Weekend Celebrations

Happy Monday all!  Hopefully you had an enjoyable weekend.  I had a very nice weekend.  Friday night I had a friend staying over, so D and I wanted to show her a good time.  We started off with dinner at one of my favorite places, Seven Lamps.  This is a newer restaurant that is located over in the Shops Around Lenox.  It's really better when it's warmer outside because they have a nice area to sit outside, but unfortunately Friday night was really cold!  We had a reservation and were seated right away.  Of course we began by ordering a drink - this place has the most creative and delicious cocktails.  They even have alcoholic slushies!  We looked over the menu and picked a few small plates to share and a plate of cheeses.  Usually the food comes out pretty well spaced here and in the past I've only been given one or two dishes at a time, but for some reason on Friday all of food came out at the same time, so we ended up having a really quick dinner.  Everything was delicious as always, I just wish it wouldn't have been a 40 minute dinner.  So we decided to move onto a different location to grab a couple of drinks and talk.  Now, I don't go out to the bars very often these days, so I pulled up my helpful Yelp app to search for a cocktail lounge nearby.  We ended up heading over to a place called Aspen Bartini.

Aspen Bartini is a cute little martini bar that is decorated like a trendy ski lodge.  They have a long list of drinks you can choose from, or you can do what my friend did and she just described the flavors she was looking for and the bartender whipped her up a drink to match.  She loved it.  I got a drink with blackberry, soda and Crown Royal.  D got a drink that tasted like Maker's Mark, lemon and chili peppers.  And my friend asked for a drink that tasted like citrus, elderflower and used Gin.  Everyone's drinks were delicious and the place was quiet enough that we could talk but there was also music playing.  This is definitely a place you may want to check out for some after work drinks or after dinner drinks.  It was a nice environment and the staff there was ready to please.  They also have a food menu and there were a few people eating when we arrived.

Saturday I had the bridal shower for my good friend getting married in April.  Everything came out great and it seemed as though everyone had a great time. Rather than getting her gifts off of her registry, the invitations asked us to purchase her gifts to use on her honeymoon.  I went in on a gift with a few friends so we could get her a larger gift.  She hasn't decided where she is going on her honeymoon yet so we got her a luggage tag that said "Just Married" and a gift card to a store at the mall she could go to load up on everything she needs.

Saturday night D went out with his boys and I had a chill night at home.  I ordered some Chinese food from my favorite local place, Fortune Cookie and rented a movie.  Afterwards, I gave myself some spa treatments using some Bliss products I had previously purchased. 

Sunday was a day of errands and football.  Doesn't the weekend just fly by so quickly?