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Joshua’s 11th Birthday Party

For Josh’s 11th birthday, we decided to change it up a bit. Instead of inviting 30 kids to some facility for jumping, pizza and cake, we opted to do something focused more on quality than quantity. Josh invited just three of … Continue reading

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Carmen’s rockin’ 40th birthday party

Our friend Carmen celebrated her 40th birthday this weekend, and her husband Lasanta threw a huge birthday party at their house Saturday night. Live band (“Outsourced”), great music bartender, dancing. We invited a bunch of friends over to our house … Continue reading

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Plexy’s birthday and a little BBQ too

Last month, we all drove out to meet with friends at Plexy and Sheba’s house on a warm July Saturday afternoon. It was Plexy’s birthday, and instead of dinner at a restaurant, we’d be doing a little BBQ. Nums and … Continue reading

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Teo’s Birthday Party down in the Village

Last Saturday, we went out to celebrate our friend Teo’s birthday, organized by his wife Sofia. We drove to their house, then we all carpooled in two cars down to Greenwich Village. Dinner was at Sofia’s brother’s Spanish restaurant, Cafe Espanol … Continue reading

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My nephew Ben’s superhero themed 1st birthday party

On Sunday, we drove down after church to celebrate my nephew Ben’s 1st birthday.  He had a pretty swinging superhero-themed party all planned out, decorated, and gearing to go by the time we got there to my sister’s place. Posters … Continue reading

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Lily’s 7th Birthday Party

Last Saturday, we had Lily’s 7th birthday party. We looked at all the options, but she likes karate and ninjas so much, so why not a martial arts themed party? My wife naturally tied it to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, … Continue reading

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Potluck Birthday Dinner with Friends

After the Bike MS Ride, we had plans to meet up with friends for dinner to celebrate recent birthdays. Instead of a restaurant, our friends Sunil & Ligy agreed to host the party, and that was much better than any restaurant. … Continue reading

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Joshua’s 9th birthday party

Joshua was turning 9 years old this year, and each year, we have to decide whether we should host another children’s birthday party (and go through the all the party planning rigamarole), or just do a private family-type party where … Continue reading

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A Saturday in Long Beach Island

A long time ago, my wife and I had attempted to drive down to Cape May in one day, and come back the same day. A rather unreasonable goal in hindsight. We hit so much Shore traffic on the Garden … Continue reading

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July Birthdays Dinner with Friends, Vietnamese-style

After a very busy Saturday of children’s birthday parties, we drove up to Parsippany to meet up with friends to celebrate two of our friends, Plexy and Vijay, who recently had their birthdays in July. The consensus was to go … Continue reading

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