As many of you know, it is my b-day today. And, as I told my sister, I like attention, so I am posting an entry. There will be some restaurants mentioned/rated and probably some DVDs, too.
First off, I gave myself a fabulous birthday present last week, but I can't talk about it for three more weeks. Then I will tell you all about it.
Thursday, my sisters and I went to Red Robbin. If you have not tried this place, their burgers are to die for, and they offer all you can eat fries. That's right. All you can eat fries at no extra charge. Mmmm. There's one on Lexington and 694, but the servers are never very friendly there.
Friday, a friend and I had a joint birthday. We went to Bryant and Lake Bowl and bowled a couple games. (My goal was to break 50, and I scored 84 and 86, which were good games for me!) It's a fantastic little bowling alley, and I think we got there at just the right time. It reminded me a little of being a punk. It's got a little theater in it, and it only has about eight or nine lanes, so I totally felt like I was home. The chicken quesadillas are to die for. I reccommend this little place, but if you go, you should definitely call to reserve a lane beforehand, and you should probably go kinda early. We had a pile of people there. Then we went back to my friends' house and had a fire in her new firepit for the first toasted marshmallows of the season. It was pretty awesome.
On Saturday, I played games with my friends C and J, and it was excellent. Then they gave me an introduction to another totally fantastic show by one of the guys who worked on Firefly. This one is also only 13 episodes long because Fox killed it. It's called Wonderfalls, and it was so awesome that that's pretty much all I did yesterday. It's very pretty visually, and they did a lot of fun camera tricks. To understate things, I liked it a ton.
Then I got home and found out a friend of mine was in town from Chicago, so I met her and some friends down at Sweenie's. Then we went bar hopping all down to the Tavern on Grand.
Another movie I got this weekend that is fabulous is Amelie. If you have not seen this, you need to. It's just such a great film. It's French with subtitles, but it's not dark and depressing like so many subtitled fims. I have really enjoyed it over the years.
I also got a bunch of gift cards, which are some my favorite things on earth, so there will be more movies and books coming in the future months, too.
Well, that's pretty much it. There was much food and merriment this weekend, and I liked it a lot. Today, I am working like usual, and then I will probably have a pretty low-key night of Medium Season Finale. The 'rents are coming into town to help the sis move home this weekend, so if I've been really very good, I may just get a red cake, which is this cake my mom makes with amazing frosting, but I don't know that I will. I haven't been overly good this year. ;) At the very least, there will probably be ice cream.
So on the whole, I have now turned 26. And I'm starting the year off with some good (I think) changes. This may just be a banner year.
Posted by LoWriter at May 22, 2006 08:07 AMHappy birthday! I would propose a toast to your banner year but it is only 8:30am here - course it's 5 o'clock somewhere - bottoms up!!
To LoWriter!
Posted by: 10lees at May 22, 2006 10:39 AMHAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Whoo hooo. It sounds like you had fun.
I've seen Amelie, and I agree--it's great. I love the scene where she helps the blind man across the street and then describes all the things at the deli to him. Fabulous.
My favorite foreign film is "Farewell my Concubine." It's pretty powerful.
Posted by: J at May 22, 2006 10:55 AMWould the red cake happen to be red velvet? That cake is tasty.
Posted by: jeff at May 22, 2006 07:42 PMThanks for the b-day wishes, guys! It was a fun birthday.
Jeff-- I think so, but it's been years since my mom made it, and she makes a special frosting for it that is amazing. I looked up the receipe and I think that's the same thing.
Posted by: Lo at May 23, 2006 07:13 AM