I turn 30 in a few weeks.
Making a big fuss about birthdays as an adult feels gauche – I am not one of those exhausting people who celebrates a “birthday month,” but this birthday feels more significant because my 20’s are over.
There is no anxiety about exiting my 20’s – I have very little in common with people who are in their early 20’s and most of my role models did their best work well after 30…which is a lengthy way of saying that I am going to properly celebrate this birthday without regrets.
I toyed around with doing the birthday in Miami, Minneapolis, and even Germany, but I think this is the year of Dallas.
I turned 29 in Minneapolis with a half-empty apartment, about to embark on the epic road trip.
![Chiweenie in the Lowertown Loft](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GunterLowertown.jpg)
Lowertown Lofts in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota
This year, I am doing things right in my new apartment and new city.
![Ilumes 2016 Summer Pool Party](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SummerKickoff.jpg)
Enjoying a beverage at the epic Summer Kickoff Pool Party at iLume Proper.
![Watching Beyonce's On The Run Special](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WeekendsBeyonce.jpg)
Watching Beyonce’s On The Run Special for the first time over the weekend.
![iLume Park Lobby off of Cedar Springs](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/iLumeParkLobby.jpg)
iLume Park Lobby off of Cedar Springs.
![iLume Park Lobby](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/iLumePark.jpg)
Gunter the chihuahua being a diva during an iLume Park happy hour.
![W Hotel Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WHotelDallas.jpg)
The W Hotel in Dallas near the American Airlines Arena and Cirque Apartments
![Easter in Lee Park and Pooch Parade in Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DallasEaster19.jpg)
Participants in the Dallas Pooch Parade – the dog has a little Easter carriage!
![Krystal Summers Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/krystalsummers1.jpg)
Krystal Summers performing in S4’s Rose Room.
![National Showman Pageant](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TexasDragPageant.jpg)
National Showman Pageant at the Round-up Saloon in Dallas, Texas.
![Erika Jayne performing in Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ErikaJayneEvent2.jpg)
Erika Jayne performing at Brick Nightclub in Dallas, Texas.
![Warm Sunday trot through Dallas.[/caption]
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Mornings in Dallas.
![Pegasus statute in front of the Dallas Omni Hotel](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DallasPegasus.jpg)
Pegasus statute in front of the Dallas Omni Hotel
![Alyssa Edwards at iLume Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DallasPride10.jpg)
Alyssa Edwards at the Dallas Gay Pride iLume block party.
![Arlington Hall at Lee Park](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ArlingtonHall.jpg)
Arlington Hall at Lee Park, in Turtle Creek / Uptown, Dallas.
![Cattle Drive in Dallas Pioneer Park](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DowntownDallas6.jpg)
A Cattle Drive statue in Pioneer Plaza.
![Downtown Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DowntownDallas5.jpg)
A fountain by a church in downtown Dallas, Texas.
![Pegasus in downtown Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DowntownDallas9.jpg)
The red Pegasus sign in front of the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas.
![Dallas Museum of Art](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DallasMuseumofArt2.jpg)
Exploring the Dallas Museum of Art in downtown. I love this painting.
![Cirque apartments Dallas](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CirqueDallas.jpg)
Cirque apartments in Dallas, near the American Airlines Arena and downtown.
![Oak Lawn Pulse NIghtclub Memorial](http://www.memosandmirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OakLawn-PulseRally-4.jpg)
Dallas’s gayborhood coming together after the Pulse nightclub shootings.
I can travel for 31.
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