Happy Birthday, Raz!

Anyone who really knows me probably knows that I screamed, "Happy birthday, Babaloo!"  That's right, last week was his birthday and oh my, was it a grand celebration!  The festivities began with a home-cooked French meal, Sundance concert featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill at HarryO's, followed by a small, intimate dinner at Rino's with his family, brunch at Pago (the pork tacos were amazing but remind me of sopes), snowboarding and then a weekend of shenanigans in Park City, and lastly, GO KARTING!  


Raz's friend, Cameron, whom I met only once and at that it was technically our first date, came into town and Taylor aquired a house in Park City for the weekend.  We had a four bedroom plus loft house, not to mention the free parking, all to ourselves on the top of Main Street.  I met Shiela, Cameron's Aussie-Denver friend, and we all enjoyed a small concert at Star Bar with Chali 2na of Jurassic 5.  We had a great time, Taylor couldn't stop talking about how he met Chali in the loo,  and it was the first time Ioana and I got to spend time together in a social setting and away from the parents' house.  We went back to the house, where we enjoyed a few more drinks and birthday cake, of course.  Now, if you think that's a great night, Cameron made us a breakfast of traditional, southern-style biscuits and gravy all from scratch and we also enjoyed OJ from a duck pitcher.  


Sunday was not a day of rest, however.  Dan and James took Raz go karting at SpeedSkate in Layton.  It was such a blast.  I knew it would be fun but never anticipated it to be that amazing!  The only down side was that I couldn't reach the gas petal fully and Dan's main competitor was a retired race car driver, i mean, a professional!  Isn't that unethical?!  Here are a few photos from the jollity...

Needless-to-say, we were both exhausted after such an eventful week.  I think a few more naps are in order!


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