a thing in 928 photos birthday So good. Happy birthday, Mer! After the opening sparkler salvo, a cake with a candle came out! Afterwards, I took a cab down to the West Village for a Mexican feast to celebrate Meredith's birthday. Gluten-free birthday cake! ;) Quinn's birthday! Called my dad from a beach side payphone to wish him a happy birthday! After we saw all the neighbor's lights turn on after the first firework exploded (loudly and repeatedly), we decided to... ...downgrade the birthday festivities to sparklers. Happy birthday, Frank! After cake, we headed outside to watch Frank do his most favorite thing in the world.... ...light off some 'WORKS! Before lighting off each work, Frank would stop to read us the poorly-written descriptions. Haha. ...that there's a cake coming! Hahah. I love this photo! He still has no idea... In addition to a holiday party, it was also Franks' birthday! Here's Liz sneaking up on Frank with a cake mid-song. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNY PENNY! Later that afternoon, I walked over to the West Village to join... The next morning we had a breakfast at 7A before they hit the road. Happy birthday, Scott! I've known and loved these two since 1994. Thanks for helping me celebrate another year! Birthday friends who came out late on a Wednesday on short notice! ;) The weirdo Amazon birthday purchases I made for myself arrived right on time! A book and a poster about myofascial trigger point therapy along with... Happy birthday, Leigh! ...for a very late night birthday dinner! Happy birthday, Leigh! ...Catrinel's birthday! Happy birthday, Cat! Later that evening, Mer and I went out to Brooklyn for dinner to celebrate... OMFG. For dessert, we had assorted birthday donuts from the Donut Plant. Happy taco birthday! Happy birthday, Cynthia! ...Cynthia and celebrate her birthday at the beach (instead of at the zoo). SUPER HANS! Later, we headed over to B-Side to celebrate! ...turned out to have decorative BALLS! GURJ IS 30! Gurj's birthday cookie... ...you has rides. We love them. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GURJEET! I love you! We scored some ice coffees, walked up the street, scored our Zipcar... Make a wish! On Sunday evening Pauly came over... ...and we celebrated his birthday with an ice cream cake! Happy birthday, friend. I feel lucky to have had you in my life all these years. Cynthia making the rounds with the mini cakes. ...sing along. Happy birthday, handsome! ...for the big happy birthday... Birthday cupcakes! THIS ONE'S MINE! Make a wish! Piled so high! ...with a huge platter of birthday doughnuts for Katie! And then before we got our game on, Cynthia briefly disappeared and then made a grand entrance... FRONDS! ...for Ellen's birthday breakfast celebration! Happy Brithday, Ellen! On Tuesday night I went to Lawrence's birthday party. Happy Birthday! ...and then headed out to dinner to celebrate his birthday! Back at the Silverman house, we gifted Chuck some tequila... ...because Dave had planned a surprise birthday party for Marina! Who I caught here with a mouth full of... ...birthday cupcake! Haha. Marina told us that she asked Dave way too many questions about why they were going to a bar at 1pm and ruined the surprise. "There's no way he could hold up under that kind of pressure." Birthday family portrait. Hahah. Happy birthday, Cat! Hahaha. Hahah. The only thing better than birthday cake is BIRTHDAY BISCUITS! Later that afternoon, we met up with the birthday girl for lunch at Back Forty. Happy birthday, Gurj! Thanks for being my friend! Quite the exclusive birthday lunch. ...3...2...1... We met up at the coffee shop below my apartment and headed out to pick up our rental car. Happy birthday, Gurj! ....happy birthdaaaaaaaaaaaay. Andrew's Ass! 15 POINTS! (+10 points if bare!) Haaaaaaay.... Serious crowd. Happy birthday, brother! Not one, but TWO king cakes! A little after 2am, the king cakes came out! Happy birthday, you two! A little after midnight, Amanda came over and Mer got dressed up for the party (holy moly!). Dachshund in heels birthday card from mom & dad. Second cake in public of the day. More gift-opening! Walking back to our apartment; arms laden with presents. (PS - Babes!) Happy birthday, Meredith! Make a wish! Box o' birthday cupcakes! At four that afternoon, a whole bunch of us met up at Kate's Joint for birthday brunch! Happy Birthday Quinn! (Ellen and Mer made the cake using the cake molds that Ellen gave to Mer for her birthday!). We all met up at an all-raw vegetarian place called Quinntessence. Ellen holds up the finished gift! Serious Photoshop SKILLZ! Haha. So good! Friday at work we had a little cake party for Michelle's birthday. Make a wish! Surprise belated birthday cake for Sarah!