Good morning and happy Saturday! I can already tell this is going to be a wonderful weekend filled with a few late nights, lots of dancing, laughter, and wonderful food. Bo’s sister, Meg, and her best friend Amelia are staying with us this week to celebrate Meg’s 21st birthday! They spent the past few days visiting museums, shopping, and enjoying the city while Bo and I worked. But, as you can tell from last night’s blog post, we get to really start the celebration!
Last night, we kicked of the celebration with a late dinner at the Hurricane Club followed by dancing at a small dive bar near our apartment.
The Hurricane Club was the perfect restaurant to bring out of town guests as the vibe was very young, the decor is beautiful, and the food and drinks are delicious! Bo and I enjoyed Friday Date Night at the Hurricane Club a few months ago and therefore new it would be perfect! Our reservation weren’t until 11:15 but we entertained ourselves in the bar area, enjoying their signature drinks and people watching.
Meg’s red pepper drink, which came in a hallowed out red pepper, was a spicy but delicious balance to Amelia’s fruity drink in a coconut. Since I’m gearing up for the National Half Marathon next weekend, I took last night easy and tried to stick with simple drinks. I enjoyed one liquor drink at Hurricane Club, a ginger beer, cucumber, lemon, and Pims drink. It was delicious and very refreshing.
Once again, the Hurricane Club’s delicious Pan-Asian food impressed each of us!
We started with their appetizer sampler, which was filled with their top appetizers ranging from shrimp spring rolls to ceviche.
The shrimp spring rolls were the hit of the table, stuffed to the gills with fresh shrimp and herbs.
Since we were celebrating, and had 5 people, we decided to split one of their huge “to share” drinks was served in a watermelon. However, the drink did not taste like watermelon, much to my surprise and delight. Instead, it was a fresh, fruit infused Kettle One cocktail with five straws for sharing. I enjoyed a few sips, but chose to stick with water during dinner. However, all the fun we had with this drink explains why I have no pictures of our actual main courses.
We did however, enjoy the meal family style, and shared everything. The top dishes were the lobster and peanut chicken.
Of course, before we left the restaurant, there was an obligatory photo session!
The next few hours, three to be exact, were spent entertaining a bar full of people with our singing and dancing ability. Needless to say, spending time with college kids makes you lose your inhibitions and let loose. It felt so great to just have some fun with these gals last night!
Luckily, my 4am bedtime came complete with Zensah sleeves to ease my screaming legs, a bottle of water, and an ibuprofen. Surprisingly, I’m alive and awake right now, ready to enjoy a quick workout session and my first Equinox stretching session before spending some girl time with Meg and Amelia this afternoon shopping and enjoying a manicure.
Question: What did you do to celebrate your 21st birthday?
That looks like such a fun night!! I’ve heard awesome things about the Hurricane Club. There was a blizzard on my 21st birthday, actually! I went to Pure Food and Wine for dinner and then to a dive bar for drinks, but made it home pretty early to avoid traipsing through massive snow drifts!!
I love your outfit! It’s super simple, but really cute and very pulled together!
Thanks Jes! I forgot I had the necklace but loved it with the black top!
I love 21st birthdays!! I was the last one out of all my friends and the only one that stayed home the summer of my 21st…so it was a long/amazing night celebrated with those friends in town, my mom and all of my aunts. It was a blast. We had so much fun that we ended up flying to JMU a few years later to celebrate my sister’s 21st the same way.
I think this weekend was the last 21st birthday celebration that I’ll be part of until children. 🙂
My 21st birthday was spent at a local bar in my college town. It was the simplest event ever. Dollar beers and pool were about all we did. It certainly wasn’t as fancy as a night out in NYC.
I have never heard of the Hurrican Club before so I will definitely look into in for a fun night out.
I had a similar 21st birthday experience as you. Definitely didn’t go on an awesome trip to celebrate. Oh well! 🙂