To most, 17th may not seem very old, but to me, I still feel as if I should be 10 and in elementary school. To think that I will be 18 next year scares me as it means I will be a legal "adult." However, cheers to enjoying my last year as an official child!
Here are a few pictures from my birthday dinner at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. I think I subconsciously chose Farrell's because I wanted to relive being a child. Farrell's is a restaurant decked out in American fanfare. Waiters wear red and white striped hats, pin-striped vests, and old fashioned ties. Their menus are newspapers, a perk for a newspaper geek like me, they sell old-fashioned American sweets, and the overall decor of the restaurant dates you back to the last century. Many come to Farrell's to celebrate their birthday, like I did, and thus, the restaurant can become a bit noisy at times with a birthday announcement every five minutes or so. The charming, yet loud, atmosphere can get a bit overwhelming, but the delicious "all American" food and ice cream hits the spot. After waiting for around 45 mintues in line, we sat down, and I ordered "The All American burger" with garlic fries, and both turned out to be delicious. Since it was my birthday, I was also served a Birthday Sunday paired with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Justin Bieber's infamous song "Baby" by some of the waiters and waitresses working there. I have to say it was quite awkward because I didn't know what to do besides smile while they were singing to me since I had no intention of standing up and singing along with them. Other than that, the night was really fun as I had also watched Divergent before dinner. Divergent was pretty good, and I have to say, I could not keep my eyes off Theo James. Look forward to seeing my birthday haul soon!
What is your favorite restaurant to celebrate your birthday?
-Emily
Happy belated birthday x
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather!
DeleteCongratulations! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks haha :)
DeleteHappy birthday :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Michaela!
DeleteHappy birthday Emily!!! Hooray!
ReplyDeleteThis place looks AMAZING. THE BURGERS. OH THE BURGERS. AND THEY SANG YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AND IT'S CALLED THE ICE CREAM PARLOUR? I need to visit this place.
Thank you Rebecca!! :) You really do!! If you ever come to visit socal again, please email me because I would love to take you around! :)
DeleteMy little brother goes to Red Robin every year!
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I think I have a love/hate relationship with places that sing to you! I love it because it makes you feel special, but I hate it because I feel embarrassed for the entirety of the 60 seconds :)
DeleteA little bit late but still a happy birthday! :)
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Thanks! :)
DeleteHaha Justin Bieber's "Baby", what a classic! :) Burgers and sundaes are definitely my kind of party fare! Happy belated birthday to you :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems like just yesterday when "Baby" came out. Thank you!! :)
DeleteHappy belated birthday! This looks like the most perfect way to spend a birthday! x
ReplyDeleteThank you, and yes, the atmosphere was perfect to celebrate a birthday! :)
Deletehiiiiiii emily ♥ HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!
ReplyDeletei need to go visit that restaurant one day, the sundaes look so good.
+ your blog is seriously amazing. i love it ;) ahah
Aww thank you Evon!! :) You are so sweet! I seriously think your blog is amazing considering you just started it this school year! When I just started my blog, it was just.......not pleasing to the human eye haha :) We can be blog buddies now! :)
DeleteHappy belated birthday! Haha I'm turning 21 next week and I still feel like I should be 10. American places are the best, look at the giant sundae!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 17, I felt 12, and now that I'm 21, I feel like I've just matured enough to be 17. I love Americana themed diners, especially because their milkshakes and sundaes are supreme. Yours looked amazing and I wish you would've included a clip of that birthday song!
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Another Beautiful Thing
Happy belated birthday girl c: It's never wrong to
ReplyDeleterelive a child being! The food looks great even though
I'm a vegetarian :P Xx
Happy belated birthday Emily!!
ReplyDeletehappy belated and HOLY COW that sunday is the hugest! i would love to devour that. haha.
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