This weekend was a big weekend, it was Jay’s birthday. Now I might not be someone who does all things “big”, I don’t decorate the house for impending holidays, baking holiday cookies are a chore not a pleasure, and writing Christmas cards are just something else on my “to-do” list, but birthdays, birthdays are special!

On Friday, to kick off birthday festivities, I arranged a special birthday dinner at Otto Enoteca with some of Jay’s nearest and dearest. I’ve never had a bad experience at Otto in the four or five times I’ve been so I knew it was an affordable safe bet that could house a large group. As an added bonus it was also walking distance to our second party destination. In the interest of full disclosure I will say that I wasn’t thrilled with the pizza I ordered, the Margherita D.O.P, it was very sauce heavy and extremely light on the cheese, but the rest of the group seemed to enjoy their entrees.

After the wine was drank and the candles blown out we headed over to Downtown Galway Hooker to celebrate with the rest of our friends and family. The bar was a perfect spot for a birthday party of 20-30 people. We had our own private room and waitress serving us so none of our guests had to wait in line for anything. The bar has two floors and both were packed so it was definitely an added plus to have our own celebration space. By the end of the night it was clear the birthday boy had had a great time and 26th birthday festivities were officially a success!