We had a casual but festive Christmas Eve dinner at the Hilltop. Dad and Colleen were there. Halim's Dad had come down from Boston too.

Christmas day was at our house. We had all of my favorit holiday dishes, including this apple walnut salad.

It was great to see our friend Feriyal who came all the way from Vienna. And her son Jimmy...he actually came over from Dubai!

Cigars, drinks and friends...make for a festive Christmas celebration...at least at our house they do.

Sweet Selin and lovely Leyla had their Christmas dinner in our kitchen.

The day after Christmas we awoke to an icy drizzle...and this robin collecting berries outside our window.

This is my scary retro santa. He looks like he's about to stab someone the psycho music should play here

Our christmas tree is always really pretty...

Illuminated, it looks really romantic.

My motley crew of snowmen and santas.

I like this hauntingly romantic photo. It's the silouette of a Christmas wreath hanging outside of our stained glass window.

A final reflection of our pretty illuminated tree.

December 17, - Foxwoods ...again.

We took the limo up to Foxwoods on Saturday morning, of course Jiggy slept most of the way. Saturday night we saw George Carlin's Life is Worth Losing show at Foxwood's Theater. It was great...an amazing barrage of verbal dexterity and totallly over-the-top.

After the show Nick went right back to the casino. We headed straight for the club.

Jig just loves those Chippendale's guys.

June was down from Boston...It's always great to see her.

Cat and I got lots of exercise on the dance floor.

The go-go dancers were all dressed up for Christmas. Well, what little they were wearing was really Christmasy ;o}

Jiggy...almost got arrested when she jumped up on stage.

Can't forget this...as always, a distinctive chocolate delight.