#dirtythirty

I was really bad at my live tweeting regarding mandy's #dirtythirty, but instead, I sucked. 

 

mandy opted for a fun night out in charlotte, nc for her 30th birthday.

 

 

 

I wanted to make her 30th birthday special so upon arrival at The Blake Hotel, mandy hopped in the shower and that was my cue to set up the room with a few little decorations.

 

 

the snacks and bubbly helped with pre-gaming.

 

 

we had reservations uptown at 5Church...a super swanky restaurant with a fun atmosphere.  mandy's old college bestie/roommate who lives in the area was able to meet us for dinner.

 

 

we drank, we ate, we laughed, then we ventured into the uptown charlotte bar scene.

 

we bar hopped all night, but were in bed by a reasonable hour...b/c we're old.

 

 

the next morning...we soaked in our hangover for a while and once we packed up we went back uptown for brunch at Dandelion Market.

 

 

it was chilly so I decided to have the grilled cheese and tomato soup (with mimosa's). 

 

 

it was legit the best grilled cheese i've ever had in my entire life. 

 

mandy had the miga's...a cuisine she loved when she was recently in austin, tx for work.

 

 

we had both been to charlotte numerous times, but we've never just "explored" downtown.  so we did some strolling down the main drag aka tryon st just to look around at the buildings.

 

New Kids on the Block...they showed me what it meant to be in love.  Because I was in love Jordan Knight until Justin Timberlake came into the picture.