Margs + Wine

A perfect summer night + margs at Tortilla Flats + Bordeaux at Quarter on Hudson Street = a fantastic birthday.

A Birthday

So, it's my birthday, the Day of Days. The older one gets the stranger birthdays are to deal with. Are you supposed to tell people? Is that fishing for compliments or being a princess? Then again, if there's one day out of the year that you want to be treated nicely, it's your birthday.

Here are a few things that I think every birthday should include:

The best version of Happy Birthday, ever, by the Tings Tings, on Yo Gabba Gabba. (I put it on everyone's Facebook page on their birthday.)


Baubles from Baccarat

Great wine

All your peeps. (From the Dirty 30 weekend a few years back.)

Weekend Shiny Things

Like any lady, I love jewelry. Maybe moreso than the average woman. Pinterest is great for shiny eye candy. This one is quite a piece.

P.S. My birthday is June 21! :-)

Source: etsy.com via Jackie on Pinterest

Oh, Birthdays.

The Day of Days was marked at Rosa Mexicano in Union Square.

Pop et moi -- in town from Sonoma County. (Petaluma, if you're nasty.)


Andrew et Kristin


Three out of five


Millards!


We found a cat in Union Square. TR caught him with his bare hands.


Kristin and the very sweet beast

It's The Day Of Days!

It's my birthday! Party dresses on!

Happy Birthday, TR!!

Age 32, and already a husband, big poppa and a friend to all cats.

Last night, at dinner. These photos look suspiciously like the ones we took last year, except we didn't have a kid.


Nothing gets between a man and his giant lobster.

It's Erin's 28th Birthday!

It's time get back to basics on this blog -- party photos! Tonight Erin feted her 28th year of birth, and even me, the pregnant lady, felt compelled to go down to The Dove on Thompson Street and hand over a birthday offering: A Dunkin Donuts gift card! Little known fact: Erin is one of only a handful of my friends who openly appreciates a good bout of junk food. It's perfectly acceptable to suggest a snack at McDonald's with her. She also hearts Dunkin Donuts as much as I do. Lately I've been on a hot chocolate kick. What's your D&D poison?

Super cute Ilana and Erin


And Caroline!


While uploading these shots I realized I had a whole set from Erin's birthday two years ago at Happy Ending. You'll notice three things in these shots: 1) I'm pale. February is not my favorite month for birthdays or for being photographed. 2) I'm wearing the same Baccarat necklace at both gatherings. I need more Baccarat in my life. Can a gal ever have too much? 3) We don't age. We moisturize!

Erin liked the card I got her.


See? Pale! February, I shake my fist at you!


Oh yes. Someone gave Erin Jenga for her birthday.


...and we proceeded to pose oddly with it.


Life is full of tough decisions


Sometimes I worry about the photos my kid will one day find of me.

Happy Birthday, TR!

It was TR's birthday yesterday and he and I did it up with lobsters in Chelsea.

And bibs, of course.


Getting my bib on.


The birthday flan!

Happy Birthday, TR!!

It's TR's birthday, and in honor of this special day I offer him" LOLCats!


more cat pictures

Also:

moar funny pictures

Jill Turns 30!

I've known Jill since we were freshmen at Syracuse. I kind of moved myself into her room after I realized that she and her roommate, Cara, had a freezer attached to their mini fridge and I had popsicles that were melting. We've been friends ever since.

First, pre-game shots, as always. I actually sat still long enough to get a proper haircut on Saturday.


Jen, another survivor of Dall Hall, third floor, circa 1996, was there.


Lookin' extra fly.


No party is complete without an eggnog cheesecake.


Jill is the only person I know who was excited about turning 30.


Seriously.


Two old ladies in the corner. Total cougars.


A drunk Santa that I found on Orchard Street

It's June! Get Crazy!

June is my favorite month of the year. Weather-wise, it's the most pleasant, and it's also the home of the Days of Day, also known as my birthday, which is on the 21st. Le Doug and I adopted Maestro and Mozart in June of last year as well. Gotta love June.

This blog has been going for about two years, and I've had two great Junes so far. I was going through the archives and I found some of my favorite June photos to share with you.

Maestro, the day after we brought him home last year.


Le Doug and I, the night before we got The Boys in Montreal.


Andrew, Incognito


Fire! Fire!


Ashley, Dancing at my birthday party in 2005


Later that same night. I'd say the evening was going well.


A birthday dinner by candlelight in 2006 on Doug's deck.


Who's the Glamazon now?


One of my favorite birthday gateaus ever.


Happy June, everyone!