Unless you’ve been a student at the University of Texas, Austin, you may not know that there’s a glow-in-the-dark bowling alley in the basement of the Student Union. Said BA is open to the public and is a fun place for an adult birthday celebration. I don’t remember which birthday we were celebrating but friends showed and we had a blast.
Another year, I invited friends to pack a picnic lunch and fly kites. The weather was perfect.
When my sixtieth rolled around, I was looking for a location to throw a kick ass party and invite a lot of people. Our house was too small and most event places were too boring or too expensive or both. And then I stumbled upon the perfect location, a hardware store!
A Barnes & Noble bookstore had closed near our house and was replaced by a bougie gardening/hardware store. With a high ceiling, the center of the store had been left open for workshops on composting, solar installation, vermiculture, etc. After a conversation that elicited a few odd stares, management agreed to my odd proposal. The store would remain open and we would provide music and cake! What could be better?
Music was provided by my dear friends The Therapy Sisters.
We took a family picture which included our three kids, DIL and grandson. Hard to believe it’s been thirteen years.
A side note – a few weeks after the party, I wandered into a small neighborhood bike shop that had recently opened. I was talking to the guy behind the counter when he said that he had recently quit Tree House to take this job. I laughed and said that I had had my birthday party there. His eyes got wide and he blurted out,”you’re THEE Alex”?! Ha ha ha. I am indeed.
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