Weekend update

After the last 2 party filled weekends, we had a 'low-key' Friday night at the Great Escape. On Saturday morning Jen and I went shopping with Jacqui to get ready for her Halloween party this Friday and then Joe & I had a quiet night at home making one of my favorite Swiss dishes- Papet Vaudois. And on Sunday Joe decided to bake some bread! He added his homemade pesto to the bread and it sure was tasty!


On Sunday afternoon, we had a nice stroll along the lake with Stéphanie, Manu & Tristan. We went over to their sailboat so that they could get a couple pictures of Tristan with the boat. How cute!!

Here are some more pictures that I took while we were out along the lake on such a beautiful fall day.

Alice's thesis defense

Alice, a PhD student in Joe's lab that started with us back in 2004 had her thesis defense last Friday, followed by a Celebrity party. The pictures.

I helped Jen and Jacqui with their 70's hair, since they were going as Charlie's Angels.
Joe dressed up as Celebrity Chef, Bobby Flay (a bunch of people in my mom's office think Joe looks like Bobby Flay)... though, I don't think the real Flay would use his tongs for evil.

and I dressed up as Special Agent Sydney Bristow from Alias. Me and my angels....

Sai's going away weekend

Sai has grown wings and left Switzerland for the wild world of Austin, Texas. But before he left, we had a weekend full of crazy fun.

Day 1, Friday: Sai and Ed's big PhD party...some sample photos:

-Sai & me

-Joe & Sai

-Is that little shieldsy?

-Sai & ...who is that wearing a blonde wig and glittery hat?

Day 2, Saturday: Sai had been saving his change since he moved to Switzerland...that's nearly 5 years of saving change. He decided that we were going to go out to the bar and buy a couple rounds with all the change. I just realized looking for pictures that I never took a picture of all the change.... Sai had nearly 300 francs worth of swiss change and another 40 Euros in change!

-One last night at the Great Escape

Day 3, Sunday: Sai was frantically cleaning his apartment the entire weekend, but was able to sneak out Sunday for a couple hours to grab one last apero by the lake.

Here's the link to all the fun pics from the weekend. We'll miss you Sai!!!

Welcome to the club, Dr. Reddy!!

Yesterday, Sai had his public thesis defense, followed by his 'what I did while I wasn't in the lab' slideshow, which I put together over the last few weeks.

-Sai laughing at the presentation I put together

After the apero in the auditorium, Jacqui graciously hosted Sai's Indian dinner extravaspectacular....aka... Sai cooked a crapload of Indian food for his friends and colleagues to feast on.

-The spread

As always, it was HOT HOT HOT!! and I couldn't eat it. I at least tried this time, which resulted in a numb tongue. Once everybody was done chowing down, Jen got all of the guests into position, especially Sai, for a special presentation that Jacqui and I were going to give for Sai.

Just a tame little striptease....

It appeared to have been a bit hit. Will post more later!

Welcome Tristan!!

Stéphanie & Manu's son, Tristan, was born Friday night and I got to go visit all 3 of them yesterday at the hospital. Tristan is soooo cute! See!!


Unfortunately, all the non-pink outfits were dirty, so Tristan got to wear pink yesterday, if you were wondering why he was wearing pink. He slept the entire time I was visiting, so I had a chance to sit and chat (and drink bubbly! -but only with the new daddy) with Stéphanie & Manu. I also got to watch Tristan blow bubbles! Here's a little video:

I also got to give them the cute little onsies I ordered from BabyGap. They're so cute!!
They'll be heading home today or tomorrow for some nice quiet home time and they'll let us know when we can come visit so Joe can meet Tristan. If you want to see some more pictures of Tristan, you can check out their website for Tristan.

yes, yes, it's been a while....

Lots of not-so-much has been going on. My advisor was 'busy' after I got back from our honeymoon and then left for a conference/vacation for 2 weeks. Of course she never replied to my emails and so I've been working hard on learning Photoshop, Photoshopping my wedding pictures, putting together my wedding album, and working on Sai's thesis defense presentation. No, not his presentation, but the presentation of what he did when he wasn't in the lab over the last 4 years... and there are plenty of photos!! It will be legendary, as Sai likes to say.

Over the holiday weekend a couple weeks ago, Joe and I took an overnight trip to St. Gallen and Lichtenstein...yeah FL!! The abbey in St. Gallen is absolutely beautiful. I had a lot of fun trying to take pictures in the church. I haven't uploaded them yet, but when I do, I'll put a link on here.

Joe's also back in the states for a conference, so I've been hanging out with folks for dinner and trying to keep myself busy.

Well, back to looking productive... my advisor returns tomorrow!