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March 08, 2009

Siege's Mardi Gras Birthday

On Saturday night I went to Siege's Mardi Gras-themed Birthday party out in Williamsburg.

A little after midnight, the entire party was rounded up onto the back room for a "surprise performance!"
party
The crowd eagerly-awaiting their surprise.
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amanda, frank, liz
Liz, Frank and Amanda.
amanda ˆ frank ˆ liz
niki
Niki!
niki
Suddenly, the music changed and our attention was directed to the top of the stairs...
birthday ˆ party
...where to our surprise a belly dancer started shimmying her way down the stairs.
bellydance ˆ party
siege
It was awesome.
bellydance ˆ party ˆ siege
Putting on a show.
bellydance
Making eyes at the birthday boy.
bellydance ˆ party
Split!
dance ˆ party ˆ split
siege
Lassoing in the birthday boy for a participatory dance!
bellydance ˆ dance ˆ mardi gras ˆ mask ˆ siege
siege
Down on your knees!
birthday ˆ dance ˆ mardi gras ˆ siege
siege
Now lean back all the way!
dance ˆ mardi gras ˆ party ˆ siege
Like THIS.
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Siege was unable to lean back all the way so Samantha set out to find a party-goer willing to get bendy with her.
party
frank
Frank answered her wild call.
bellydance ˆ dance ˆ frank
frank
Awwww, yeah!
bellydance ˆ frank
frank
Ease on in...
bellydance ˆ best ˆ dance ˆ dance off ˆ party ˆ frank
frank
...FOR THE WIN!
best ˆ dance off ˆ laugh ˆ party ˆ frank
Samantha's bellydance extravaganza culminated with the presentation of a KING CAKE shipped to NYC from New Orleans.
bellydance ˆ birthday ˆ king cake ˆ mardi gras ˆ party
Make a wish!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ king cake ˆ mardi gras ˆ party
Chandelier.
chandelier
jen l, lux, nikki
King Cakes have a tiny plastic baby baked into them. Tradition has it that whoever gets the the piece of cake with the baby in it is the king or queen of the party and everyone has to abide by their decree. A couple of minutes after slices of cake were passed out...
king cake ˆ jen l ˆ lux ˆ nikki
jen l
...there was a shriek of glee! Jen had found the tiny baby in her cake.
best ˆ excited ˆ king cake ˆ jen l
carol, jen l, siege
Siege immediately took Queen Jen around the party to make sure her "Queen Gets to Play with Your Boobs" decree was obeyed.
tit squeeze ˆ tongue ˆ carol ˆ jen l ˆ siege
Upstairs at the party...
party ˆ stairs
maureen, sarah h
...I found Maureen and Sarah coming back inside from the deck...
mardi gras ˆ mask ˆ maureen ˆ sarah h
siege
...and this guy hiding out from his own party! Haha.
work ˆ siege
carol, siege
But he quickly came back downstairs so that he could carry Carol around like a party ball.
cannonball ˆ carol ˆ siege
carol, siege
Lift from the knees!
cannonball ˆ carol ˆ siege
brother lawrence, cynthia, nikola tamindzic, scott ward
Party people saying goodbye. Thanks for having us, Siege. Always a pleasure to celebrate the day you showed up!
brother lawrence ˆ cynthia ˆ nikola tamindzic ˆ scott ward
Full moon on the way home.
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