A few weeks back I got dressed up and
headed to the city for my friend D’s hens party. D’s sister and bridesmaids organised
the night and it was amazing. Full of activities and full of fun. I didn’t have
a hens night, so I was living vicariously through D.
The party started in the hotel room the
other girls had gotten at The Grace hotel. Wine and nibbles = a winning
combination and a great start to the evening.
The first activity planned was a cocktail
making class at La Cita, Darling Harbour. I’d just gotten back from Bali and
was desperately missing my daily cocktail, so this class was a goodie. We
learnt how to make a cosmopolitan and a mojito (my fav!). Cocktails actually
aren’t that hard to make, especially mojitos. The cocktail making (and
drinking) was a great starter to lead us in to the next class of the evening –
a latin dance class.
Look, I am unco-ordinated. I can’t dance
and I had an injured knee, so I couldn’t even do everything the guy told us to.
By this time of the night, everyone had a few drinks under their belts, so
everyone was right in to it and it was great fun. The group before us took it
really seriously which didn’t look like fun. Take yourselves less seriously and
everyone is laughing. I can’t follow dancing directions to save myself so I was
definitely laughing at myself!
Dancing was followed up with dinner in the
restaurant part of La Cita. The food far exceeded my expectations. I didn’t get
pics, but I had a steak, mash and veg for my main and the steak was cooked to
perfection. This coming from someone who rarely eats steak! I shared a jug of
delicious sangria with another of the guests at dinner, because you just can’t
go past sangria!
We finished the night at the Retro
nightclub. I haven’t been there since I was about 18, but it was good to go
back especially since I used to only go with the hen. They played all the old
favourite songs.
