Jillian’s Omni-Presents

November 8th, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

So far, being 27 is the jam. The good times began a few hours before midnight Saturday and lasted well into Sunday morning. The college friends surprised me with gorgeous flowers, Angela (long-reigning BFF) and dinner at the restaurant at the top of the Omni Hotel, a bastion of Old Guard culture. We devoured plates of oysters and scallops, chowder and pork and filet and duck–a decadent collection of meaty beasties of the earth and sea; we imbibed deep red wines and finished our L. 14th-inspired feast with a birthday creme brulee (twice in one weekend?!) and strawberries dipped in chocolate. The fete continued at our place with champs (pop, glug, glug, glug, yay!), gifts (iPOD, Dorothy Parker bio, tickets to Dar Williams), parfait (ask Dan for the recipe), games (Frazzled & Taboo), and hilarity. We stayed up, up, up, and then I tipped over. Enormous thanks to all my dear, darling friends for making this birthday the best since the year of the pinata and buckets of pink (happiness) pudding. Welcome to the year of Jills. It’s gonna rule.

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  1. Comment by Dan on 8 November 2005:

    I’m glad you had a good time, but I don’t think I signed up for a “Year of Jills”

  2. Comment by Nick Loiacano on 8 November 2005:

    Happy Birthday Jillian!

    Sorry I couldn’t have been there, sounds like it was a blastie blast. Cheers!

    –nizzle

  3. Comment by Corrie on 8 November 2005:

    Happy Birthday Jills! I wish I’d been there, but I’m glad to hear you had a good time. I can’t wait until Dar!!

    Much Love

  4. Comment by Danielle on 9 November 2005:

    Jillian,

    Once again I’ve displayed a deplorable lack of attention to birthdays — Without anyone knocking on my door and herding me down to a room to make a sign, I’m lost.

    Anyway, I’m glad to hear you had a good birthday, and although I wasn’t there, I’ll sign up for a year of Jills any day. (Dan, I respect your right to decline, you’ve had a big year as well.)

    Drop me a line, and let me know how things are going!

  5. Comment by amy the cousin on 10 November 2005:

    happy belated birthday jillian marie! i was going to print out the picture of bill cosby, color it, and send it to you as a birthday greeting but then i realized i had no ink and without black ink bill just wouldn’t look right. hey, christmas is right around the corner i guess. hope to see you soon, grams. KIDDING - 7 years isnt much of a difference :)loooove you!

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