To A New Year

The holiday season has come and gone,

full of visits with family and friends,

strewn across numerous cities.

To be remembered fondly.

Yet two weeks of travel still remain before I return home to Helsinki.

Vancouver is bustling making ready for the Olympics,

and a great friend is preparing for opening night at her

Chinese Brasserie, Bao Bei.

Here's to a year of:

focus and dedication,

exhilaration,

and fresh eyes

for taking it all in.