Week 3 in Seattle: Birthday Celebration!

Saturday the 22nd was my 28th birthday. I spent the early part of the day lounging around and chatting on the phone. I met 12 friends at Benihana in downtown Seattle for a nice dinner. Benihana is awesome- it totally reminds me of Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse in Liverpool New York, but not as good. Ichiban holds my heart. Benihana is as close as I can get out here. It's one of those we-cook-for-you-at-your-table types of places that also serves sushi and non-hibachi foods. I had my usual "Land & Sea" combo which comes with a shrimp appetizer, onion soup, salad, cucumbers, onions, mushrooms, fried rice, chicken, and beef. DELICIOUS. Oh yea- creme brulee for dessert as well. It was really nice to have my friends join me for a couple hours to celebrate. After dinner ended I headed over to AMC and watched The King's Speech. Highly recommended. I wish my birthday was full of more exciting things, but it was still nice to have down time and just relax. I don't take time to relax enough. This 28th year will be more about me: relaxing, vacationing, creating, and loving. I suggest you do the same.

Cheers,
Jill Rachel

Week 3 in New York: Bras at the Bayou Bar

Every now and again, my homebody girlfriends and I decide that we need to get out and have a night on the town. In the past we've headed down to Manhattan to pursue drinking and general debauchery, usually ending with getting silly and wondering how we ever made it back to Grand Central Station and eventually to our beds. This month we decided to stay a bit more local. Instead of trekking all the way to the city, we kept to Westchester and went to this fantastic New Orleans restaurant & pub, The Bayou. I knew two things going in - one: many of my girls, as well as my guy, had been there and recommended it and two: it was said that bras were hanging from all around the bar. Out of a list of 5 places to pick from for our night out, once I heard about the bras, I was sold. I knew that there could be no other photo for this week than that of a bar full of bras. I loved the whole atmosphere of the place - from the colors, to the cheer and the beer. I'm definitely looking forward to going back again soon.

Cheers,

Breezer M.