It’s been one of those quiet but mentally exhausting weekends. The new year always brings with it a certain level of feeling obligated to be introspective and a commitment to thinking ahead. I gave up on making resolutions some years ago because they always ended up being more about things that were wrong [...]

Yesterday was my baby sister’s 21st birthday. (I just fell out of my chair typing that…she’ll always be 15 to me.) True to tradition, my cousin and I took her out to celebrate.
To start off the night, compliments of our waitress:

Then a nice unintimidating drink to start:

#2:

#3:

The damage thus far:

And to [...]

Pretty sure this was still early in the evening, despite appearances.

Not complete without hot shoes. (I still have the battle scars from dancing all night and then walking home in these afterwards. Worth it!)

Hope everyone had a wonderful new year! It was, to say the least, one of the more eventful celebrations I’ve had in a few years. Since I haven’t had a chance to review the pictures from the night yet, here’s a description of the festivities in pictures of food. (For all the [...]