So we hit my best bud Bob's for his wife's 50th birthday celebration but were informed that we should NOT bring any gifts, so we obeyed. We had to be there by 5:15, a very early party, even for us geezers, and we head to the basement for some forgettable tunes, only because I forgot what was playing, along with some libations and party favors

Then we head upstairs and he tells us to get some beer and wine for the road and told us to come outside, where upon we spotted a 30' stretch limo awaiting us. The party of 8 piled in with big smiles on our faces, wondering what was next. Well, we headed to the PA Turnpike and the birthday girl popped in that great concert DVD, Stop Making Sense, while we consumed mass quantities of beer and wine. That DVD is still among my all time faves and it had me dancing in my seat. Great stuff.

We finally exited the Pike after about a 90 minute drive and pulled up to a restaurant called P.F. Chang's, which I'm sure many of you are familiar with since they're a fairly large chain of, dare I say, 'upscale Chinese'? Anyway, we had a pretty nice meal, along with some tasty drinks (2 vodka martinis for me), then back into the limo and headed back to their place.

Next she popped in The Beatles Love cd, the one used as a soundtrack to Cirque de Soleil's Las Vegas show of the same name, and it was a group sing-along the entire time. All the songs are familiar Beatles fare, but mostly with different arrangements, albeit it slightly different from the originals. I've only listened to this one a couple times, so I was fine with it.

Back at their place listened to a ton of music, with each person picking a song from among his thousands of cds, and going around the room in turn, something Bob always likes to do at his soirées. I chose something from Lloyd Cole's "Don't Get Weird on Me Babe', and another from The Blasters, but there was so much yakking and drinking going on that it's hard to remember all the tunes that were played. All I know is, we had a laugh riot and I got fairly ripped.

How was your weekend?

Swish - we also had the first birthday party for Granddaughter Nora on Sunday. Totally awesome