PIC# 1 alexander wang one of my fav jackets from his colllection. felt inspired after i saw it

PIC#2 IVE SEEN ALL TYPES OF LV STORES NEXT TO PARIS THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PRETTIEST IVE SEEN

pic#3 TITLED CHURCH ON THE BLOOD…VERY HISTORIC CHURCH IN EKATERINBURG’S HISTORY…VERY PRETTY AT NIGHT

PIC#4 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN PRAGUE

PIC#5 OUTSIDE VENDOR EATING IN PRAGUE.. CUP WAS FULL OF HOT WINE WHICH WAS PRETTY TASTY AND THE CHOCOLATE THING IM NOT TO SURE OF BUT WAS TASTY!!

PIC#7 SAB(TRAINER, ANETE, Y, AND TWEETY ARRIVING TO PRAHA AND ME TAKING THE PIC

PIC#8 OUR TEAM PLANE

PIC#9 OUR CAPTAIN FOR THIS ROAD TRIP; TEAMMATES

PIC#10 TEAM DINNER RT AFTER OUR LAST RUSSIAN LEAGUE VICTORY

PIC #11 HAHA THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY FUNNY DEFINITELY INTERESTING WAY OF TAPING AN ANKLE AT THE ARENA…

PIC#12 LOVED THE SWEATER HAD TO SHOW U THIS…INSPIRATION

HI GUYS,

IM CURRENTLY IN PRAGUE WHERE WE FACE USK PRAGUE EUROLEAGUE TEAM TONIGHT. IT’S GONNA BE  A TOUGH CHALLENGE FOR US BUT AS A COMPETITOR I LOVE TOUGH ONES. WE GOT HERE TWO DAYS EARLY SO WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY A FULL DAY HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY. BY FAR,  ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO VISIT IN EUROPE. I WAS ABLE TO BUY FEW THINGS , EXPERIENCE SOME STREET VENDORS, FOODS AND LISTEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL STREETS OF PRAGUE. KINDA SAD TO BE LEAVING TOMORROW MORNING BUT HEY WE’RE GONNA BE IN EVEN BETTER WEATHER.

SINCE I LAST LEFT YOU GUYS WE’VE PLAYED SEVERAL GAMES IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO WIN AND SOMEHOW GET BETTER DESPITE OF OUR TEAMS’ EARLY INJURIES. HONESTLY, I’D RATHER HAVE THE INJURIES EARLY THEN LATER. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST TRAINERS IN THE WORLD IN MY OPINION. SHE DEF TAKES CARE OF US AND I’M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER. I MUST SAY SINCE IVE BEEN HERE,  THE ANKLE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN GETTING STRONGER AND I’M STARTING TO GET MY FULL RANGE OF MOTION BACK WITHOUT HAVING PAIN SO ITS ALWAYS A PLUS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY GOOD THINGS OUT IN TERMS OF MUSIC AND FASHION. IVE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN GOING SWEATER CRAZY, LEATHER CRAZY AND BOOT CRAZY. LOL, BUT IM ALWAYS CRAZY WHEN IT COMES TO FASHION.

ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IVE SEEN IN EVER STORE HAS BEEN FUR AND LOTS OF IT. BEING IN RUSSIA ITS A BONUS AND I CANT WAIT TO GO FUR SHOPPING WITH MY TEAMMATES. DETAILS OF THAT ADVENTURE TO COME LATER. MUSIC WISE IVE BEEN HEARING THE LEAK OF DRAKES ALBUM NOT GONNA EVEN LISTEN TO IT UNTIL IT DROPS ON ITUNES GOTTA SUPPORT ARTIST THE RIGHT WAY THESE DAYS. I GOT THE WALE WHICH DIDN’T DISSAPOINT AT ALL BUT IVE BEEN LISTENING TO CALVIN HARRIS, BINGO PLAYERS PRETTY HEAVY. DANCE HAS BECOME ONE OF MY FAVORITE GENRES THESE DAYS.

WELL THAT’S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS THIS TIME AROUND HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR WEEK AND I WILL SPEAK SOON MY LOVES. THANKYOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
BLESSINGS
CAPPA23

pic#1 tweety, cp3 and me at famous lil spot where our team ate after nice win against (bourges) french team

pic#2 wow haha epic meat was pretty tasty

pic#3 one of my fav teammates of all time Y this was her idea

pic#1 known in my family for closets full of clothess, well not so much in ekat! take a look

pic#2 my living room where i like to lounge in when i have guests around!

pic#3 most euro countries are not known for dryers..drying the cloths as you can see euro style!!

pic#4 this is my desk area… usually here on the internet

pic#5 last but not least ‘ fav place to be! lol dinner is served (well not at the moment but soon?) lol

CapTravel

pic#1 another cool resturant where they are famous for their beer and sausages! its called “tinkoff”. have lotta cool shows and events! this pic shows the longest sausage ive ever seen in my life

pic#2 went to a jazz concert.

pic#3 taken at a new russian steakhouse. teammates an i came after a win against st petersburg in our weekly russian league game!

pic#4 pic i took at one of my fav spots in ekat: club D n cafe! they have the best shows in the world

pic#5 this is our club’s offices

pic#6 went to a jazz concert. this photo shows the place where it was held…it means hall of music very cool place

pic#6 another cool resturant where they are famous for their beer and sausages! its called “tinkoff”. have lotta cool shows and events! this pic shows the longest sausage ive ever seen in my life

AS YOU KNOW, THE NY LIBERTY SEASON ENDED UNEXPECTEDLY WITH THE UPSET IN THE 1ST ROUND OF THE EASTEN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS. I DON’T TAKE LOSING VERY WELL SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO RECOVER. I WENT TO MY HOME IN CHICAGO AND BEGAN PACKING BECAUSE I KNEW SOON I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE FOR THE USA BASKETBALL EURO TOUR.  I HAD A FEW DOWN DAYS SO I BOOKED A NICE TRIP TO VEGAS TO GET AWAY AND TAKE MY COUSIN AND BROTHER BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER BEEN THERE. IT WAS A LOAD OF FUN AND GREAT EXPERIENCE.  THE VIRAL VIDEO OF ME HOOPING WITH THE NBA GUYS IN VEGAS WASN’T PLANNED AT ALL. CHAUNCEY BILLIPS INVITED ME TO COME WORK OUT WITH HIM. WE WORKED OUT FOR TWO HRS ON DIFFERENT MOVES AND GOT TONS OF SHOOTING IN. AS WERE FINISHING UP AND IM GETTING READY TO ICE, MYBIG BRO, AL HARRINGTON TELLS ME TO PICK UP A JERSEY AND THAT’S WHERE IT BEGAN. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT, U CAN DEFINITELY CATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.

I FLEW FROM NY TO ITALY WHERE THE TOUR BEGAN WITH ONE FULL PRACTICE AND TOUR OF FOUR TEAMS.  (NAPLES)  ITALY THE TEAM THAT HOSTED, VALENICIA (ROS CASARES), (SKIO), ITALY AND OF COURSE, THE USA.  IT WAS A TOUGH TASK WITH JUST SEVEN PLAYERS BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THAT TOURNEY. UP NEXT, OUR TRIP TO VALENICIA..ALTHOUGH, WE LOST TO THIS TEAM, IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. A FEW DAYS LATER WE FLEW TO PRAGUE AND FACED YET ANOTHER CHALLENGING TEAM THAT GOT THE EDGE OVER US AS WELL.

LATER THAT NIGHT WE DROVE TO HUNGARY WHERE WE WOULD FACE SHOPRON AND WOULD END THE USA EURO TOUR. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO LEAVE ON  THE NOTE WITH A WIN BECAUSE WINNING ALWAYS MAKE THE SOUL FEEL GOOD. WE FINISHED THE TOUR OUT 3-2!!! 7 STRONG A BOND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND NEVER BROKEN!

NEXT, I MET MY TEAM  (UMMC) IN GYDNIA POLAND WHERE WE WOULD HAVE OUR 1ST EURO LEAGUE MATCH OF THE SEASON. I DIDNT PLAY BUT MY TEAM FINISHED WITH A WIN ON THE ROAD AND A NICE TRIP BACK TO EKATERINGBURG. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ACTUALLY MISS THIS PLACE BUT I TRULY DID. I MISSED THE CITY,PEOPLE, FOOD AND MY LOVELY APARTMENT FOR 4 YEARS.  SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE I’VE BEEN GONE TO AMERICA. I WILL SEND UPDATES AND TAKE PICS SO U GUYS CAN HELP LIVE OUT MY EXPERIENCE THIS SEASON.

BLESSING

CAPPA23

A pair of Olympic gold medalists, Swin Cash (Seattle Storm) and Cappie Pondexter (New York Liberty), scored 14 points apiece to lead the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s National Team (3-2) to a 73-63 victory over UNIQA-Euroleasing Sopron in Sopron, Hungary, on Sunday night.

All seven American women scored in a key third-quarter surge that saw the USA, which went into the locker room tied 41-41, outpace the hosts 21-9 and take a 62-50 lead heading into the final stanza.

“It was the complete opposite of the way we started (the second half) the other night,” said Geno Auriemma, 2009-12 USA National Team and University of Connecticut head coach. “There was a much better focus on the defensive end to kind of limit what the other team was doing. Because the defensive stops were there, we were then able to convert that into good offense. I think we took them out of their rhythm. They had a really nice flow offensively in the first half. And then, some defensive things that we did really caused them some problems. We had great ball movement in the third quarter and got open shots. It sounds so simple, but that’s basically what it was.”

For more..http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national

The season is going well….we lost one game in the first half of the season… (womp womp) …but we’ve just started the second half and are 2-0! We are remaining focused and playing solid basketball, but its going to get intense in about a month when playoffs start.

2nd is the Euroleague where the top teams in Europe square off in the playoff series and then later in the final four.

3rd and last, is the Russian League.  I’m already sweating just talking about it!

The good news is that we’ll have some added power with Candace Parker coming in to the team. Her ability and talent will add much more depth to our already strong roster as we defend last year’s championship tittle.

Translation: I’m Excited!

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/pondexter-liberty-too-much-for-dream-100667019.html#ixzz0wzi57mld