Last weekend I became a 'proper' adult; I turned 21! I wanted to share with all of you what I got up to on my birthday as it was certainly a weekend I'll never forget.
My birthday was on the Sunday, so to kick off the weekend we went to the cinema to watch Girl On The Train on Friday night. I hadn't read the book so I had no idea what to expect from the film which I think made it even better. This film is right up there with Gone Girl and Before I Go To Sleep - all amazing! I'd never seen Emily Blunt (who I love) portray a role like this before which made it all the more interesting to watch. I love a film that keeps me on the edge of my seat!
On Saturday we took a trip to the Cooper Hewitt museum, my favourite museum in New York! I find the work here to be much more interesting and meaningful than a lot of other places, and there are always some interactive elements. It turned out to be free on the day we went, so if you don't want to spend a lot of money, definitely try and head there on a Saturday. We finished the evening with a trip to our favourite cupcake place, Sprinkles! I treated myself to my usual triple cinnamon cupcake as it is one of my few favourites that is still available at that time of night - I'm lucky that a lot of people hate cinnamon.
For my actual birthday on Sunday I managed to convince the girls to go rock climbing with me at Dumbo boulders. Some of the walls were very hard and sloped back on themselves which is something my amount of upper body strength cannot handle! I still did pretty well at the easier climbs. To reward our hard work on the boulders, we popped over the road to check out the Brooklyn Flea Market which luckily was in Dumbo that day. I picked a super messy salted caramel doughnut for my 'lunch'. It was definitely worth the chocolate marks all over my chin.
Finally the evening came around and it was time for what we'd all been waiting for - a meal at the swanky Beauty & Essex! We spent ages getting ready together and dancing to some cheesy tunes. Just before we left the girls surprised me with lots of balloons and presents, as they sang happy birthday to me holding a tub of ice cream with big two one candles in. They'd obviously caught on to my frozen obsession! Of course this resulted in many happy tears from myself as I was so touched they'd gone to all this effort for me. We opted to take a taxi to the restaurant because we didn't fancy tackling the subway in heels. Best decision ever! Driving over the bridge in to Manhattan and seeing the skyline all lit up made me feel like I was in a movie.
The restaurant itself was amazing. You enter through a normal looking door in to a room disguised as a pawn shop. At the back of the entrance was another door that led you in to the actual restaurant. The place was full of people and the atmosphere was incredible. We sat down and got straight in to ordering lots of food and cocktails. We were in there for a good four hours, drinking and chatting away. We racked up quite a large bill but it was definitely worth it! The evening turned out to be just as amazing as I'd hoped and will definitely remain as one of my highlights of my time here.
We finished the night back home in a big giggly mess, dreading another week of classes ahead of us. I think we all just wanted to stay at Beauty & Essex forever! It was definitely the best 21st I could have asked for.
Aderyn x
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