Paint Nite!

The playgroup moms and I took some time for a Mom's Night Out and decided to check out Paint Nite.  I'm not the most artistic person so I was a little nervous but we opted for an easy level painting. It was held in a bar, and wine consumption was encouraged, so that works for me! We also took advantage of a Living Social deal so the activity was only $25 (wine not included).

Anyway, I was surprised at how much fun this was and the instructor made each step very easy to follow. The first step was to paint your canvas with water - nailed it (!!) so that was a big confidence booster! Here is the instructor's model...

Here I am busy at work...

And here we are with our awesome final products...

This won't be on my living room mantle but I'm pretty pleased with myself and would even do this again!  Great social evening activity and so nice to spent time with these ladies away from the kiddos! #Drinkcreatively

NKOTB concert

Last January it was brought to my attention that New Kids On The Block would be performing at the Verizon Center with Nelly and TLC! How could I miss this?!? And to be fair, it was really the two opening acts that I was excited about. Luckily many girlfriends were excited about it so we all got tickets...I love ladies night!

We met on the Poste patio and enjoyed the happy hour scene for a bit, including many orders of truffle fries. Yum! We headed over to the Verizon Center and ran to our seats since Nelly was starting. We had basically the last row in the upper level which ended up being kind of awesome because there was a large empty space so we created our own personal dance floor.

Dance party space in section 421!

Sister selfie!

And pics from the show....it was magical!

Ladies Night at Mango Tree

I haven't been able to have a weeknight out in weeks so I was very excited for a night out with the ladies!  Yesterday, we headed to Mango Tree, an upscale Thai restaurant in City Center for dinner.  It's part of a larger chain and this location opened in February to mixed reviews but we had an awesome dinner. I thought the place setting was a great visual introduction to the spicy theme of the menu.

There was a really fun cocktail menu; my favorites were the Spicy Siam and Red Sangria. We shared a bunch of entrees and apps and the group favorites included the lobster pad Thai, the grilled octopus salad, the crab fried rice and the coconut ice cream. Everything was delicious and spicy - yum!

After dinner we had a night cap at OEG - I love Clyde's Restaurant Group!

Thanks for a fun night ladies!