Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Celebration Weekend: Part 2

OK I decided to try and get this recap up finally before my family gets here tonight!  Saturday night I celebrated my birthday with friends at the 44th Ward Dinner Party.  I have been to this place before, if you recall.  It's the grilled cheese place!  I loved it the first time I went so I decided to go back for a birthday dinner.  

Despite the extremely long wait for the food (and them being out of mac and cheese!), it was a really great time!  I'm so thankful for all my friends that came out to celebrate with me! 

Here are some photos of the lovely group!






I ordered The Vic, which is the sandwich Ashley got last time we went together.  I've pretty much been thinking about this sandwich since the moment I tasted her her's.  It comes with portabello, roasted red pepper, onion, pesto, and goat cheese on a ciabatta roll.  It was tasty, but a little on the crunchy side.  

They also brought out their grilled cheesecake, which was fantastic.  Apparently they pan fry cheesecake then put it between two slices of bread and grill it.  Awesome creation! A bunch of us shared it!  

All in all, I really like 44th Ward, however, I have to say that it is definitely better when you go with a small group.  I don't think they handle big parties well at all.  

The next morning, we slept in a little then went to meet up with my mom and sisters for brunch.  To be exact, it was me, Chris, my mom, Chelsea, Hillary, and Brian.  We went to The Bagel, which is this Jewish deli place.  It's good, I wasn't really in the mood for it at the time though.  

We snacked on the bread basket, they have really great challah. 

I got Matza Brei and an everything bagel.  I mostly concentrated on the bagel with cream cheese and just ate some of my matza brei.  


My mom also gave me a funfetti birthday cake to take with me since she didn't think she was going to be able to come for dinner tonight. Funfetti is a tradition in my family.  We have it on everyone's bday!  

Chris, Emily, and I had some on Sunday night!  A great way to cap off the weekend!

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