Holiday photos

[bironic]

Season's greetings from synn's cozy home! I got in safely yesterday after some minor travel delays. There are blankets and fresh-baked prosciutto/provolone/fennel biscuits and a beautiful white tree, and now also there is an Internet, for to be sharing some pictures with you from this week.




View from my apartment after the snow stopped last weekend:




The government decided to close Monday because Washington doesn't know how to plow snow properly, so we had a lovely, unexpected day off. My Internet promptly crapped out, so I ventured out to see what the town looked like covered in snow, and ended up camping out with laptop for the first time at Starbucks.




Yesterday, taking off from Maryland:




Coming in over Asheville:




Blue Ridge Mountains, looking properly smoky:




Yesterday evening, a friend of synn's family invited us to see the finalists in a national gingerbread competition, held at the Grove Park Inn, a gorgeous hotel/spa at the top of a hill. I love the thatched-roof, look made of brick.




Some of the houses were really impressive.







Are you ready for the coolest one ever?

Really?

Okay, here:




That's from the Youth category – Ellie Barlett of Dayton, Ohio.


We then partook of a sumptuous buffet dinner. The view from our table out the back of the inn was as beautiful as the building itself.




Downstairs, the Christmas tree and fireplaces and ceiling fixtures were so huge, we felt like we'd been transported into The Nutcracker.




Back at synn's—the lovely tree.




Annnnd, gifts today!

Spock onna chain!




Monster onna pencil holder!




Octopus-squid-thing onna shirt!




And more. It is a happy time.

Comments

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Those are some amazing gingerbread houses! And I love the octopus shirt. Merry Christmas!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks - being Jewish, it's always interesting to be with people on the holiday who celebrate the holiday. Very cozy this year. I hope you have/had a nice day of it too.

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Hee, I spent mine entirely reading yuletide, since I'm alone this year. It's been an excellent haul of stories!

I am sure I knew you were Jewish (birthright trip with roga!), but ack, I missed the right holiday to wish you. I'm glad it was a cozy winter-type friends&family event, either way!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Quite! I'm sorry you found yourself alone (unless you wanted to be, in which case, awesome!), but Yuletide seems to be bringing joy to many this year like a big fat fannish Santa, so that sounds like a pretty great time.

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Well, alone mainly because I'm here for school and everyone else has gone home over the vacation. But I've been skyping with my family, and because everything's so green it doesn't actually seem like Christmas at all, so it hasn't felt lonely. Plus, I have fudge. Which really--what more do you need? :D

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oooh, so much snow! And gingerbread! And awesome presents (rofl tentacles). Hope it's been a wonderful day :)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It was! :) synn's town is near the mountains, so flying south, it was snow - snow - snow - no snow in Charlotte, where my connection was, and then flying west, no snow - no snow - snow again.

Also, TENTACLES FTW. And! We found this yesterday: http://todayintentacles.blogspot.com/

[roga.livejournal.com]

Omg, hearts in my eyes for everything about this post. Snow! Christmas! Gorgeous <3

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Now if only the camera would take faster shots like yours!

[perspi.livejournal.com]

WONDERFUL THIS IS WONDERFUL *GLEEE*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

\o/

[purridot.livejournal.com]

What fun!!!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

We were only missing the one-horse open sleigh, truly.

Hope you are having a lovely weekend!