This year for my birthday I requested a little gathering of friends. It was yesterday, but we decided to set the party for Saturday and it was a gorgeous fall day in Michigan. We met at one of my favorite places, Crust. The last time I had a birthday pizza party was in 3rd grade at Chuck E. Cheese. The weather was dreary, the pizza was terrible and we played in the germ-laden bin of plastic balls. I think I saved up enough tickets for a pencil, which probably cost my parents $10. I’m sure my 3rd grade self had a fantastic time, but I’m glad I’ve moved on to better pizza.
At Crust we ordered up pancetta, sausage and peppers, shrimp pesto and shroom pizzas. Meg and I shared some red passion sangria that had a smoothie-like texture that was the perfect way to start the meal. I love their shot-glass parfait desserts that are the perfect size for something a little sweet at the end of the meal. I went with the chocolate mousse and raspberry parfait (pictured below) and it was such a good choice. Everyone was such a good sport and let me Foodspot all of their pizzas with my camera phone. After Crust, we moved the party to our home and it went until 2 am. I’m choosing to see this as a sign that I’m not that old…yet.
Many thanks to Marc, Matt, Meg, Carson, Laura, Brian, Shannon, Brandon and Janice for eating some pizza with me!
Happy Birthday! It looks like you had a wonderful party!
Naomi-Oh yes, we had a great time 🙂