Wow what a weekend. This weekend was insane. I went on a photo trek and got sun burned. Went to MD day and eat bad food and still had enough energy to have a "Costume Karaoke" event. This event was sweet. Everyone dressed up in different costumes. It was sweet. I love doing Karaoke because its so fun to see people just crack up dance and sing. Its the best way to bring people together for a fun time. I have the coolest people that come to this event. They are so full of life. I get allot of repeat people and everyone is so fun.
I mean lets face it y'all life is short so spend it with people you love to hang with and having a fun time :-)
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Your Song
YOUR SONG
Is one of my favorite songs no doubt. I think the reason why I love this song so much is it reminds me of my dad. In fact i think my dad looks like Elton John allot. I have sang this song so many times i got it memorized. I figure I would post a blog in tribute to this song. I have two recording below. Both at karaoke bars. the first one was done at a bar in va beach. Sound recording is a little low but if you turn it up its not bad for a karaoke bar. The second one we all sang together me and many of my awesome friends i got the lucky chance to meet in Europe. This video recording of it was sung at a karaoke bar in Paris. I am so exciting a bunch of these peeps are coming out here in May to hang out with us at the PJ party. Going to be sooo fun.
Music is art and art is always a great thing :-)
VA BEACH BAR RECORDING
SINGIN AT A PARIS BAR
THE LEGEND HIMSELF
Moulin Rouge - Your Song
Is one of my favorite songs no doubt. I think the reason why I love this song so much is it reminds me of my dad. In fact i think my dad looks like Elton John allot. I have sang this song so many times i got it memorized. I figure I would post a blog in tribute to this song. I have two recording below. Both at karaoke bars. the first one was done at a bar in va beach. Sound recording is a little low but if you turn it up its not bad for a karaoke bar. The second one we all sang together me and many of my awesome friends i got the lucky chance to meet in Europe. This video recording of it was sung at a karaoke bar in Paris. I am so exciting a bunch of these peeps are coming out here in May to hang out with us at the PJ party. Going to be sooo fun.
Music is art and art is always a great thing :-)
VA BEACH BAR RECORDING
SINGIN AT A PARIS BAR
THE LEGEND HIMSELF
Moulin Rouge - Your Song
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Cali Trip Episode 1 ( San Fran )
I left my heart in San Fran. Well not really but it was great to see all of the old places. I check out my old house at 90 Webster street. Got a great burrito from my old place. Checked out the beach and yes Twin Peaks. Packed as much as I could in one day of sight seeing but whats the point of words. My video blog is much better at explaining it all. I will add my video from the farm soon also.
One of the cool things i got to do was visit my moms new business making signs. They are really cool. I video some of it but she did not want it posted as she has some trade secrets. But the work she is doing is very cool and very artys. Got to love art its an awesome thing.
Note: In the video it was not my high school it was my middle school hehe :-)
One of the cool things i got to do was visit my moms new business making signs. They are really cool. I video some of it but she did not want it posted as she has some trade secrets. But the work she is doing is very cool and very artys. Got to love art its an awesome thing.
Note: In the video it was not my high school it was my middle school hehe :-)
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Poor Country Farm Boy Goes Home
HAYFORK THE LAST DAYS
Its been 20 years since I have been back to the place i grew up as a kid. The place my brothers and sister refer to as "THE LAND". The last time i saw the place I was 13 and some officers were looking for me and my friend Matt who was one of my closes friends on the farm. The police drove up and me and Matt ran to the hills like scared little kids. The second time a friend of the family came out to find us and assure us the police meant no harm. We were dirty poor mountain kids hehe really. I mean we knew that land like the back of our hands. No one was going to come take us away with out us going. But we did go. The police picked us up and took us away. Now I will be coming back and I am not sure what to expect. I think of going back now and all i want to do is climb the mountain and sit in the woods and think. When I was a kid at night we would here the coyotes yell back and forth as they were trying to find each other. Almost as if they were looking for each other. One would yell on one side of the mountain the others would yell back. it was amazing and it was nature.
ALL GROWN UP - OR SO HE SAYS:-)
I left a kid 13 years old scared and not knowing where I would end up. the first thing I got when i left the land was a new pair of shoes. I never remembered having a white pair of shoes that looked like this in my life. All of my shoes were always used hand me downs. I left with a dream to do something with my life. To be someone. To maybe some day have a care and maybe make a semi decent living. I wanted so badly to not worry about where i would get my next meal from or ever being Hungary again. Now I look back and can not believe i was ever that kid. I can not believe where I came from. I have no idea how i got to where I am now. I look in the mirror and wonder some times if that was ever me or was it some strange dream. I will say one thing I never regretted anything that happen in my life. Be it good or bad. I leaned so much. When i buy something I always enjoy it. How many people can say that. A simple cup of hot coco to a new TV. What ever it is i get I enjoy so much because to this day I still remember what things were like and how lucky I am to this day. How I have when many have nothing. I am thankful for this and feel oh so blessed. Sure maybe I still can not spell but I can do almost anything else I have ever put my mind too and for this I am for ever grateful.
Its been 20 years since I have been back to the place i grew up as a kid. The place my brothers and sister refer to as "THE LAND". The last time i saw the place I was 13 and some officers were looking for me and my friend Matt who was one of my closes friends on the farm. The police drove up and me and Matt ran to the hills like scared little kids. The second time a friend of the family came out to find us and assure us the police meant no harm. We were dirty poor mountain kids hehe really. I mean we knew that land like the back of our hands. No one was going to come take us away with out us going. But we did go. The police picked us up and took us away. Now I will be coming back and I am not sure what to expect. I think of going back now and all i want to do is climb the mountain and sit in the woods and think. When I was a kid at night we would here the coyotes yell back and forth as they were trying to find each other. Almost as if they were looking for each other. One would yell on one side of the mountain the others would yell back. it was amazing and it was nature.
ALL GROWN UP - OR SO HE SAYS:-)
I left a kid 13 years old scared and not knowing where I would end up. the first thing I got when i left the land was a new pair of shoes. I never remembered having a white pair of shoes that looked like this in my life. All of my shoes were always used hand me downs. I left with a dream to do something with my life. To be someone. To maybe some day have a care and maybe make a semi decent living. I wanted so badly to not worry about where i would get my next meal from or ever being Hungary again. Now I look back and can not believe i was ever that kid. I can not believe where I came from. I have no idea how i got to where I am now. I look in the mirror and wonder some times if that was ever me or was it some strange dream. I will say one thing I never regretted anything that happen in my life. Be it good or bad. I leaned so much. When i buy something I always enjoy it. How many people can say that. A simple cup of hot coco to a new TV. What ever it is i get I enjoy so much because to this day I still remember what things were like and how lucky I am to this day. How I have when many have nothing. I am thankful for this and feel oh so blessed. Sure maybe I still can not spell but I can do almost anything else I have ever put my mind too and for this I am for ever grateful.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Making Dumplings
Tonight I leaned to make dumplings with my friend Sharon and new friend Karen. Both were so very nice to open up there home and show a rag tag group of dc peeps how to make them. Yes there was a big contraversary who makes better dumpling the Korean style of the Chinese style. I have to admit i loved the Chinese style dumplings with the Korean sauce. Hmm so good. The video tells the story of the making of the dumplings. Hmm Hmmm sooo good :-)
Friday, March 30, 2007
SURPRISE!! - Bonnies Surprise party
WOW WHAT A NIGHT
Once a year of for at least the last 3 years we had had the best time ever surprising one of our really good friends. Why should this year be any different. it was all planned out a small quite dinner with a couple friends. She had no idea what was in store. I was to pick Bonnie up and head over to Kavitha's to pick her up for reservation at 8:00. But when we walked in the door well a bunch of friends jump out. The sweet part about this is like many people Bonnie never has done anything crazy for her b-day. So I think we hit her heart extra good this year. Thanks to all of you who helps make this work. After the surprise the fun just started. We went out to a club dance allot and had a blast then headed to MCy'Ds for a 2am food stop. Now as the legend goes I made fun of how she would be acting at 2am. Lo and behold she remembered this and started a new trend at least among us where we all do this "Grrrr" thingy. Man it was so funny. Well you have to see the shorten down surprise b-day video to understand how funny it was.
Happy B-day Bonnie. I think I have known you for about 2 years now i am for one among many others are proud to have know you as a great friend and someone I have gone and seen many things with including some awesome road trips ( PARIS ) . Thanks for being there for me also all of these years. Cheers :-)
Once a year of for at least the last 3 years we had had the best time ever surprising one of our really good friends. Why should this year be any different. it was all planned out a small quite dinner with a couple friends. She had no idea what was in store. I was to pick Bonnie up and head over to Kavitha's to pick her up for reservation at 8:00. But when we walked in the door well a bunch of friends jump out. The sweet part about this is like many people Bonnie never has done anything crazy for her b-day. So I think we hit her heart extra good this year. Thanks to all of you who helps make this work. After the surprise the fun just started. We went out to a club dance allot and had a blast then headed to MCy'Ds for a 2am food stop. Now as the legend goes I made fun of how she would be acting at 2am. Lo and behold she remembered this and started a new trend at least among us where we all do this "Grrrr" thingy. Man it was so funny. Well you have to see the shorten down surprise b-day video to understand how funny it was.
Happy B-day Bonnie. I think I have known you for about 2 years now i am for one among many others are proud to have know you as a great friend and someone I have gone and seen many things with including some awesome road trips ( PARIS ) . Thanks for being there for me also all of these years. Cheers :-)
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Modernism Art Exhibit at the Corcoran
FONDUE
I went to the Modernism Art Exhibit at the Corcoran last night. This was a big opening for the Corcoran art gallery. These opening are always really nice. Everyone was dressed up all fancy like in nice clothes. Great food and open bar. But my favorite by fare was the Fondue. Yes you heard it right Fondue. They had all of the free Fondue you could eat. I know I should be talking about art here but the Fondue was so good. I dipped the following in chocolate, caramel and even cream
Strawberries
Bananas
Marshmallows
Doughnut holes
Apples
Short cake
Chocolate cookies
Was there more to dip into chocolate yes but that was about all I could eat. i think I downed 2000 calories or more.
THE ART
As for the art I really liked the adding of movies. They played a bunch of films strips of the 1930s from different countries. These films were spread around different rooms as you walk through them. But some of the art did not move me that much. I love to be moved by art. To look at it and have it move something inside of me. Not many of the pieces i saw last night did this. Maybe I was thinking about the god food to much to get into the art. The reason we were all there :-)
I went to the Modernism Art Exhibit at the Corcoran last night. This was a big opening for the Corcoran art gallery. These opening are always really nice. Everyone was dressed up all fancy like in nice clothes. Great food and open bar. But my favorite by fare was the Fondue. Yes you heard it right Fondue. They had all of the free Fondue you could eat. I know I should be talking about art here but the Fondue was so good. I dipped the following in chocolate, caramel and even cream
Strawberries
Bananas
Marshmallows
Doughnut holes
Apples
Short cake
Chocolate cookies
Was there more to dip into chocolate yes but that was about all I could eat. i think I downed 2000 calories or more.
THE ART
As for the art I really liked the adding of movies. They played a bunch of films strips of the 1930s from different countries. These films were spread around different rooms as you walk through them. But some of the art did not move me that much. I love to be moved by art. To look at it and have it move something inside of me. Not many of the pieces i saw last night did this. Maybe I was thinking about the god food to much to get into the art. The reason we were all there :-)
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Doubt
THE AFTER PARTY
Last night I went to the grand opening of the new Broadway play called "Doubt" in DC. it was a great play. I scored some tickets from my older brother who is now the house manager for the national theater. The play was awesome, i mean really good. But even better was after the play ended we got a little tour of the back office to see the offices where my brother works. We then went to the cast party where we got to hang out with the cast. They had an open bar tons of awesome fancy food and yes deserts that could kill you. It was really fun talking over the show with others drinking wine. Felt like a true night on the town.
MY REVIEW
Doubt written by John Patrick Shanley. The show itself was really well written. Its the first show I ever saw where you think writing was as important as the actors. It was so well written it reminded me of a really good movie but you are seeing it live in front of you. The point of the play is to cast doubt in people, things and actions. To show there is no clear answer to what you think you may know is the truth. Where one person saw one thing someone else may see another. We all think we know the answers in our heads based on what our bias's are and things we grew up with. The play makes you walk away and really think about it long after you left the theater. In fact i am still thinking about it now. Great play John very well done.
Last night I went to the grand opening of the new Broadway play called "Doubt" in DC. it was a great play. I scored some tickets from my older brother who is now the house manager for the national theater. The play was awesome, i mean really good. But even better was after the play ended we got a little tour of the back office to see the offices where my brother works. We then went to the cast party where we got to hang out with the cast. They had an open bar tons of awesome fancy food and yes deserts that could kill you. It was really fun talking over the show with others drinking wine. Felt like a true night on the town.
MY REVIEW
Doubt written by John Patrick Shanley. The show itself was really well written. Its the first show I ever saw where you think writing was as important as the actors. It was so well written it reminded me of a really good movie but you are seeing it live in front of you. The point of the play is to cast doubt in people, things and actions. To show there is no clear answer to what you think you may know is the truth. Where one person saw one thing someone else may see another. We all think we know the answers in our heads based on what our bias's are and things we grew up with. The play makes you walk away and really think about it long after you left the theater. In fact i am still thinking about it now. Great play John very well done.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Top of the Morning to Ya
SHAMROCK FEST
Oh boy Saturday was a good' old Irish time. I went to the shamrock fest at the RFK stadium and let just saw i had a blast. I mean wow. Lots of people walking around great music and pretty much you ran into friends everywhere you go. I think because of MEETin we have so many people who are in the group over the years that when you go to big festivals you end up just running into people ever where. I will definitely go again next year. Fun times
Oh boy Saturday was a good' old Irish time. I went to the shamrock fest at the RFK stadium and let just saw i had a blast. I mean wow. Lots of people walking around great music and pretty much you ran into friends everywhere you go. I think because of MEETin we have so many people who are in the group over the years that when you go to big festivals you end up just running into people ever where. I will definitely go again next year. Fun times
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Love To Ski
Went skiing today with a bunch of friends. Man it was really fun. I have only skied 3 times in my life and ever time i do it I am like i need to do this more. Last year I bought some boots but then lost them. I need to get some boots and skis but i here they run in the $400 range and if i do not go that much not sure its worth it. If I can go more then it would be worth it. Anyways I was able to get some video going down the mountain so check out the video.
SKI VIDEO
SKI VIDEO
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Philly and Chili
Philly In the Hizoues
Wow what a week I had. It all started out at 12pm on Friday. I got off work early to head up to Philly to hang out with Philly Mike and my boy Willi and his girl. The short story is I got to Philly at 4pm hung out with Janet and John ( my host family for the night ) who I had never met before this trip. We headed to happy hour at about 6pm to meet up with the crew. From there with chilled until 10 and then went to this club that had some awesome hip hop sounds. After that at about 2ish we headed to go eat at a dinner ( Philly cheese ) then off to bed at about 3am. Woke up at 12 and got on the road to back to DC for an event I had ( Chili cook off ) at 5pm. From the cook off we went to a bar in old town afterwards and well did not end up getting home until am. What a trip. I met at least 50 new people in one weekend. It was crazy. But so worth it. So glad I got to hang with Philly Mike and everyone. You guys are such an awesome city. Open hearts and open minds. I did get to mingle with the group and there were many new members. I find it so cool to talk to new members and see the different types of people who come and give meetin a chance. One lady told me how sad she was before she found meetin and met some of her best friends. It so amazing to me that I here this same story no matter what city I go to. People all over this country are just looking for others to connect with and share a beer and just be out of there house. Its so great that we can help them do this and more. Mike and crew are performing a service in philly that is touching many peoples lives. I hope they know how much people appreciate all of this hard work.
John and Janet
These two kids were awesome. Huge shout out for letting me crash at there place first off. But it was great to hang out with these two for a while and get to talk to them. I never met them before and yet I have felt like I knew them pretty well. Janet a very smart gal who has done so much in so little time. John this guy is a great building , creator and artist. I can tell by looking at the construction he has done on his house. He definitely has a knack for building. They are only 22 and 23 and yet they have bought there own house and really have there life planned out. Much props to you guys you keep it up.
Videos below of the journey. You can see how fun the club was in Philly. Great music :-) great dancing
"Meeps" is a combination word, combining "MEETin", a proper noun, with "peeps", a regular noun.
PHILLY TRIP
CHILI COOK OFF
all i can say is wow look at the video. So much food so good so fun. Thi was my 4th chili cook off and the best :-)
Wow what a week I had. It all started out at 12pm on Friday. I got off work early to head up to Philly to hang out with Philly Mike and my boy Willi and his girl. The short story is I got to Philly at 4pm hung out with Janet and John ( my host family for the night ) who I had never met before this trip. We headed to happy hour at about 6pm to meet up with the crew. From there with chilled until 10 and then went to this club that had some awesome hip hop sounds. After that at about 2ish we headed to go eat at a dinner ( Philly cheese ) then off to bed at about 3am. Woke up at 12 and got on the road to back to DC for an event I had ( Chili cook off ) at 5pm. From the cook off we went to a bar in old town afterwards and well did not end up getting home until am. What a trip. I met at least 50 new people in one weekend. It was crazy. But so worth it. So glad I got to hang with Philly Mike and everyone. You guys are such an awesome city. Open hearts and open minds. I did get to mingle with the group and there were many new members. I find it so cool to talk to new members and see the different types of people who come and give meetin a chance. One lady told me how sad she was before she found meetin and met some of her best friends. It so amazing to me that I here this same story no matter what city I go to. People all over this country are just looking for others to connect with and share a beer and just be out of there house. Its so great that we can help them do this and more. Mike and crew are performing a service in philly that is touching many peoples lives. I hope they know how much people appreciate all of this hard work.
John and Janet
These two kids were awesome. Huge shout out for letting me crash at there place first off. But it was great to hang out with these two for a while and get to talk to them. I never met them before and yet I have felt like I knew them pretty well. Janet a very smart gal who has done so much in so little time. John this guy is a great building , creator and artist. I can tell by looking at the construction he has done on his house. He definitely has a knack for building. They are only 22 and 23 and yet they have bought there own house and really have there life planned out. Much props to you guys you keep it up.
Videos below of the journey. You can see how fun the club was in Philly. Great music :-) great dancing
"Meeps" is a combination word, combining "MEETin", a proper noun, with "peeps", a regular noun.
PHILLY TRIP
CHILI COOK OFF
all i can say is wow look at the video. So much food so good so fun. Thi was my 4th chili cook off and the best :-)
Thursday, February 1, 2007
My Heroes
My heroes
I read a thread a while back that said "who was your favorite hero". I thought about this for a while. Everyone on this planet has heroes. People they admire and want to be like. I think as humans we are very social creatures. We learn how to act toward people and how to socialize with people based on our surroundings and our biggest teachers our family. So I wanted to devote this post to who my heroes are. I broke it down to people in public ( history ) and people in private ( my family )
PUBLIC
By fare my number one public hero is Martin Luther King. He waged a cause knowing how it would end his life. He talked about something no one talks about today but still is worth talking about as much as anything. Brining people together from all walks of life. Martin knew that he would die for what he believe in ye he still kept on fighting. He was a man who brought a national together against hate. To change hate into love I think is a very hard thing to do. All you have to do is look at all videos of the marches and the dogs to see what he was up against. He never gave up and never sank to there level. How could someone being punched down so much over and over keep his head high. One reason i beelive he did this was he understood people only hated because they were raised to hate. Because they were shown this as little kids. he knew he could change this and today we can now see he was right. His dreams lives on and on and only gets brighter each passing year.
A couple other hero's to me.
1) WWII solders. These men and woman were very brave. Storming a beach with bullets flying at you from every direction. When you watch a movie about this you wonder what would i do if that was me. How could I be that brave. What would have come of the world if WWII was lost? Would we still have any kind of freedom if it were not for these people who stood up and defended us. Thank god we do not have to find out.
2) George Washington. - One thing I think was remarkable about George Washington was that after he was finished being president he left office and let someone else take over. This may seem like no big deal but it set a tone for this country an the word that about the transfer of power. My dad once told me yours leadership skills are not proven why you are doing the job, its proven by how well everything runs after you leave.
To me a hero is not someone who has nothing to lose stands up but someone who has everything to lose and still stands up.
FAMILY
My Mom
There is so much I love about my mom I could write all day but the one thing I learned and love that I got from her was the kill of the deal. I learned from my mom how to get a good deal and make it better. My mom can bargain and negotiate better then anyone i ever met. I am always shocked by the deals she makes. She is a truly good business woman. I received allot of my business savvy from her.
My Dad
I love my dads kindness. My dad is someone who would give his last shirt on his back to you if he saw you needed it. He always loves to help people. I remember as a kid having homeless people come to the door asking for my dad by name for money because he would always give it to them. Evan when he does not have he gives. He has showed me allot about giving to doing good.
I read a thread a while back that said "who was your favorite hero". I thought about this for a while. Everyone on this planet has heroes. People they admire and want to be like. I think as humans we are very social creatures. We learn how to act toward people and how to socialize with people based on our surroundings and our biggest teachers our family. So I wanted to devote this post to who my heroes are. I broke it down to people in public ( history ) and people in private ( my family )
PUBLIC
By fare my number one public hero is Martin Luther King. He waged a cause knowing how it would end his life. He talked about something no one talks about today but still is worth talking about as much as anything. Brining people together from all walks of life. Martin knew that he would die for what he believe in ye he still kept on fighting. He was a man who brought a national together against hate. To change hate into love I think is a very hard thing to do. All you have to do is look at all videos of the marches and the dogs to see what he was up against. He never gave up and never sank to there level. How could someone being punched down so much over and over keep his head high. One reason i beelive he did this was he understood people only hated because they were raised to hate. Because they were shown this as little kids. he knew he could change this and today we can now see he was right. His dreams lives on and on and only gets brighter each passing year.
A couple other hero's to me.
1) WWII solders. These men and woman were very brave. Storming a beach with bullets flying at you from every direction. When you watch a movie about this you wonder what would i do if that was me. How could I be that brave. What would have come of the world if WWII was lost? Would we still have any kind of freedom if it were not for these people who stood up and defended us. Thank god we do not have to find out.
2) George Washington. - One thing I think was remarkable about George Washington was that after he was finished being president he left office and let someone else take over. This may seem like no big deal but it set a tone for this country an the word that about the transfer of power. My dad once told me yours leadership skills are not proven why you are doing the job, its proven by how well everything runs after you leave.
To me a hero is not someone who has nothing to lose stands up but someone who has everything to lose and still stands up.
FAMILY
My Mom
There is so much I love about my mom I could write all day but the one thing I learned and love that I got from her was the kill of the deal. I learned from my mom how to get a good deal and make it better. My mom can bargain and negotiate better then anyone i ever met. I am always shocked by the deals she makes. She is a truly good business woman. I received allot of my business savvy from her.
My Dad
I love my dads kindness. My dad is someone who would give his last shirt on his back to you if he saw you needed it. He always loves to help people. I remember as a kid having homeless people come to the door asking for my dad by name for money because he would always give it to them. Evan when he does not have he gives. He has showed me allot about giving to doing good.
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