MY BIRTHDAY AND FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEMD RECAP! 🇺🇸🎉❤️🎈
Hey fashionistas! If can't already tell my the title its the best weekend of the entire year (besides Christmas😜) hahah just kidding! But honestly July 4th is a pretty important day in America's history. I'm not going to give you a history lesson, but I am going to give you a little recap of my birthday festivities! Fun factoid I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 4, 2000!
First off, on Saturday (July 4th) I went to Sandton City which is a 15,000,000 square feet shopping mall here in Johannesburg, South Africa. It's the largest mall in the Southern Hemisphere, pretty much every single brand you can think of is inside the mall. My family and I went to Sandton City at about 11:00 and went to Topshop, Zara, Woolworths, Hackett, etc. I got a few goodies and then went to lunch at this adorable Italian cafe called Doppio Zero which means double zero in Italian. We munched on tapas, sipped some drinks, and all shared a few laughs. After lunch, we went to the movies and saw "Spy" with Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Jason Statham, and Rose Byrne. It was absouletly hilarious!!! I could not stop laughing and it the funniest movie I have seen this year. For dinner we went to Pigalle's in Nelson Mandela Square. My immediate and extended family came and enjoyed the delicious food, lovely atmosphere, and wonderful company. It was an amazing evening! I can truly say that this was a great birthday even though I didn't do my traditional party at the country club with fireworks and dancing.
On Sunday (July 5th), I woke up and went to mass bright and early with my family. Afterwards, my mom and dad took me to Andiccio's for coffee. It was nice to have some alone time with them seeing as how I have to share them with my three other siblings. When we were done we headed back to my Siti's (grandma in Arabic) house to make some golf themed flower arrangements for my Uncle's birthday. It was fun to get down and dirty and make some impressive center pieces. After couple flower arrangements we got bored and decided to go back to Sandton City to spend some gift cards and birthday cash. My parents took me to Louis Vuitton and bought me a scarf/head wrap. I have wanted one for the longest time because they looks so European and classic. It reminds me of Grace Kelly and Seerena Van Der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from "Gossip Girl". The scarves are very versatile because they can be used as a headband, head wrap, ribbon, braid for hair, tie for a handbag, or even used as a ponytail elastic. How cool is that?! After we shopped 'til we dropped we decided to go to the San Deck at the Sandton Sun Hotel where we met up with some more family for some snacks. I nibbled on some olives and sipped a incredible "Virgin Alice and 5th cocktail". It consisted of ginger beer, lemonade, crushed ice, and a ton of other exotic flavors. The view from the San Deck was spectacular and you could see all the surrounding sky scrapers and buildings.
Overall my birthday weekend was a memorable one filled with lots of love, happiness, celebration, and joy! Thank you to my incredible family and friends for making it extra special.
Lots of Love ❤️
XOXO PASCALE 💋