My birthday festivities began with Michael creating my own "escape the room" experience in order to attain my birthday gift. It involved solving a succession of puzzles that Michael had made himself, more professionally made than the ones in most of our previous room escape experiences. He said he learned from the experience that we could make our own small business and probably do a better job than the others - maybe one day.
I went on to celebrate being one year older by going out and acting 10 years younger. We started with some friends at the Shady Pines Saloon (I love the art on their minimal website) in Darlinghurst. They have dead animals on the wall and free peanuts - what could be more American (it is actually supposed to be an American themed bar)?
We had not made any further plans for the night, not thinking I'd want to stay out all that late. However, from the Wild West to a Polynesian tiki bar. Next stop was The Cliff Dive. Unlike the previous establishment that played ambiance-appropriate music, The Cliff Dive DJ was playing some 90's hip hop which was pretty nostalgic even if it was out of place.
Then we got the message that a friend was inviting the group to his house and had snacks waiting for us. This is always good news. Away we went to Surry Hills.
From there we walked to Ding Dong Dang and sang karaoke until all our voices hurt and we closed the place down. I had invited an eclectic group of friends, and it was a pleasure to have them all get along and goof around together. It was the next best thing to getting to celebrate my birthday with family and friends back home.
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