August 2006 Weddings
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NER: "surprise" birthday party?
DH is turning 30 in December. ?I have been instructed to plan a "surprise" birthday party for him. ?Apparently to him "surprise" means that he knows about it but does not have to weigh in on any of the details or decisions?
. ?I am not a party planning person and have no idea what to do. ?His friends are all at least ten years older than him but have the propensity to drink and act like college students.
Should I just see about reserving a room at a bar or restaurant or would taking a booze cruise up and down the Vlatava be a better idea? ?I am so lost. ?If anyone has any better ideas, I would love to hear them.
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Re: NER: "surprise" birthday party?
I hate planning parties, too. Planning a bachelorette party recently was nothing but stress for me, so I know how you feel. The booze cruise would be a good idea because you wouldn't have to do much work. Heh heh.
H planned a surprise party for my last bday in a similar fashion--I knew about it, because I hate surprises (gee, I sound like a barrel of laughs, don't I, with my surprise-hating and party-planning aversion) but the details were secret. He made it a "Brookles' favorite things" party and had all the stuff I love--certain foods, drinks, and we all played Rock Band. I really enjoyed it. Perhaps you could do something similar, with your DH's faves?
That's the great thing about the booze cruise. You basically need money and a guestlist. Maybe a dj (depending on the cruise package).
Also, a party on a boat can have the appearance of being fancy and appropriate for middle-aged accountants and their spouses. BUT because it's private, everyone can still act like they're back in college and get totally trashed.
True. SF in December on the bay is pretty darn cold too, but I've had three company xmas parties on ships and they've all been packed and fun. I think the booze warms you up.
The booze cruises here are enclosed except for a wrap around deck.
That sounds super fun. I'll add my dittos to that suggestion.
Meh. The college girls in my sorority do an unofficial one in December in NYC. And that's in skimpy semi-formal dresses. I imagine Prague and NYC are pretty similar in lattitude, no?
Booze cruise could be fun, but ditto the coldness. Maybe a bar or room at a restaurant would be fun!
I don't hate surprises, but I hate relinquishing control. I have very specific things I want. For my 23rd birthday, my friends and H coordinated a birthday thing for me. It was just dinner and then hanging out at someone's house and drinking afterwards, but it was fun. I knew all about it because DH told me, and I controlled it from his end. It was great. I acted surprised and my friends were all happy because they thought they'd done it. Totally awesome.
I am jealous. ?For my 23rd birthday I got to get up at 6am to go sit in a parking lot (in the dead of winter in Buffalo mind you) and tailgate for a Bills game. ?Gee, I wonder whose idea that was...
dunno - DH is turning 30 in March so I have a few ideas swimming. the latest so far is to go to a hibachi grill with others but DH would just think its us two - but when we got there we would see the whole table was full of others we knew. Its hard cause our friends are MIA and I don't think we can rekindle anything - but his work people are starting to become cooler so my next idea is to email his boss
and get her in on it to get a few others to meet us there as part of the surprise.
dunno how many hibachi places there are in prague though, lol. I thought the restaurant idea was nice though becuase everyone could just pay their own way.
Gah, I freaking typed a whole long response with the idea of what I did for my H's 30th, but the nest ate it.
but long story short--I'd lean towards the restaurant if it's closed. Unless you can find an enclosed boat.
We took an evening cruise in Paris in December last year (I know the timing is slightly different, as are the locations) and I ended up sick as all heck. I think I'm majorly opposed to European river cruises at night after say, November because of the whole experience, lol