Happy Birthday, Boyd

Ola Lola's in full party mode!

Last Sunday we hosted our friend Boyd's surprise 30th birthday party. "This is just such a special place for us," Boyd's wife Kendra said. "This is THE place to have his party."

To maintain the surprise, Kendra blindfolded Boyd and drove him around for nearly an hour before finally arriving at Lola's.

Kendra and Elaine worked together to put together a festive menu from our new menu of dips and make sure Lola's was properly decorated. Since Boyd is a surfer (one among a long list of adventure sports), we got a surf board to use as a serving table. (Thanks to our friend Elaine Irizarry at Fusion Art and Floral for the surf board.)

Many of the guests had never been to Lola's before. It's a pretty safe bet many of them will be back. And, at least three other people said, "I want to have MY birthday party here!" Cool!

The party reminded Elaine and me of the kite festivals we used to produce in Michigan - a lot of up-front prep, madness and chaos getting ready the day of the event, huge fun and joy during the event, and collapse in exhaustion after the clean-up. But it was great fun. Thank you, Kendra, for choosing Lola's.

And Boyd - Happy Birthday! Feliz compleanos!