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How can you NOT smile at this smile??
Credit: @eeeek
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Forty-nine, and feeling good!
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
~ Dr. Seuss
Plan some fun, and plenty of smiles, into your day everyone!
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A food tweet! Fan dreams do come true!
I saw a few fan tweets recently saying they missed David’s food tweets. And, low and behold, we received a food tweet from David via Kari!
Looks like a soup/stew, and as per Kari, it contains chicken, pork chops (chuleta) and mussels. Here is a pic I found on a website featuring South American food. Looks hearty! And jam-packed with protein!
<————————— Here is another version with plenty of mussels (which I just tried for the first time a few weeks ago and LOVED!) Adventures in food ftw!
By the way, while I was looking into South American foods, I also found a picture of a dessert entitled “Pastel de Choclo“. If David happens to eat that dessert over the next 2 years, it would make my YEAR if that fact found its way into a tweet lol! Doesn’t it look amazing??? ———————>
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Three years ago today! Archuleta-Cook in the Philippines
It was a major trip for two idols 3 years ago. There was no shortage of coverage of this trip, and as I looked through footage of interviews, performances, arrivals and departures, it was difficult to decide what to repost. I decided a short vid of David being greeted by many adoring fans on the show SIS, with David looking a bit overwhelmed at the joy and excitement around him.
And in viewing this last night, I noticed someone familiar on the stage; David is being interviewed by Gelli de Belen, who played Teresa (Anya’s mom) in Nandito Ako. All of you probably knew that, but I didn’t. In watching the vid, I noticed a familiar gorgeous smile and, voila, it’s the same person. Check out 1:06 where he finds how to pronounce her name.
And I saw Ray!
And here is his performance of Stand by Me at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. Watch to the end. He nails it, and then some….
Want more? I thought so….
Relive more of Manila 2009. Here is a link to Jenny’s Post at the start of the Manila trip. Just keep scrolling for the next 4 posts to see all the vids and pics gathered up by Jenny, Becky and Fran, from interviews as well as the SM Mall of Asia Concert. Throw in a vlog for good measure! And plenty of tweets! It was a prolific time! Click on the image to go to the first post. Enjoy —>
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The pictures are pouring in!
Woohoo! You amazing fans have responded to requests to share with the FamFamily your treasured pics of David! Yesterday I posted a few from Heidi. Today I have more.
First up from Zelle, and I’ll attach part of her email to us.
Hello FOD!
It’s Zelle (@zelle13) from the comments! 
I’m writing in response to Heidi’s suggestion to unearth (haha) David pictures from our hard drives and share them for posting. I’ve been posting a few links to pics taken by my sis on the comments section in the past couple of days, but that was before this wonderful suggestion came up and was posted on the site.
As it happens, today is May 16 already here in the Philippines. It’s a day my sister @eeeek and I (and I suppose all of the Pinoy fans) like to commemorate, because it is the date of the first ever concert of D (back-to-back with David Cook) here in the Philippines back in 2009. For me, it’s even more special because today is the third anniversary of the first time I ever saw David in his own flesh, haha. 
So I’d like to share some pictures my sister took during that epic, epic Manila concert at the SM Mall of Asia concert grounds back in 2009. Notice…
1 – He glows! Literally. It’s like all the energy and passion of singing from his soul is bursting out of him.
2 – What my sister likes to call ARCHUPASSION. <3
3 – “There’s so many people!”
I’ve also included pics from David’s guesting on the show SIS on May 14, 2009, also taken by my sister who was fortunate enough to have watched the show live in the studio.
See the rest in a slideshow! Enjoy…they really are wondeful!
Next is a set from Pamela Pike, from Del Mar Fair, June 20, 2009. Thanks Pam!
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More, from Pickles! As per her email…
“There were taken at the COS book singing in Salt Lake City. I think it was before he sang God Bless The Broken Heart”. Click to make BIGGER! Thanks so much!
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If you have any pictures you have personally taken of David Archuleta and that you’d be willing to share with everyone, send them in! They will be watermarked with your name before posting. Send to fodfrontpage@gmail.com
BEGIN. Creativity
@HanneDenmark offers some cover art, along the soft and sensible theme. Really nice Hanne.
Some final reminders! Vota!
From Breanne in comments:
Keep voting for Forevermore on MYX:
http://www.myxph.com/default.aspx
Vote 1 song hour for either Forevermore or Nandito Ako on Chart Central:
http:///chartcentral.frihost.net/cc/
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One final pic
Happiness on the American Idol tour. Thank you Maureen!
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….and finally.
I’m serious this time lol.
Congrats to CindyUT who correctly identified the Tell Us Tuesday pic as having been taken in Duluth, GA when David was on the Demi L0vato show! Cindy was at that concert and remembered him wearing that shirt during the show!
I’m done! Enjoy a happy Wednesday!
