Nobody believes it, but a few weeks ago I turned 28. After spending my past three birthdays in America at Disney World,
Disney World
and pretending to turn 21 again in Vegas,
I decided a slightly more sophisticated celebration was in order. So I invited a few friends to the Cafe at Lewers for Sips & Sounds.
I was the first to arrive.
Sips & Sounds happens during summer Fridays from 5pm to 8pm, but you can show up whenever, even a bit later than you tell your friends you will... like I did.
Next came the high school crew. Leesh, Keish, Laur
and Laur's husband Elisha.
They all came bearing gifts. Keish and Leesh's card referring to the humidity soaked, hair frizzing weather.
Laur and Elisha travelled to Harrod's especially for this present. I can't believe they went on a whole Contiki tour just for me.
Steph and James joined the gathering next. We should all note this is James' debut in my blog, although his home was featured at Christmas.
Rounding out the BMMS tribe for this portion of the shindig was Matt and Cassie. That's Micah on the side. Who stole the rest of Micah's face? We'll never know.
Some people ordered sips, while the sounds of Karl-Christoph played.
I neglected the sips. My dish for the evening was a beautifully presented, but difficult to consume, delicious bruschetta.
Far out, it's tough trying to be sophisticated when you've got bread and tomatoes slipping and sliding all over your tiny plate. Maybe I'll just wait until I'm 29 to be a proper grown up.
From the chilled vibe of the outside eatery, some of the gang moved to the gallery. We checked out the landscape inspired art of Mandy Martin.
The draping leaves and raining light set the Willow Yellow paint and digital media combination apart.
8pm was approaching, but I wasn't ready for the party to end. Matt, Cassie and I answered the chocolatey, free-birthday-churros-email call of San Churro. The normally quick drive made slightly slower when our convoy found itself following a slow, white van. Nothing suss there.
We stood at the front of the restaurant waiting to be seated, until we noticed a sign that said we should seat ourselves. So we did. At the same table as Jess and Warren who had some spare seats.
You may recall that free birthday churros email. Well, I needed to join the El Social Club to receive them. The el struggle to join was real. The internet eventually cooperated, but the el struggle continued. I had to choose between 3 free birthday churros or a fiesta of 18 churros for $15. Matt helped decided by paying for the fiesta. Unfortunately the so called "Fiesta" did not come with a mariachi band or sombreros, but I guess the 18 churros and 6 dipping sauces made up for the lack of traditional Mexican entertainment.
A couple of other BMMS friends just couldn't resist the fiesta. I think Mark was more excited about his brownie, covered in brownie, sprinkled with brownie, served on a bed of brownie, accompanied by a dash of ice-cream.
Amy just observed the fiesta.
She didn't even want the last churro, which is probably a good thing because of that rule. You know, the one where whoever eats the last portion of shared food gets all the calories.
We discussed important topics like which end of a Maxibon you eat first (you're weird if you eat biscuit end first) before being politely booted out at 11pm. Outside we found a place for a photo shoot where Matt's girlfriend, Becky became the resident photographer.
Somehow Cassie, Mark, Amy and I ended up talking outside until midnight.
The entire evening was a fabulous way to celebrate 28.
Cafe at Lewers
San Churro
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