Throwback Thursday- My 30th Birthday!

I started this post a year ago (!) and I don't know why I never finished it, but I thought I would do so now.  It was great reliving this memory!



I am going to start writing a new post topic for Thursdays.  I'm going to revisit some memories and occasions that I have pics of from before I had a blog.  We have had a lot happen in the last few years alone to take up quite a bit of blog space, so I want to share some with my readers, and maybe give more details about things than my Facebook status would.  Some future events to be covered will include our wedding and honeymoon of course, but also our move to Hawai'i and back, and many other events.  Look for these post about once a month.

First up, a recent fun time was my 30th birthday in October.  The big 3 0h.  I had been looking forward to my birthday for awhile.  I like my birthday... make that LOVE my birthday.  Ask my family, and they'll tell you I'm kind of a diva about it.  It usually is a week long celebration of me, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.  My birthday is in October, all by itself, while everyone else in my immediate family has birthdays in either March or July, just a few days apart.  So, obviously, I milk it for all it's worth.  And it's usually worth a few dinners out, a homemade one from Mom, and a day with my Hubby.  We both took the day off this year, it was a Monday, so it was nice to hang out together.

Since it was my 30th, I wanted to do something fun and different.  I love my husband, but he has a problem.  He is the, "Well, I was gonna..." guy.  Every year, I get a list of I was gonna's.  He was gonna book this trip, he was gonna buy these tickets, he was gonna get me such and such, but for whatever reason didn't.  It drives me absolutely bonkers!  I don't want to hear about everything he was gonna do and didn't, because then I want those things, and we usually just end up going to the mall and out to eat.  So this year I told him that I didn't care what we did or where we went, I just wanted him to make a plan.  That's all I asked for, him to make a plan.  So he did, but he has a thing about secret plans.  It's obnoxious.  But then my friend spilled the beans accidentally, but it was ok.  It was a great plan.

We were going to Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret!  I have been wanting to go see a show there for a long time.  It was a great plan, he had some friends on board already, I just needed to decide where I wanted to eat. Since the cabaret is on the 16th street mall, we decided on The Cheesecake Factory.  I like it because they have something for everyone, but that's also a reason that I kind of hate it.  The menu is insanely long, and I always have a hard time choosing what to eat anyway.  I prefer fewer choices, it cuts down on my browsing time.  I think I had some buffalo chicken wrap thingys, good but not amazing.  Colleen had the Cashew Chicken, and it was fantastic.  I'm toying with looking up a copycat recipe to make it soon.  But really, who goes there for dinner anyway?  It's all about dessert, hence the name!  I got the Chris's Outrageous Cheesecake, which was like, chocolate cake, brownie, and coconut chocolate chip cheesecake.  Amazing.  The server said it was their most underrated kind.  We had about 15 people for dinner, some of them thoroughly offending neighboring tables, so after dinner we moved on to The Tilted Kilt where we could be a little rowdy.  I had never been there, and I thought it would be a little more of a bar, but it was more like a restaurant, so we just sat around and talked which was nice too.  They serve a birthday shot called a Blow Job, no joke, that I had to take without my hands.  It was topped with whipped cream and scrumptious!  The other drink specials were underwhelming for sure.

After drinks we headed over to the clock tower.  The clock tower is this beautiful building downtown that has a cabaret in the basement.  They host all kinds of shows, mostly with adult themes, but some comedy and other things too.  We had purchased tickets earlier in the week, they recommend that you do.   My brother Justin didn't, because he was going to pay cash, and he couldn't get in because it sold out that afternoon.  Definitely a bummer for him, he would have enjoyed the show.  The burlesque show is all about the art of the striptease, and less about the nudity.  There was a variety of acts, like an aerialist, a belly dancer, a fan dancer, and some group dances.  We had VIP tickets, so that meant front row, and I had to get on stage and shake my stuff!  It was a very fun silly time.

Update: Dave and I went back this year for my 31st birthday, for the Lights! Camera! Hollywood show, which was a burlesque tribute to all things hollywood.  We enjoyed it so much more than the first time we went.  We're pretty big movie fans, so it was right up our alley.  There was a Star Wars dance, Gilligans Island, Cleopatra, and our favorite was a very sad and haunting Marilyn Monroe piece. It was set to Gotye's song "Hearts a mess" from The Great Gatsby, and the dancer was fantastic, portraying such a sad longing, and she was a spot on Marilyn. I definitely would recommend Lannie's as a wonderful place to spend the evening with adult friends!