City of Brotherly Love

Last weekend my dear friend, Amanda, turned 30! When I spent Thanksgiving dinner with her family, Sam (her wonderful husband) told me he wanted to throw her a surprise birthday party. I, of course, was totally on board with this idea and was excited at the thought of surprising Amanda for her birthday. After a few iterations of plans, Sam decided on everyone meeting in Philadelphia for the weekend and actually surprising her on Friday night at a karaoke bar.

The good news: I was not involved in any way, shape or form of the planning, so I didn't have to worry about that. Also, I don't talk to Amanda nearly often enough so I knew I wouldn't spill the beans to her.

The bad news: She thought everyone was sick for her birthday girls night out and was a little sad leading up to the day.

However, she was surprised and we met at a karaoke bar in Philly to surprise her! And of course, sang a bunch of songs, hung out with her friends, family, and just enjoyed our time!

Sam and Alyse Singing

Props to Emily for showing up sick, but Em and Peter singing

Amanda and Cambria (the party coordinator) singing

The happy couple singing!

A lot of people singing :)

Amanda singing again :)

 Then we got to go back to Amanda and Sam's and have fun ALL weekend. Christine and Lee also came up from Richmond and we all stayed in the house together. On Saturday we hung out in the morning and finally got moving around 12:30 when we went to lunch in Old Philadelphia. We ate at this really cute pub. Afterwards, we walked to the dog store and China town. Sam cooked us a Cambodian meal on Saturday night and we watched Stepbrothers which was a lot funnier rented than the TBS version.

Christine and Nadia (she looks sweet but I promise you she is a little bit like the devil)

Sam and Leonard (he is hating every minute of this, but he is sweet)

Amanda and Leonard

Leonard was kind enough to share his perch with me :)

And this is the neighbor's dog, Paddy... ummm SO CUTE (he's a labradoodle or however its spelled)

Then on Sunday we went for brunch at Rollers Cafe (yummmmm) then got back on the train! What a quick weekend, but it was SO fun celebrating Amanda ALL WEEKEND LONG!