Phoenician & Camel

My roommates and I have a tradition where we take each other out to dinner on birthdays. Because I was away this year on my actual birthday, we celebrated mine today! I chose the Phoenician, a Lebanese joint that I heard was great. It was good, but not good enough to be a favorite.

I totally meant to take pictures (brought my cam and everything) but alas, I forgot. :(

Afterward, I went with friends to the Camel to see a live brass band. I'm all for live music, but this was not my cup of tea. I wish I knew someone with the same taste in music as me!

Nacho Mama's

 

Yes, that is a non-birthday candle. Ukrop's cake FTW

Went to Nacho Mama's to belatedly celebrate one of my roommate's birthday. Better than I expected! I got the fish tacos. Mmm.

Also, we took a walk later and some guy came out of the bushes completely naked and told us his gf dared him to. I think he expected us to be startled or freak out, but we kind of just ignored him and kept walking. Hopefully it instilled enough insecurity in him to never do that again.

That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.

My friend randomly invited me to go see Romeo and Juliet in Maymont Park today. I've never gone to an outdoor play like this, so I was game. It was packed! And we came late, so we sat kinda far away and couldn't really hear anything. We ended up leaving during intermission. Even still, it was a good experience. The weather was nice, and I liked the ambiance of sitting around, watching a live-acted play. I would go again.. only next time bring food, folding chairs, and show up earlier. And maybe brush up on my Shakespeare.. it's been a while since I've read R&J and I kept having to think back to my English lit days to remember who was who (especially since I really could not hear anything they were saying). But this is one of the many little things to check out in Richmond.. hopefully I'll never run out of them while I'm living here!