Today is my birthday which I celebrate for the first time in the USA. And I can guarantee you that it's quite different than in The Netherlands. My American girlfriends said that they would arrange a birthday party for me. In Holland, you arrange your birthday yourself...which doesn't make any sense..
because it is much nicer being pampered on your own birthday..
because it is much nicer being pampered on your own birthday..
My friends told me to come at 6.30 pm to one of the Mexican Restaurants, Sago, which was near my house, so I could walk. So, I put on my new dress which I bought exceptionally for this day, a beautiful blue Cavalli summerdress. I put on my make up and dressed my hair a little bit wilder than normal. Nothing wrong with that: it's my birthday! On my snakeskinned Gucci pumps I walked to the restaurant and it felt really like I was Carrie Bradshaw: I felt very glamorous, particularly when I looked at my diamond ring which I got from my beloved one the other day. An antique (1920's) yellow and white gold diamond cocktail ring. It has nineteen round brilliant cut diamonds, each set in a four prong white gold head, in a waterfall style.
I arrived at the restaurant. One part of it is called the 'love-suite', which has pink walls and voile curtains. There my friends were waiting for me with balloons.. Melita, Marisol, Jenny, Khotan, Rachel, Neyssan, Leila, Monte, Ron, Linda and her beautiful daughter Asha to whom I asked how old she was and she answered: 'I am exactly four and three quarters'. We had a wonderful dinner together and I was overruled by beautiful presents, and the birthday cake which was, of course, specially made for me.
Everything was brilliant, my friends and the setting, but most of all the different experience of not having organized my own birthdayparty. The only thing I had to do was set the date and forward a couple of emailaddresses to Melita who organized all of this. I even didn't have to pay for anything! They just didn't let me. I just could enjoy every minute of my birthday, which I did.
I think I am going to introduce this way of celebrating birthdays in Holland. I can't imagine there will be people who will have objections to it. I can't imagine why..
