Birthday Fun- Part 1

I recently celebrated one of those milestone birthdays!  I'm not usually one for doing a lot for my birthday, but 40 seemed like an important one to get right.  JO kicked things off by getting me tickets to the American Athletic Conference Championship game at Mohegan Sun featuring (of course) my beloved Huskies!  I loved these Husky cupcakes that JO fashioned for me.

Before heading down to Mohegan Sun, we enjoyed breakfast and coffee (yes, both us drank coffee, a city dream come true) at Tatte Bakery in Kendall.  I can't say enough about this bakery (with locations all over Cambridge and Boston.)  The food is delicious and the Stumptown Coffee is perfection.

We headed down to the casino early, so we would have plenty of time to have fun before the game.  We started with lunch at Geno's Pub.  We were lucky to get two seats at the bar where JO presented me with these two Husky coasters for our drinks (the bartender loved this) and I love them!  I have to say, the food at both of Geno's restaurants is really, really good!  

After lunch, JO wanted to do a little gambling. I am not a gambler at all but he convinced me to try roulette but when we couldn't find an open table we found ourselves at the Craps table.  I must have had some birthday luck because we won!!!  Everyone wanted me to keep rolling, but I wanted to get to the game early.  One guy said to me, "You're just like Sammy [Katie] Lou!"  Yeah, buddy I wish I was!

We made our way to the game nice and early.  I wanted to soak up everything about the experience.
The game wasn't vintage UConn, they had to work a little harder than they should have, but Gabby Williams was on fire and so much fun to watch!

After the game, it was still early, so we grabbed a celebratory prosecco and basked in all the fun we had!  It really was the absolutely perfect birthday trip and it was only part one of all the birthday fun!