Turning the big 3-0, Part Deux

On the morning of my birthday, I woke up feeling the effects of the drinking the night before and the weight of the cake in the bottom of my belly. As I got out of bed, everything bone in my body creaked and cracked, alerting me to the intensity that comes with turning 30, I was really old (or at least I felt that way). My birthday hosts (aka, Sam, Shelly & Joe) told me about my birthday plans. They were whisking me away to New Haven, Connecticut to visit Yale and stay in a bed & breakfast and then we were heading to the casinos. We were taking a train because Joe had never been on a train before.


Shelly & Joe on the train

We arrived in New Haven and took a cab to the B&B, which basically boiled down to the first floor of a historic house, which included a kitchen, etc. We headed out in the rain to a great seafood place for appetizers and a quick drink, then a cab ride to the Yale bookstore (for a magnet) and an awesome Italian dinner (after boozing it up at a couple of bars in New Haven). We were so stuffed from the dinner that we couldn't even enjoy drinking back at the B&B. We did enjoy playing dominos, especially since we had just purchased them at Walgreen prior to heading back to the B&B. We had breakfast the next morning and instead of taking a bus from the train station to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, I had the brilliant idea to rent a car to make it more fun!


A Woodchuck before dinner


Dominos and Alka Seltzer

We arrived at Mohegan Sun, gambled a little and stuffed our bellies at the buffet. Can anyone tell me why buffets are ever a good idea? We eventually headed to Foxwoods and to the Two Trees hotel to check in. We gambled and drank and gambled and drank and then headed back to the hotel to sleep. On a sidenote, we did not do well in the gambling. Let me rephrase, I did not do well at the gambling - Shelly & Joe did great and even left with money.

The next morning, we decided yet again that keeping the rental car would be more fun than taking the train back to NYC. Driving was such a good idea, I just wish we thought of it prior to taking the train. We could've taken the Red Rocket and saved me about $300 in car rental fees. This is what happens when I'm not in charge! (Just kidding, this was a wonderful trip!) We had to head back to New Haven to re-rent the car before driving to NYC, but at least it gave us a chance to see Yale in the light.


This is us "Not Standing" off campus

We arrived back in NYC just in time for Shelly & Joe to repack and take the rental car to JFK to catch their plane home. I had such a wonderful time in Connecticut with my bestest friends and my super duper husband.

Thank you Sammy for a wonderful birthday trip and a total surprise. You know I love to gamble, so you totally picked a supreme place to take me. Maybe 30 won't be so bad.


The 4 of us overlooking Long Island Sound...