My birthday seems to be taking over this entire month!  Yesterday I met my friends in the city for some tea and birthday celebrating.  Zoe, a friend that always manages to wear the coolest hats, was also celebrating her birthday, so there was even more reasons to celebrate in style.

The 1, 2, and 3 trains weren’t running, so we had a bit of trouble finding one another at first, but that was negated when Bubbles and I caused a scene by swing dancing in the middle of a subway platform to the music of a man drumming on overturned buckets and wine bottles.  I think I am going to hang that minute and a half on peg seven of the top ten moments of my life.

After that, we ate some sushi (which was delicious), exchanged gifts (I am massively excited to read mine) and then waited outside Alice’s Tea Shop until we were too frozen to stick it out.  At this time we decided it would be best to defrost in a thrift shop.  While tossing hats on Bubbles’s head and planning proms based on the funky dresses I found with Bri, the hostess at Alice’s Tea called to say our table was ready.  Sprinting (penguin walking) quickly back to the shop, we claimed the best table in the house and eagerly discussed tea.  Bubbles and I ordered a passion fruit tea, Bri got a tea that tasted like maple syrup and Zoe picked out an apricot tea.  Andrew’s tea is unknown because I didn’t try any.  I imagine it was another cool flavor.

Of the three I did try, Zoe’s was the best.  We also got scones, which I haven’t had since Margo made one on the kitchen table.  So while missing Margo and her scones, rearranging the utensils on the table top so Bubbles had all the knives and I had all the spoons, and pretending to be able to hear more than 33.35% of the words Andrew said (he was seated farthest from me), I passed an afternoon happier that a wind chime on a blustery day.

Also, Bubbles scared strangers when he dropped his phone while trying to take this photo:

Bubbles takes really blurry photos.

Anyhoozle–after tea we casually walked ourselves to our respective destinations, parting ways as we came to the invisible forks in the city streets.  I look forward to when we can get together again, but for now I will hold on to the knowledge that I am loved by the most brilliant people in the world.  It was a great day.