Today is my mom's 62nd birthday, and since we already celebrated with the whole family on Saturday with a combination Father's Day/Birthday party, tonight's dinner was a girl's only affair.
Could there be a happier sight upon entering a restaurant? I think not.
Lori was showing Robyn how to set her phone up to do predictive texting (is that what it's called?) and I thought this photo would be historically significant because of Lori's iphone and Robyn's cell phone.
Sidenote: At our family party on Saturday, Adam basically said that everyone should have an iphone no matter what the cost. Right. We poor folk won't be getting one any time soon.
We spent way too long pouring over the ginormous menu. We don't go there enough to have any favorites (except for Amy because she lives closer than we do) so we were clueless. We all finally decided on our meal choices and were thoroughly happy with what we ordered. Lori, Amy and Mom all got chicken dishes, Robyn got pasta and I got a burger.
We embarrassed my mom thoroughly by having the servers sing to her when they delivered her cheesecake.
They spelled her name with a C instead of a K, but how could they have known? She ended up being very happy with the White Chocolate Caramel Macadamia Nut Cheesecake she ordered after asking our waiter what the "nuttiest" cheesecake they had was (she's part squirrel).
I ordered the Vanilla Bean Cheesecake and took a bit of ridicule about it. After I said something to defend myself my mom said to Robyn, "It looks too plain to me too." What can I say, I'm a purist!
Our post dinner self-portrait.
We went into the mall to check out the new Sephora store. I bought an eyelash curler because mine had broken just the day before, and if I don't curl my eyelashes they stick straight out and never look done.
After visiting Nordstrom and hanging out to talk for awhile the mall closed and we ended up getting locked in! What the?! There were several other groups of people locked in as well and we had to find a security guard to let us out. What in the world, it was only 9:20 and they hadn't made an announcement or anything. Good grief.
**What's your favorite kind of cheesecake?
Have you ever gotten locked in the mall?
Do you curl your eyelashes?**
Have you ever gotten locked in the mall?
Do you curl your eyelashes?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I got to read outside today for about 3 hours and it was glorious!
20 comments:
Girls nights out are my favorite. Happy Birthday to your cute mom.
I've never curled my eyelashes in my life. I'm always convinced that thing is going to rip my eyelashes out!
It looks like you girls had a great night. The Cheesecake factory is my favorite place in the world and I don't go there very often, what a treat!!! Happy birthday to your mom, she looks great.
Locked inside the mall? Wow!
I LOVE cheesecake factory - but they have way too many choices! I love key lime cheesecake. Light, refreshing and like a quick trip to the Keys!
Always curl my lashes -
Fun to have family close and celebrate goodtimes!
I think my favorite part was the cheesecake comment made by your mom. SO classic.
Seriously I can't believe we got locked in the mall. Crazy!
I will eat any type of cheesecake, well, unless it was fish cheescake. Otherwise, all favorites.
I've never been to Cheesecake Factory. I'm not a huge fan of cheesecake, especially not the plain kind like you got. I pretty much never choose cheesecake, but if I did, it would have to be turtle cheesecake or something as far from plain cheesecake as possible.
We're getting Max a phone for his birthday and I found out that Marc was looking into an iPhone. He was shocked that that hadn't even entered my mind. Surely my teenager shouldn't have an iPhone when I don't even have one, should he??
I can't believe you got locked in the mall! But if I were locked in the mall, I'd want to be in Sephora.
I don't curl my eyelashes. They're already a little too curly on their own.
I love how you celebrate things with your mom and sisters--so fun! Cheesecake Factory is great but I agree the huge menu can be overwhelming. I had to click on the "Brooke" comment above to see if it was really my sister bc it boggles my mind that she wouldn't curl her eyelashes. The things you learn thru blogging!
I like the red velvet cake cheese cake (tried it in AZ at Christmas - we don't have Cheesecake Factory here).
And I am dying for an iphone!
I always get a summer cold. It's the worst, sorry. Hope it passes soon.
Your cheesecake sound the best to me. I'm a purest as well.
It's funny to me you had to hunt down a mall cop. What in the world?
Oops, I meant red velvet.
Like Michelle, I don't think cheesecake would ever be my first choice (though I do love eating at the Cheesecake Factory—it's just fancy!), but when I do get cheesecake it's something chocolate.
And yes, I do curl my lashes. They need it.
Mmmmm I love so many different things at CF, though I only go maybe twice a year. My fav dish is the cajun chicken pasta.
I don't think I've ever been locked inside of a mall before, you had quite an adventure!
YUUUUUMY! i LOVE the cheescake factory, one of my favorites is the chicken picata...and chicken marsala...we often trade between them, since we both love them soo much....how fun, your outings with your "girls* in the family are sooo fun. How fun to celebrate your mother. I am happy to see you got locked in the mall...specially since you don't go there very often!!! I'm kidding....Cheescake, I love it, but only when like 5 people share it, I couldn't finish one by myself....but would go away from plain plain like Michelle...
The Cheescake Factory is quite simply heaven on earth. Yummy entrees (you're right, the menu is overwhelming) followed by CHEESECAKE. Perfect place to celebrate your mom's special day.
I usually get the Godiva chocolate or the Kahlua Coffee cheesecake. We usually get one or two (or three!) slices so we have a mini cheesecake buffet.
I do curl. It's a must.
The red velvet cake/cheesecake from Cheesecake factory is my favorite!
Getting locked in the mall souds like my dream life.
Eyelash curling kinda creeps me out. Have never been able to get a handle on how to execute that task without terror.
Did I miss natasha's first comment? hmmm, maybe she was just thinking red velvet!
I got locked in the mall one time and they made up exit out a different exit which meant we had to walk around the mall on the outside. Not happy!
I thought it was so weird that they locked the doors just 10 minutes after the mall closed. There might be someone in the bathroom! or finishing their purchase! And so odd that the guy acted like we were totally putting him out. I was worried about safety issues- what if there was a fire? Shouldn't they make sure the mall is cleared out before locking doors?
I do curl my eyelashes. I have a curler from Sephora that I got years ago and it's way better than any other I've used.
Pumpkin cheesecake, for sure. But the Chocolate Cocount that I had that night was really good too. Tiramisu is delicious as well. And for the record, I never said vanilla bean was boring. I just giggled to myself b/c you are so opposite of me.
I thought it was so weird that they locked the doors just 10 minutes after the mall closed. There might be someone in the bathroom! or finishing their purchase! And so odd that the guy acted like we were totally putting him out. I was worried about safety issues- what if there was a fire? Shouldn't they make sure the mall is cleared out before locking doors?
I do curl my eyelashes. I have a curler from Sephora that I got years ago and it's way better than any other I've used.
Pumpkin cheesecake, for sure. But the Chocolate Cocount that I had that night was really good too. Tiramisu is delicious as well. And for the record, I never said vanilla bean was boring. I just giggled to myself b/c you are so opposite of me.
i love CF because you can order almost anything!
i curled my eyelashes for the first time in forever today.
I have opposite views on the iPhone. I think everyone should calm down and get over themselves, so...
I think their menu might be just a tad too big. It's overwhelming when I go there without a definitive hankering for something.
Here are my thoughts of the Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes...It annoys me when the flavors aren't mixed in to the actual cake. Like the Vanilla Bean cheesecake that you got. Don't just plop that goodness on top, mix it in, man! I just think it's laziness of their part, I really do. Such a shame.
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