My 31st Birthday

May is my birthday month. This year, I wanted to celebrate with all of my new friends here. We went out for dinner at a great local cajun restaurant. The food was great. But we had a bit of a problem getting it. We got there early, which was fine, but it was prom night so we waited for about an hour and a half before being seated. No big deal. So, when we sat down to eat, we ordered our appitizers then dinner. When dinner arrived the waiter looked at me and asked me if I was sharing with R. I said no and he got a really worried look on his face. Then said he was going to check in the kitchen for my dinner. About 10 minutes later he came back and told me that they forgot my order. So another 35 minutes passed and he finally brought out my dinner. I was so looking forward to my pan sauted soft shelled crab. And they were GREAT! But I was not able to eat with my party since my food arrived 45 minutes AFTER they had already gotten their food! The restaurant did make it right in that they bought our entire table of 6 people's dinner. 

After dinner, we walked downtown to go to a couple of the local establishments. The first one that we went to was a German place where Das Boot resides. From what I've heard this is a MUST HAVE here. So we went to try it.  

Our boot is on the left. Now, mind you, we have 4 people sharing this, so I did NOT drink it myself!!! I did, however, start it. This thing was MASSIVE!

It's a German beer, but for a dark beer, it was pretty smooth and kind of good.....for beer.

So, tradition goes, the second to last person to finish it has to pay for it. Since R drank after me, that meant that I had to finish it if I didn't want to pay for it. So, I did!
Here is the group of us that went out that night. These girls and guy have become some really great friends to us. They all live in our neighborhood. We really enjoy hanging out with them and getting to know them better.

Then we headed to the local sports bar. Here is R and I hanging out.

All of my girls.

We went to a new bar in town where they had a live band playing and lots of dancing. It was a great night! Thanks everyone for making my birthday so much fun and so special!