My girls' night out
1. Meet at the Sofitel hotel. A friend and I stopped by the launch party for www.alphawomen.com, a site we learned after a chat with the founder, is aiming to be a community for professional women who want to communicate with each other about personal and work-related issues. (My friend and I had no trouble keeping up our girl talk with each other.) We had some cocktails with p.i.n.k. vodka to kick off the night and keep us going—it’s infused with caffeine and guarana. And we even got mini-hand treatments and makeup touchups. A very girly start to our girls’ night indeed.
2. Dinner at Pizzeria Via Stato. We pulled up a couple of seats at the bar and ordered the cheese-and-spinach fonduta appetizer, pepperoni pizza and a cookie plate for dessert. I love me a good pizza, and I honestly have to say I have found myself a new favorite spot…yum! The fact that I woke up thinking about the slightly sweet sauce, the super-thin crust which was soft in the center and crisp and crackery at the edges, well … I can’t wait to go back for more!
3. See if Ashlee Simpson can sing. For our final stop we headed to The Underground to meet up with some other girl friends for a special live performance by Ashlee Simpson. We just had to go to see if she would lip sync. Or do that weird jig. The now red-headed younger and edgier sis of Jessica Simpson sported a black hoodie and blueish-purple skinny jeans when she stepped up to sing around 11 p.m. From the other side of the room it didn’t seem like she was lip syncing, but then I wouldn’t exactly call it singing either. Her style is a more low-pitched, raspy style of sexy talking. She worked her way through some new material. When she finished, applause was barely audible--perhaps the Chicago crowd was a bigger fan of her bf Pete Wentz (who we didn't bother to look for). But we did notice many in the mostly female crowd making a mass exodus to the coat check. Hmm.
What did you do on your last girls' night out? Do share ...