Did someone say, "Let's go to a party?"

Saturday morning everyone slept in a bit after the crazy night we had Friday. Once everyone was up and showered, we headed over to Simply Delish for breakfast.  This place has wonderful breakfast items, but the decor is a bit like, how shall I put it - Victorian yard sale chic. Oil paintings of naked rubinesque women, cherubs, collectible plates, and fake greenery festoon this eatery that is only open for breakfast and lunch.

Simply Delish Decor

 Over our eggs and coffee we caught each other up on the events we attended the night before.  Surprisingly, my drinking muscles weren't as sore as I expected them to be after a long night out.  So I was eager to have a great day. The plan was to hang out a bit and then head down to Miami for a birthday party for John and Jay's friend Alex. The party was billed as a birthday / pool / dance / cookout party lasting from noon to 8:00 with approximately 100 invited guests.

When we arrived, we were greeted by an armed North Miami police officer who was manning the door with "the list."  You could not enter if your name was not included on the list. Once we were located (Feldman + 2), we were waved in. Super circuit DJ David Knapp was spinning the tunes and the place was rocking (David's website = free music and pictures), actually "thumping" would be a better choice of words. The beautifully appointed outdoor area was packed with people having a great time, not to mention the full service bar, performers on stilts, jugglers, henna tattoo artist, flaggers, wet men, dry men, and happy people in general.

These people take their parties seriously.  There must be just a bit of oneupsmanship amongst this group, because every party just gets bigger and better.

Man on stilts - see I told you!

He was juggling while balancing on the roller board - I swear!

Pool Area

Like I said earlier, it is not a party until the flaggers arrive.

The grills were fired up around 6:00 for burgers. We headed home about the same time for a little nap - which lasted until Sunday morning.  There is really only so much partying a guy can take in one weekend and we had one more big one to attend on Sunday!


(PS - I apologize for the grainy pictures. I am going to have to upgrade to the iPhone 4s if I am going to keep uploading pictures for this blog. That may be the best excuse I can come up with to do a little Christmas shopping for myself. )