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.
Lowertown Lofts in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota
This year, I am doing things right in my new apartment and new city.
Enjoying a beverage at the epic Summer Kickoff Pool Party at iLume Proper.
Watching Beyonce’s On The Run Special for the first time over the weekend.
iLume Park Lobby off of Cedar Springs.
Gunter the chihuahua being a diva during an iLume Park happy hour.
The W Hotel in Dallas near the American Airlines Arena and Cirque Apartments
Participants in the Dallas Pooch Parade – the dog has a little Easter carriage!
Krystal Summers performing in S4’s Rose Room.
National Showman Pageant at the Round-up Saloon in Dallas, Texas.
Erika Jayne performing at Brick Nightclub in Dallas, Texas.
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Mornings in Dallas.
Pegasus statute in front of the Dallas Omni Hotel
Alyssa Edwards at the Dallas Gay Pride iLume block party.
Arlington Hall at Lee Park, in Turtle Creek / Uptown, Dallas.
A Cattle Drive statue in Pioneer Plaza.
A fountain by a church in downtown Dallas, Texas.
The red Pegasus sign in front of the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas.
Exploring the Dallas Museum of Art in downtown. I love this painting.
Cirque apartments in Dallas, near the American Airlines Arena and downtown.
Dallas’s gayborhood coming together after the Pulse nightclub shootings.
I can travel for 31.
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