Bachelorette Parties Rock!

I can't wait to have one of my own!! Well... I guess I can wait, if I must. I can't believe I'd forgotten how much fun it was to just go out and get crazy with a bunch of girlfriends-- what an absolute blast. First we went to Carmine's on 90th and 1st for dinner, and then to a bar somewhere near Elena's new apartment on the lower east side. The bar wasn't packed, but with the music playing and everyone joking and dancing, we made the night into quite a party. Also, before we left for the restaurant, I had the idea of coming up with a bachelorette treasure hunt kind of game for Grace, so me, Elena and Megan came up with a bunch of tasks for the lucky bachelorette to do during the course of the evening. Grace is kind of reserved, so some of the tasks I knew would be out of the question-- like have somebody do a body shot off of her, get up on the bar to sing and dance to "Like a Virgin" and write her real phone number on the bathroom stall. But she did get some of it done, like kissing a bald guy on the head, handcuffing herself to some random guy and telling him she lost the keys, and getting a girl to call Chris and flirt with him on the phone. The last one was the best-- when the girl called him up and tried to get him to say something flirtatious or racy, he ended up hanging up the phone immediately after saying to her "look, I don't know who you are, but why don't you do me a favor and just lose my fucking number, ok?" Awww... what a good guy!

A little later in the evening, the boys showed up. They'd been having the bachelor party at the same time in another part of NYC, and for some reason decided to meet up with us. It was a little strange, but a nice end to a fun night. When they got to the bar where we'd been hanging out, we took some photographs, hung out for a little while, and then split up to go on to our separate destinations. I went home with Elena (oh, baby!), slept on her futon, and then caught a train home today.

Overall, it was a really nice time. I'm glad that Grace was such a good sport about drinking out of a giant penis all night (even though she did make us put a party hat on top of it during dinner) and sitting with us as we all sipped our drinks through penis straws... what a hoot. She's such a great girl, and the two of them are absolutely perfect for each other. I can't wait for next Saturday to have a (slightly more toned down) repeat performance of the fun times all over again! Congratulations Chris and Grace!!