T&A Birthday

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Jill & Allison :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Allison & Limey :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Dallas, Trent, Rachelle :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Chris & Cousin :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Allison & Ryan :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Kate & Martha :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Rachelle & Cousin :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Kristin, Trent, Rachelle :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Barbara & Max :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Biefel, Ed, Rachelle, Dallas :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

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Ed & Rachelle :: Black Rock, North Center, Chicago

Last night was Trent & Allison’s birthday part at Black Rock. Their birthdays are on the same day of the same year, so starting last year, they’ve been having a combined party. There was this $25 all you can drink for 3 hours deal, which I should never do because I can’t drink that much and when I pay like that I feel like I need to get my money’s worth and then drink way too much. Plus, at the front bar they were serving huge mixed drinks.. like in pint glasses. My recovery the next day keeps getting longer and longer. I’m getting too old! But it was a fun time and fun to hang out with everyone. As always, when drinking a lot, the photos aren’t as great as I’d have liked. Nothing looks blurry on the little camera screen when your vision is blurred to begin with.

Holiday Dinner at Allison’s

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Dallas & Rachelle, West Loop, Chicago

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West Loop, Chicago

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Chris, Jen, Barbara, Abby, Dallas, Kristin, Chad, Scott, Tara, Jen :: West Loop, Chicago

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Tenderloin Dinner, West Loop, Chicago

Every year Allison has a holiday party. This year, instead of just a party, she made dinner. And a really great one, at that. We had some smoked salmon with herbed goat cheese on toasted French bread to start things off. Then we had tenderloin with balsamic onions and horseradish sauce, au gratin potatoes with bacon, creamy mashed potatoes and green beans. No one could believe that Allison had never cooked tenderloin before. It was fantastic.

A lot of people brought desserts. Jen & Chris brought fudge made using Rachael Ray’s 5-minute recipe, Barbara made chess pie, and I brought the cookies I’d made earlier in the day. It was a fun, filling party.

Trent & Allison’s 30th Birthday


Liars! Trent & Allison


Chad, Trent, Dallas


Jen, Trent


Rachelle, April


Rachelle, Cousin


Cousin & Barbara


Dallas, Rachelle


Jen, Jill, Cousin


Jen, Jill, Cousin – They look angry!


Allison, Trent


Allison, Dallas & Trent Dancing


Trent, Allison, Dallas


Trent & Roommates


Jen & Jill


Jill Can’t Say She Didn’t Dance


Homegirls April & Jen


Ed, Rachelle, April


Kristin & April


Ed & Rachelle

Trent & Allison’s birthdays are on the same day. This year they turned 30 and had one big, joint birthday party at aliveOne. They worked out a special so that for $25 you could drink all you wanted from 8pm – 11pm, and everyone did. Even more than they wanted, I think!

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