feliz cumpleaños a kate!

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY KATE!!!!


Don't worry, we took full advantage of the fact that we had an actual reason to celebrate and went out most nights this week. The first night, we went to the Black Sheep where they serve FREE POPCORN. LIKE SPORTS. This absolutely amazed me and I think I showed more excitement for a free bowl of popcorn than anyone the bartender had ever seen. I spent like 10 minutes clarifying with him that it was, "FREE?! LIKE SPORTS?!!" He didn't get the sports reference but I hope all you IU people can appreciate that other countries eat free popcorn at bars too!!! See, we are all linked in more ways than you could even imagine.
Then, KATE TURNED 21 AT MIDNIGHT!!!!! We explained that this is a big deal in America to MAANYYY staring Spanish people. Next stop: Dow Jones Bar. I know, I thought it was a scam too. But the drink prices actually go up and down when the market "crashes." SO COOL. and when all the prices go down, the bar resembles the real stock market because everyone is screaming and flailing their arms trying to catch the bartender's attention.

the stock market (sorry about the poor picture quality)

For Kate's actual birthday, we ate dinner at Rita Rouge. It was reallyy pretty and we had SO much fun. Our server was awesome and brought us free birthday shots that looked like slushies! They were frozen and half red, half blue (delicious). Next we went to Pippermint, where the smallest drink size is 1 LITER. I know this is the metric system, but let me just convert for you: 1 liter is BIG. but you share! Finally, we made it to Opium Cinema where I accidentally left my phone in the cab. but luckily Alejandro, our driver, had given me his business card and told me to call him. so he brought it back. summary of the rest of the night: dance, dance, dance, dance. All in all, the perfect 21st birthday celebration.