Hens Night

On September 26, the night before Matt and I boarded our plane to NY for our wedding, my wonderful Amsterdam pals threw me a bash to celebrate the last days of singledom. Though I knew they were going to throw me a party and when it would be (since I had to approve the date), I knew nothing about what this would entail. I was only told to wear a cocktail dress. I was however assured that there would be no trashiness - read: stupid T-shirts, sashes, penis-shaped straws and/or giant dildos. I was thankful for that!

The evening started at 7pm at Nicole's where most of the crew gathered. There I was handed down the 10 commandments by Jane and given my candy necklace by Jen. I had to complete all 10 tasks by the end of the night - for each one I did not complete I would have to drink a shot.


We then all cycled to a bar/restaurant about 15 minutes away that was just voted Amsterdam's best cocktail bar. Upon arrival, we ordered 13 kir royales, my drink of choice. We then were seated to enjoy the Chef's selection of 3 courses.


We all looked pretty hot in our cocktail dresses, and after an evening of classiness we decided to bogan it up a bit by going to a Dutch student bar off of Leidsplein. Mainly we wanted to go there b/c we can easily control the DJ, but also b/c I needed to complete my tasks and needed lots of stupid young men to help me.


The night continued in drunken merriment - lots of laughs and lots of dancing. Much to my surprise, I closed the evening at around 4 am (at Burger King no less), having completed all of my tasks. That I am very glad for, since by that point I could not handle any more shots!



Thanks to all my A'dam buds for an awesome bash!