1. Ladakh...um, awesome. A entire post will be dedicated to this trip...coming soon.
2. Chicago...We stayed with our friends Katie and Mike, and Reba came to town as well! Oh, and we ate lots of Hotdogs.
(I don't know any of the people in this picture, but I'm sure that they'd be totally psyched to know that they were featured in the Pitale blog)
3. A whirlwind tour of NC and VA to visit Jon's Dad, VA, my grandparents, my sister and a few of my college gals.
4. Next, it was off to Truckee, CA to visit our friends from Delhi, Chris and Meemie. Chris took us too Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite Valley for some sight-seeing, climbing (yes, even I climbed a bit!), hiking and camping. We also went on a great hike with Meemie near their house in Truckee.
5. Then, Jon headed off to Flagstaff for some fishing and biking...and an un-welcome pulled hip muscle. I went back to NC and spent the next 4 weeks in the QC (queen city) of Charlotte.
I've got a great family that completely welcomed me (and then Jon) and all of our stuff for the month:) We had BBQ's, drank some vino (ok, maybe I did drink them out of house and home, but hey, they had some good stuff!), went white water rafting, ate at Five Guys (a lot)...just all around had a good time:)
I have some super friends, who decided to come down to Charlotte and join me for some fun times. Maggie and Elena came first for the 4th of July.
Then, Sarah, Reba, Katrina, Karen and I (high school friends) traveled up to Lake Norman for a weekend at Reba's lake house.
Lastly, Anne came to town for some fabulous shopping:)
6. Jon returned to NC, and we head to Florida for a weekend. We stayed with our friends Jack and Octavia, who treated us to an evening in Miami and a Phillies/Marlins game! We also attended Jon's grandmother's 90th birthday party!
7. And then, the party we were all waiting for...my sister Ruth's Bachelorette Party! Now that was good times. Kathryn and I planned a pretty good party, if I do say so myself, complete with lingerie, cheesy games, a cowboy hat veil, and a night out at a Country Western Bar, where Ruth proceeded to win the "Hot Buns" contest...that's my girl!
8. My friend Jennifer returned from her vaca in the Caribbean, and finally Sarah and I were able to hang out with her and eat at our fave Southern food restaurant, Dish.
9. And last but not least Jon and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary with one left over slice of our wedding cake for breakfast and for dinner... a bottle of champagne (good), a bottle of wine (ok, pushing it), and vodka shot (um, too far...). But from what I remember of the evening, it was really nice:) kidding, hon. I remember it all, of course....hmmm....
