XV Año de Marelli

Ok... for anyone who has spent time in Morgantown, we all think we know how to party. Let me tell you, we don´t know anything. Haha

So, last Saturday (the 5th) one of Olga´s cousin´s Maye had her 15 year old birthday party. Normally, I would say ehhh a birthday party for a 15 year old whatever. No no no.... 15 is a big deal. It´s like Sweet 16, but expensive. This girl could have, and should have, been on MTV 3´s Quiero Mis Quinces.

First of all, there were round tables set up in the huge banquet hall for about 400 adults to enjoy a first class meal and free booze (whatever drink combination you can make out of whiskey, Rum, & Tequilla). Above each table was a huge display of fresh roses (pink, white, and purple), the tables had beautiful table cloths, and hanging from the wreaths of roses were big crystal pendants of tear drops and rings. There was a big stage with a live band and of course the dance floor.

Then, there was a second area for the younger people who were not going to have a meal. They called it a lounge with couches and chairs and ¨finger foods¨and of course free booze. All in all, there was probably 800 or so people there. Also, there was a separate room entirely for the kids with their own live DJ, dance floor, and couches and tables. It was a club that the adults couldn´t enter, so the kids could have their separate space to behave as if they were in a night club not under the thumb of their parents. It was pretty cool. The DJ was awesome, the Acapulco devil came out and did a performance, there were flashing lights, guys on stilts, the dance floor was clear glass..... I felt like I was in a club, but then I would walk out to where the adults were to dance salsa or to just take a break.

Around 3 a.m. the party started to wind down, but it didn´t stop. We just kept hanging out, drinking, socializing, eating, dancing. You name it. When you get to a party around 8:30 and don´t leave to go home until 7 a.m. that´s when you know it was a good time. Watching the sun come out after a good party is such a cool experience.