The Bra Birthday Club

Last night was the debut of the "pink bra" birthday club. In solidarity with our sisters and in the spirit of embracing our 30's, 40's, and perhaps 50's, we decided to celebrate our womanhood by flaunting what we got! After Beck and Steph went crazy with the glue gun and bedazzler, we all proudly had our ages and glamourous bras to wear!

We went to to the James River Winery, for their Fridays Over the Patio, the winter version of the Fridays on the Patio. The cost is $14 per person (you need reservations) and includes a wine tasting, glass with their logo on it to keep, appetizers, and music. It was a lot of fun! We started our evening with the wine tasting and tasted all of the selection - about 5 whites, 5 reds, and a few dessert wines. I am personally not a big fan of VA wines, I find them too immature. But they had a Chenin Blanc white that was good and the Merlot was quite tasty. ML and I decided to split a bottle of their Rad Red - which is a blend of reds and part of the proceeds went to the Massey Cancer Center too. Most of the wines ran about $15 a bottle. Beck, Steph, and Kris got a the Chenin Blanc and another white to share. We mosied upstairs where the band and food were and found a table. They also encourage you to bring a picnic....and I did. I stopped by Trader Joe's earlier and stocked up on their pub cheese, sausage, jarlsberg cheese, and some crackers. The food they had was ok....chicken wings, typical cheese squares, costco meatballs, some sort of pasta, and veggies. I tried a bit of it and found it fine....nothing to write about honestly. I liked my spread better! The atmosphere was friendly, cozy, and very enjoyable. The band was a duo playing Sting, Steely Dan, etc. tunes. Apparently it was the "meet--up" designated spot for the Richmond 30-40 year old singles club....but it didn't seem like much interaction was going on....tables of ladies and tables of men....

After we left there, we headed to Kona Grill for some sushi and one last drink. We ended up ordering the pot stickers, edamamme, and california roll. This was my 2nd time trying their sushi - and it sucked again. It was fake fishy smelling crab. The pot stickers were good and edamamme is edamamme! But it was a nice place to end the evening.

I have to say that our bra's were embraced (literally and metaphorically) by all! Both men and women seemed to enjoy our good natured fun. In fact, I had a man approach me saying that he and his wife were just having a conversation about how everybody was a conformist and how their wasn't any individuality anymore, and then we walked in and made their night.....that was a great comment to receive.

Stay tuned for more birthday adventures over the upcoming year!