SCNDLS said:

So what had happened with the original locale was, that since my party is in December most venues were doubling/tripling their food minimums in the hopes that a corporate Xmas party with deep pockets would come along. So I was getting frustrated as I tried to secure a location that wouldn't flake on me if a $20,000 party came along. Plus, they were tripping about my dj cuz I guess they were concerned about a bunch of black folks descending on the spot listening to that hip-hop music.

I was gonna say fuck it and buy that fur I've been looking at with the bday party money. Then one night, I was downtown attending a bday party that had ZERO alcohol.

After that church meeting, I went to a steakhouse across the street to have a drink by myself before heading home. The place was closing and was empty except for 4 white dudes chilling and getting drunk at the bar. I went to the other end and ordered and paid for my drink. While I was there, one of the dudes came over and introduced himself and offered to buy me a drink. We started chatting, and he introduced me to the other dudes. Turns out one of them owns the restaurant and 2 others on the block which is a few doors down from the flagship Neiman Marcus

Over the last few weeks, I've hung out with them and turns out they are awesome people. When I mentioned my bday party dilemma, the owner offered up the joint and told me that I can have the whole restaurant after they close at 11. Everything happens for a reason and God always puts me in the right place at the right time to meet the right people.

BAM!!!!!!! It don't get no betta!!!!!

OK, are you gonna get upset if someone declines your invitation?

HotGritz said:

SCNDLS said:

So what had happened with the original locale was, that since my party is in December most venues were doubling/tripling their food minimums in the hopes that a corporate Xmas party with deep pockets would come along. So I was getting frustrated as I tried to secure a location that wouldn't flake on me if a $20,000 party came along. Plus, they were tripping about my dj cuz I guess they were concerned about a bunch of black folks descending on the spot listening to that hip-hop music.

I was gonna say fuck it and buy that fur I've been looking at with the bday party money. Then one night, I was downtown attending a bday party that had ZERO alcohol.

After that church meeting, I went to a steakhouse across the street to have a drink by myself before heading home. The place was closing and was empty except for 4 white dudes chilling and getting drunk at the bar. I went to the other end and ordered and paid for my drink. While I was there, one of the dudes came over and introduced himself and offered to buy me a drink. We started chatting, and he introduced me to the other dudes. Turns out one of them owns the restaurant and 2 others on the block which is a few doors down from the flagship Neiman Marcus

Over the last few weeks, I've hung out with them and turns out they are awesome people. When I mentioned my bday party dilemma, the owner offered up the joint and told me that I can have the whole restaurant after they close at 11. Everything happens for a reason and God always puts me in the right place at the right time to meet the right people.

BAM!!!!!!! It don't get no betta!!!!!

Girl, I just got off the phone with them and they're sending the contract now.

On Friday the owner introduced me to his mgrs so they are being quite accommodating. So, that's a wrap!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OK, are you gonna get upset if someone declines your invitation?

Hell to tha naw, one less mouf to feed. More for me!

SCNDLS said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OK, are you gonna get upset if someone declines your invitation?

Hell to tha naw, one less mouf to feed. More for me!

Looking good. I love the dress, heck I love that color. I think you splitting your party is just fine with folks nowadays making people pay to come to their parties you're being quite generous. Wishing you a wonderful time even though it is a little while away.

Aww, looks like you really going to have a great time!!! Love the venue.

Ya friends betta bring you some bomb ass burfday gifts that's all I know. You going all out and they better appreciate the inclusion!

HotGritz said:

Ya friends betta bring you some bomb ass burfday gifts that's all I know. You going all out and they better appreciate the inclusion!

Exactly.

morningsong said:

Looking good. I love the dress, heck I love that color. I think you splitting your party is just fine with folks nowadays making people pay to come to their parties you're being quite generous. Wishing you a wonderful time even though it is a little while away.

Thank you, ma'am!

missfee said:

Aww, looks like you really going to have a great time!!! Love the venue.

Thank you, Missy! The event coord sounded so damn excited. I had to invite her too.

missfee said:

HotGritz said:

Ya friends betta bring you some bomb ass burfday gifts that's all I know. You going all out and they better appreciate the inclusion!

Exactly.

Meh, I don't really care about gifts but they do appreciate what I do for them. My peeps are the bestest.

SCNDLS said:

missfee said:

Exactly.

Meh, I don't really care about gifts but they do appreciate what I do for them. My peeps are the bestest.

Well knowing you, you wouldn't invite any unappreciate mofo's up in there anyway, only the ones who truly care about you and have you best intentions at heart. I know you will have a lot of fun!!!

missfee said:

SCNDLS said:

Meh, I don't really care about gifts but they do appreciate what I do for them. My peeps are the bestest.

Well knowing you, you wouldn't invite any unappreciate mofo's up in there anyway, only the ones who truly care about you and have you best intentions at heart. I know you will have a lot of fun!!!

I only get down with real, genuine people that uplift me. Anything else kicked rocks a LONG time ago.

SCNDLS said:

Ottensen said:

The menu !!!

Guuuurrrrrlllll, lemme tell you bout them damn mushrooms . . . I had dinner here back in August with 5 friends and somebody got the mushrooms. I like mushrooms but they're usually kinda bland. But THESE mo-fo mushrooms were soooo flavorful and peppery . . . I've never had shrooms like these. All of us bumrushed the mushrooms the person who ordered them was none too happy with us. They were truly awesome

On another note, last Friday I was hanging with the owner at his Mexican restaurant across the street from this one, and he talks my dumb ass into trying a tequila shot with a ghost chile pepper in it. The ghost chile is the hottest pepper on the planet. On some heat scale a habanero is 1000 and the ghost is 1 million. His restaurant makes this tequila by putting a ghost chile pepper in a bottle for 2 weeks.

So I do my shot and immediately it feels like my ears are bleeding. But I sat there like a lady swilling my Corona in the hopes it would put the fire out. It didn't. I swear I felt some liquid or something release from inside my ears but there was nothing in there. My homegirl broke out in an immediate sweat. Her curly hair went straight instantly like in a cartoon.

That shit was HOT! It passed after 5 minutes but DAYUM!!!

missfee said:

Aww, looks like you really going to have a great time!!! Love the venue.

I think it's perfect for the occasion, this is going to be a good birthday

free2bfreeda said:

SCNDLS said:

I haven't decided how I'ma do that. My friend said she put it in a big jar and provide tongs for people to use. I need to investigate my cotton candy options further.

i hope this helps. also a happy and blessed pre-birthday planning to you

Miniature Cotton Candy

1. To make the bags of cotton candy, start by trimming the corner off of a plastic bag (such as a zipper bag or sandwich bag).

2. Secure the bags shut with a little bit of string (used embroidery floss) or wire. Repeat until you have the desired number of bags of cotton candy.

anyway, i kinda feel that you are very creative in this area. hope this idea is a catalyst to your cotton candy presentation idea.

I'm lovin' the ideas too!

*taking notes*

Almost forgot!

I had a dream last night that Tamar Braxton crashed your birthday party! She came in singing "hheeeyyy hoooooo heeeyyyyy!" and she brought several bottles of Baccarat Crystal.

She had on the most gawd awful outfit too.

SCNDLS said:

Ottensen said:

The menu !!!

Guuuurrrrrlllll, lemme tell you bout them damn mushrooms . . . I had dinner here back in August with 5 friends and somebody got the mushrooms. I like mushrooms but they're usually kinda bland. But THESE mo-fo mushrooms were soooo flavorful and peppery . . . I've never had shrooms like these. All of us bumrushed the mushrooms the person who ordered them was none too happy with us. They were truly awesome

On another note, last Friday I was hanging with the owner at his Mexican restaurant across the street from this one, and he talks my dumb ass into trying a tequila shot with a ghost chile pepper in it. The ghost chile is the hottest pepper on the planet. On some heat scale a habanero is 1000 and the ghost is 1 million. His restaurant makes this tequila by putting a ghost chile pepper in a bottle for 2 weeks.

So I do my shot and immediately it feels like my ears are bleeding. But I sat there like a lady swilling my Corona in the hopes it would put the fire out. It didn't. I swear I felt some liquid or something release from inside my ears but there was nothing in there. My homegirl broke out in an immediate sweat. Her curly hair went straight instantly like in a cartoon.

That shit was HOT! It passed after 5 minutes but DAYUM!!!

I shat fire for two days over little black ornamental peppers I ate with the heat index around a paltry 30,000..... that's less than caynenne (50,000) never mind that ghost pepper shit ... you are crazy as hell for that.

SCNDLS said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

You never know what you'll find on the .org!

Nice save free2bfreeda! That's an adorable idea!

Party looks great SCNDLS! I totally understand about December birthdays. My husband's birthday is Christmas Day.

Girl, what do you do for his bday??? That would be THE worst growing up.

Over the 23 years we've been together I've tried everything. Half-birthday in June, birthday earlier in December, party on Christmas Eve and on and on and on.

It all sucks.

Now, we open Christmas presents in the morning and do his birthday cake and presents in the evening after dinner. Still a drag but it works the best. He loves it. Me, not so much. It's a tradition in our family that you don't have to do anything on your birthday, so it leaves me with all the Christmas work to do by myself.

ho ho ho.

HotGritz said:

Almost forgot!

I had a dream last night that Tamar Braxton crashed your birthday party! She came in singing "hheeeyyy hoooooo heeeyyyyy!" and she brought several bottles of Baccarat Crystal.

She had on the most gawd awful outfit too.

Girl, I should see how much she charges for appearances cuz that heffa funny.

Then again, we'd prolly end up rollin' around on the floor cuz she'd be trynna steal my shine with some choreographed striptease trynna be the starrruh at my damn party.

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

Guuuurrrrrlllll, lemme tell you bout them damn mushrooms . . . I had dinner here back in August with 5 friends and somebody got the mushrooms. I like mushrooms but they're usually kinda bland. But THESE mo-fo mushrooms were soooo flavorful and peppery . . . I've never had shrooms like these. All of us bumrushed the mushrooms the person who ordered them was none too happy with us. They were truly awesome

On another note, last Friday I was hanging with the owner at his Mexican restaurant across the street from this one, and he talks my dumb ass into trying a tequila shot with a ghost chile pepper in it. The ghost chile is the hottest pepper on the planet. On some heat scale a habanero is 1000 and the ghost is 1 million. His restaurant makes this tequila by putting a ghost chile pepper in a bottle for 2 weeks.

So I do my shot and immediately it feels like my ears are bleeding. But I sat there like a lady swilling my Corona in the hopes it would put the fire out. It didn't. I swear I felt some liquid or something release from inside my ears but there was nothing in there. My homegirl broke out in an immediate sweat. Her curly hair went straight instantly like in a cartoon.

That shit was HOT! It passed after 5 minutes but DAYUM!!!

I shat fire for two days over little black ornamental peppers I ate with the heat index around a paltry 30,000..... that's less than caynenne (50,000) never mind that ghost pepper shit ... you are crazy as hell for that.

In 1912 a chemists by the name of Wilbur Scoville, working for the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company, developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers. The test is named after him, the "Scoville Organoleptic Test". It is a subjective dilution-taste procedure. In the original test, Wilbur blended pure ground Chiles with sugar-water and a panel of "testers" then sipped the solution, in increasingly diluted concentrations, until they reached the point that the liquid no longer burned their mouths. A number was then assigned to each chile pepper based on how much it needed to be diluted before they could no longer taste (feel) the heat.

The pungency (or heat factor) of chile peppers is measured in multiples of 100 units. The sweet bell peppers at zero Scoville units to the mighty Naga Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville units! One part of chile "heat" per 1,000,000 drops of water is rated at only 1.5 Scoville Units. The substance that makes a chile so hot is called Capsaicin

Here's a list of peppers and their scores http://ushotstuff.com/Heat.Scale.htm

Nothinbutjoy said:

SCNDLS said:

Girl, what do you do for his bday??? That would be THE worst growing up.

Over the 23 years we've been together I've tried everything. Half-birthday in June, birthday earlier in December, party on Christmas Eve and on and on and on.

It all sucks.

Now, we open Christmas presents in the morning and do his birthday cake and presents in the evening after dinner. Still a drag but it works the best. He loves it. Me, not so much. It's a tradition in our family that you don't have to do anything on your birthday, so it leaves me with all the Christmas work to do by myself.

ho ho ho.

That's just sad.

SCNDLS said:

HotGritz said:

Almost forgot!

I had a dream last night that Tamar Braxton crashed your birthday party! She came in singing "hheeeyyy hoooooo heeeyyyyy!" and she brought several bottles of Baccarat Crystal.

She had on the most gawd awful outfit too.

Girl, I should see how much she charges for appearances cuz that heffa funny.

Then again, we'd prolly end up rollin' around on the floor cuz she'd be trynna steal my shine with some choreographed striptease trynna be the starrruh at my damn party.

HotGritz said:

SCNDLS said:

Girl, I should see how much she charges for appearances cuz that heffa funny.

Then again, we'd prolly end up rollin' around on the floor cuz she'd be trynna steal my shine with some choreographed striptease trynna be the starrruh at my damn party.

You know she would...what she say, Gritz? " BOOM. POW. PING!"

Ottensen said:

HotGritz said:

You know she would...what she say, Gritz? " BOOM. POW. PING!"

Too.THREW!

Ottensen said:

HotGritz said:

You know she would...what she say, Gritz? " BOOM. POW. PING!"

oh lawd that's too perfect!!!!!

C, maybe you mentioned this already but are you doing a signature drink for your birthday bash? If so, what's it going to be?

HotGritz said:

C, maybe you mentioned this already but are you doing a signature drink for your birthday bash? If so, what's it going to be?

Nah, they paying for they own drinks. I decided to serve some finger foods at the after party too tho, plus, cake, candy station and strawberry cheesecake popcorn as a favor.

I'ma get the popcorn from a local shop. I may do the blackberry popcorn separately or mix it with the strawberry cheesecake since it's black. Not sure yet.

Strawberry Cheesecake
popcorn

Luscious cream cheese, rich vanilla, and sweet strawberry are combined and tossed with real graham cracker crumbs for a spot-on taste to cure your cheesecake cravings, without a visit to the fridge.

Blackberry
popcorn

Sweet Blackberry is unique among the traditional candy popcorn flavors with bold berry notes. Tasts just like Grandma's cobler

SCNDLS said:

HotGritz said:

C, maybe you mentioned this already but are you doing a signature drink for your birthday bash? If so, what's it going to be?

Nah, they paying for they own drinks. I decided to serve some finger foods at the after party too tho, plus, cake, candy station and strawberry cheesecake popcorn as a favor.

I'ma get the popcorn from a local shop. I may do the blackberry popcorn separately or mix it with the strawberry cheesecake since it's black. Not sure yet.

Strawberry Cheesecake
popcorn

Luscious cream cheese, rich vanilla, and sweet strawberry are combined and tossed with real graham cracker crumbs for a spot-on taste to cure your cheesecake cravings, without a visit to the fridge.

Blackberry
popcorn

Sweet Blackberry is unique among the traditional candy popcorn flavors with bold berry notes. Tasts just like Grandma's cobler

Damn I've not heard of strawberry cheesecake popcorn. That sounds soooo yummy!