness lifestyle has been key to my stamina on some of those extra long days. 45+ miles of cycling and three trips a week to the gym to lift is my main goal. I got a little out of whack this past summer. Of course it is more of a challenge in the middle of the wedding season but I AM COMMITTED!

My second and final resolution is to learn to cook better food. I’m not much of a cook and never have really had much interest in it. But I really think this goes hand in hand with my overall fitness goals as I get older. January is vegetarian month where I am swearing off meat. I’m going to beg Patience, my next door neighbor, to help me learn to cook a few interesting (but easy) veggie dishes. She promises she will and seems really supportive of my whole effort. Who knows, maybe this will stick and I can swear off the high price of meat forever.

Anyway, to close out the year I am posting a few pics from here and there. A little Christmas food and decor along with some shots I took at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden while up in NYC for the last part of the holiday. I must say I want to go back to the Garden in spring as they have a beautiful thing going on there. Established in the late 1800s and open since 1910, the grounds of this 52 acre botanical paradise are simply stunning, even in the middle of winter. You really forget you are in the middle of a huge metropolis while you are there. Such a refuge. All of it was fascinating, but in particular the bonsai and Japanese gardens. Some of the bonsai were over 100 years old and I really had fun exploring those little wonderlands.

So here they are and Happy New Year to all my friends, family, past and future clients, and the many special people in my Life!

Peace

Kemper

Ever had bowls of fish for Christmas dinner? Mmmmmm. Party like the Swedes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, little vintage Brooklyn Christmas Streetscape