Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Just finished uploading pictures from one of my favorite holidays.

Thanksgiving combines good food plus the people I love: both family and friends. My hubby and I had a blast in So Cal.

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Avoiding the shopping mobs on the Black Friday. I love Newport Beach!

Loving this view by the Pacific! So Cal is so beautiful. I will never be bored by this view

Checking out the turkey before it goes in the oven. It’s big! My dad’s trying out a new recipe.

COVINA, CALIF — Home for the Holidays! I’m still waking up at 3 AM because my body’s still on overnight mode. It still feels so good to be back in home in So Cal with my family.

[Thanksgiving dinner in London 2004, with my Medill buddy Andrea, my mother-in-law Terri, and Mark's cousin, Eileen]
My hubby [...]

Unwinding after another long day in the news room. My dad sent me a picture of blue skies in Diamond Bar. Looks like my hometown dodged a bullet for this round of the wildfire season.
I need another drink.
Last weekend, we checked out a wine festival in Lodi. On Veterans Day, we did more wine tasting [...]

Many people in our newsroom were tickled when Stephen Colbert interviewed Sacramento Mayor-Elect Kevin Johnson. We had to cover Johnson’s Comedy Central debut. Local luvin’ from a national cable TV program equals good times for our market.

[from newsday.com]
And Colbert likes to ask the tough questions for the former NBA star:
“…does it hurt that you never [...]

I think my dad is going to be tickled that I posted this video clip.
I wanted to upload this file after Elections because I didn’t want to jinx anything. Plus, Election Day and the results kept me crazy busy in the newsroom.
January 3, 2005 from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.
I had to sleep on Election [...]

Several newspapers and news stations predict a record turnout on Election Day. Many predict long lines and frazzled poll workers on Nov. 4.
So today, my hubby and I decided to do the early voting thing at at the Solano County Registrar of Voters. There were at least a dozen people casting their ballots at the [...]

[from the Huffington Post]
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