Our company “Holiday” Party was held last night at the Embassy Suites. Since it is now January, they decided to call it the Winter Party. We had a great time!

Happy New Year to All. I am excited about 2012. Cheers!

This year, I had two birthday events. On Wednesday we had a lunch get together at my workplace. The other was on Saturday with some friends.

My co-workers organized a buffet lunch.

The food was ordered from Lin’s China Jade in Beaverton.

Here is everyone.

On Saturday, we had dinner with friends at Piazza Italia.

Waiting for our table.

Started the evening with Prosecco

Linguine with Clams

Papardelle with Wild Boar Sauce

Marcel and Chad

Profiteroles – delicious!

Panna Cotta – The best I have ever had!

We liked Piazza Italia but the highlight of the evening was the dessert menu. After dinner, we went on a pub crawl starting from Underdog Sports Bar, to Wimpy’s then finally at North 45.

I enjoyed my birthday celebrations this year. One of the best ones in recent memory!

As usual, it has been busy at work this time of the year. Despite the busyness, we always take some time to celebrate Christmas. Since my job interfaces with pretty much every department in the company, I am always invited to all the activities

On Wednesday, we had a Christmas pot luck where I brought my (now famous) Tiramisu Cake. I got the usual raves but I can honestly say that this  was the best version yet. It just gets better every time I make it. Someday I will post the recipe (easy version) here but in the meantime, you can find it at Smitten Kitchen.

The Filipino population at my work is growing. From time to time we have pot lucks and I get to enjoy my native food without all the work This time I made leche flan.

Finally, I got this cool fruit basket from our Gift Exchange