Last night was the perfect way to celebrate Theodora’s 29th year; a year which I am sure will be even more fabulous than this year. It’ll be tough to beat her marathon PR, multiple half marathons within a month time frame, and a new job but I’m sure she’ll find a way!
After yesterday’s intense workouts, I was ready for an evening of fun with the gang.
We started the evening’s festivities at Dramatics NYC for blowouts since none of us are very handy with the curling iron or even a round brush. I even bought a curling iron two months ago in hopes of recreating the loose curls I leave each hair cut with and love. Please believe that the curling iron is still boxed in plastic in my closet. They took longer than expected but overall it was still a great way to kick off the evening with the ladies.
The party really got started when we arrived at Stanton Social, a great Lower East Side spot that specializes in small plates and delicious cocktails. They did a wonderful job squeezing our group of 8 in last minute upstairs in their lounge area. Even though it wasn’t on the main floor, there was still plenty of people watching, music, and atmosphere.
We followed the birthday girl’s directions and started drinking immediately.
I have a tendency to stick with my regular drinks, rarely ordering from the fun cocktail menu. But, with all the celebration and fun taking place last night, starting with anything other than a fun cocktail just seemed wrong. I ordered their lime basil gimlet (Belvedere Vodka, muddled basil, lemon syrup, and fresh lime) which was absolutely delicious. So delicious in fact that I downed two way too quickly and three of the other gals quickly switched to the gimlet for their next round.
After ordering drinks our focus quickly turned to food since we were all starving and we knew we only had an hour and half before we had to head over to Theodora’s larger birthday party.
We settled on 8 different small plates, which we shared as a table. The most impressive part was that they even had a special gluten free menu which meant we could order a few items which Shannon could enjoy as well!
Within minutes our table was overtaken by multiple small plates! Our choices included:
- Wok charred Edamame spicy miso glaze
- Potato & Goat Cheese Pierogies
- Maryland Jumbo Lump Crabcake ‘Corn Dogs’
- Social Mac & Cheese – chorizo, ovendried tomato
- Red Snapper Tacos – creamy avocado, spicy mango
- Thai Spiced Baby Back Ribs
- Salt & Pepper Shrimp
Everything was delicious and the whole meal was pretty reasonably priced considering the amount of food and alcohol we enjoyed.
Our next stop was Jadis Wine Bar, where Gia, Theodora’s gorgeous and speedy party planner organized her birthday party. The plan was to start the evening with her closest girl friends and then end the night toasting her 29th year with a larger group of friends including the men in our lives.
The setup at Jadis was perfect, complete with a reserved section and plenty of wine and passed hors d’oeurves.
Complete with wonderful friends and disposable cameras, it was the perfect party!
By midnight I was more than done, thanks to the liquor drinks at dinner and lots of wine. Luckily, I had the forethought to chug a coconut water as soon as we got home which I think explains my absent hangover today.
Instead of laying on the couch today fighting a headache and hangover, we were able to spend the day enjoying homemade French toast, cleaning, and catching up on thank you note writing and DVR viewing.
Question: What has been your favorite birthday to date and why?
