T turned 30 last weekend, and we had a simple dinner + dessert party with some friends. We began at BECA resturant, and then headed back to the apartment. I made a coconut banana cake with whole Blueberry and whip cream filling! It was something I had never done before but turned out wonderful- tangy juicy blueberries and sweet moist cake. The banana was hardly noticeable. I didn't want to pay $10 for food coloring at the import store, and so made letter flags to spell out T's name (which turned out a bit bigger than I imagined)
I also made little flags with T's face and birthday riddles to put in drinks, and hid all over the apt. (By the bathroom sink, in the entryway) So people got a kick out of that. SOmeone also pointed out, if you spin the flag really fast, T looks like Mr. Bean!
Below were the invites as well as beer "labels" for the 20 beer steins we ordered. We tied the "labels" on with ribbon, and guests took them home as souvenirs.
[T and I went on a wild goose chase looking for root "beer" in the city] The phone conversation went like this:
T: Hello, (grocery shop) I'm looking for root beer.
clerk: Ok, I will go look.
T: By the way, its not a beer. I has no alchohol. Its sweet like soda pop.
Clerk: Root beer?
T: A and W? Henry Weinhertz?
Clerk: Sorry, we haven't carried it since 2007. (not true!)
This conversation repeated 4 or 5 times, til we decided it best to go in person and look for ourselves.
Then there was the discussion whethere "Creamy root beer" (By Hansen's) was root beer. What do you think?
