May Birthday Celebrations

The month of May brought landmark birthdays for two of my favorite Geminis, Sonia and Marisol. And not to mention, it was also Morrissey's birthday!

Sonia

Sonia's Memorial Weekend Birthday started off early in the day over at Karel's followed by German Beer (Spaten beer for Sonia and I) and appetizers at The Red Lion Tavern in Silver Lake.  We then ran across the street to the Cha Cha Lounge in Silver Lake for their famous $3 bloody mary drinks. Then off we went to our dinner reservations at Red Corner Asia for some absolutely delicious Thai food and then wrapping up the end of the night at The Echo for Part Time Punk's special Morrissey night. I was beyond exhausted after that weekend but it was so much fun reuniting with the girls again. 

Sonia, Karel and me.

Birthday girl Sonia.



A scrumptious dinner with friends. L-R: Vik, Nina, Karel, Sonia, Sarah, Amy, Cari and me.

Viktor and Nina.


Equal parts off key, laughing, yelling and drunk singing Happy Birthday to Sonia. 

Coolest vending machine ever at Cha Cha Lounge Bar. Not only did they have Cyndi Lauper trading cards with a stick of gum and Teenage Mutant Ninja trading cards, but they also had rice cracker snacks *and* pregnancy tests. How fitting to sell pregnancy tests at a bar. I would say you are getting an awesome deal under $10 with $3 bloody margaritas and $6 First Response preggers test.


Marisol

The following weekend was spent celebrating Marisol's 21st birthday.  We started off with dinner and drinks at the Cat N' Fiddle Pub and Restaurant in Hollywood before dancing the night away at Bang. No sight of Morrissey for you hardcore fans, but I did enjoy my vegetarian shepherd's pie and the company that night. A few of us couldn't end the night without chowing down on some really late night Thai food. Yes, I know, Thai food again, but we were in Hollywood and you can count on Thai restaurants to be open late since we surprisingly were not craving bacon wrapped hot dogs or nachos.

Shown below: Mr. Cat and his fiddle.

L-R: Christian, me, Maria, Marisol, Albert, Toni and Olivier.
Probably dancing to Kanye, Lady Gaga, T.I. or Rihanna at this point.
Birthday girl Marisol and Albert.
Karel wanted a photo of her heels and another girl sporting wild animal print heels *and* black leggings = twins.
Karel and I out in the patio.

Christian and Karel.
Albert, Marisol, Toni and Olivier.

Mandatory parking structure photo op before going to Bang.

Xio and Froseen.
Group photo courtesy of Maria's new camera.

Birthday Celebrations

A few random photos from the following:

1) Cousin Vanessa's b-day weekend in Lake Tahoe. 

2) Nina's b-day at Mountain Bar in Chinatown for Club Minijupe and Transistor.

3) More family stuff with cousins celebrating Ana Daysi's 21st b-day at Bang! (yes - at Bang!). Had to wait for her to turn 21 before heading over to the Echo for Funky Soul. 

L-R: Chanel, Dorian, Karel, Matt, b-day girl Nina, Viktor and me.

After hours food at Full House restaurant. Check out Nina's b-day orange platter!
Gettin' down on the good foot.
Viktor's turn on the turntable.
Christian giving us the "eye".
Break time from Mountain Bar over at Transistor with Cheryl, Karel and Chanel.
Ana Daysi taking the obligatory tequila shot after turning 21 on midnight sharp.Jessica, Mauro and I cheering her on. 
L-R: Cousins Vanessa (Birthday girl!) and Arielle, me, sis Rachel and Ricardo.
In front of the Tim's sweet cabin.  


Christian and I on a private dock with a gorgeous view in back.

Sonia

Sonia is driving up from San Diego this weekend and I'm excited to see her. The last time I saw her was September last year for Karel's b-day. A happy reunion it will be indeed with a weekend of festivities planned by Karel to ensue.

Here is an old picture from Karel's 2007 Christmas party with the girls (Sonia, Karel and Nina) and me looking terribly bloated for some reason. Probably had too much of Karel's cooking and holiday desserts.



And here is an older photo probably dating back to 2005 of Karel and I with Sonia at Little Joy Bar in Echo Park. It was the days when trucker and Fidel Castro hats were all the rage - yuck to trucker hats! I remember like half of the hipster guys there were sporting it.



Back to the hats. I think the Fidel Castro hats only looked good on Fidel Castro. Let's see, Fidel Castro hats look good only if:

1) You led a 1959 coup to establish a Marxist socialist state and you have a beard.
2) You are a dictator.

So PLEASE - take it off if you are still sporting this. It won't look good on you no matter what unless you are Fidel Castro. Enough please.



Can't wait to see Sonia and have the girls together again!
OK, back to writing up a paper.