A soiree for me!

Last night I was lucky enough to celebrate my 28th birthday with a rather large and eclectic (trust me on this one) group of friends. One of the things that made this group interesting was that it consisted of friends from pretty much every phase of my life. All I needed to complete every phase was Claudia, Brigette and the girls from the station. Either way I was quite a fun time. Initially we were at the YardHouse which is a fun place with over 100 beers on tap (I know! That's what I said!) but when we were told it was a THREE hour wait for dinner (it was 8 p.m. at that point) we realized that was not going to work. But as we waited for everyone to get there it felt like a Greek/College reunion. I saw people I had not seen in years, no exaggeration. A majority of the run-ins were great because I was genuinely happy to see them (aka Nicole :)) and others were just odd (we'll leave this one nameless). And I'd like to give a shout-out to the pomegranate mojito: you were delish!

So we walked over to MamaJuana's Cafe (used to be Chispa) and were seated immediately. We all fit on one table and were assisted almost immediately. Too bad our server was suffering from a major case of PMS. He took forever with the drinks, forgot to take the order of half of the table, and rolled his eyes (I'm not even kidding) when we asked if splitting the checks was possible. The food, when it finally got to the table, was so yummy! Their white sangria and MamaJuana house drink were very good too. I personally preferred the white sangria; it was subtle and fresh. The night was pretty funny and I was very relieved that there were no awkward silent moments or pettiness with anyone. I should probably mention that I loathe awkward silent moments and that's one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of mixing friends from different social groups (work friends v. college friends v. childhood friends, etc.). Why I thought inviting a lifetime's worth of friends to my soiree last night was a good idea I don't know. But I'm SO glad that it all worked out. I think everyone was pretty happy with the night and I'm going to push the envelope on this one and say that some people walked away happy that they met or had a chance to get to know each other a bit better.

I'm forgetting the swimsuit fashion show that took place at the end of dinner! Oh wait, it kinda sucked (the models, not the suits. Those were pre-tee cute!); nevermind. To close this off on a good note, here is one of my fave pictures from the night. Mazel tov!