01 June 2008
Posted 15:15 by Les
Lito Velasco writes in today to share with us his spectacular birthday party held on May 17th. Take it away Lito....

Since I'm one of the biggest Indiana Jones fans on the planet...and the film was released 3 days after my birthday (May 19th), my awesome girlfriend Jennifer decided it was only appropriate that she make my party Indiana Jones themed!

The morning of the 17th, she asked if I would indulge her by leaving the apartment for an hour or so. I did, and when I returned I was amazed by the transformation she had made! It was an Indiana Jones fan's paradise! Our dining room table was decked out with Indiana Jones themed party supplies; including plates, cups, napkins, popcorn boxes, and tablecloths. Jennifer had hung a gorgeous Indy banner on the wall (we obtained it from a local grocer a week earlier), there was an Indy-birthday banner, and she had incorporated the Indy logo colors (red, orange, and yellow) into other decorations such as streamers.

But, that's not all; there were also rubber spiders everywhere...snakes (why did it have to be snakes?!) made of plastic adorned the entire apartment, and the living room had also been transformed. A 6-foot Indiana Jones standee (obtained from the same local grocer) stood by our balcony entrance, our coffee table had paper Indy fedoras (sold by the same company who made the party supplies), coconut bowls full of Indiana Jones Mint Crisp M&M's, and Indiana Jones trivia for the guests!

The M&M's weren't the only Indy food either! She had come up with Indiana Jones names for each food item and even printed out placecards with the names on them along with a picture depicting the scene or character the food referenced. There were "Bad Dates" (greek olive medley), "Spalko's Spiders and Brody's Bats" which were sugar cookies shaped like those creatures. She also prepared "Grail Knight Guacamole" and "Belloq's Boulder Ball" (a ham and cheese ball). And Jennifer managed to find a glass goblet that resembled the Grail
from "Last Crusade"; of course, this was my designated birthday glass which I used to drink "Fountain of Youth Ale" during the entire evening.

No Indy party would be complete without games, and Jennifer thought of two awesome contests! The first, an Indiana Jones trivia game, consisted of 16 questions about the original Indy trilogy. The next game she concocted was "Pin the Fedora on Lego Indy"; guests were required to pin (sticky tack) laminated paper fedoras on a picture of Lego Indy that Jennifer had drawn and laminated. And what prize awaited the two lucky winners of these competitions, besides fortune and glory? They won a box of "Indiana Jones" cereal and a "Indiana Jones" Snickers Adventure Bar, respectively. Of course, I wasn't allowed to take part in the Indiana Jones Trivia game, since I was the one who provided the answers to the questions; but, I did serve as the game's master of ceremonies.

Of course, even the birthday cake was Indiana Jones themed; an awesome picture of Indy and Mutt adorned the top of the chocolate with raspberry filling cake!

I received plenty of Indiana Jones gifts from my incredible friends, including; the Disneyland Indy figure, the Cartamundi Indy playing cards two pack, and Colonel Dovchenko and Monkey Man figures by Hasbro.

One final detail, throughout the entire party we had the Indiana Jones Special Edition DVD's playing on the TV, and the newest trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" was set on "loop" on our Macbook which was sitting on one of the dining room tables.

All in all...it was an amazing, memorable, spectacular party! Jennifer worked her heart out planning, setting up, and carrying out an Indiana Jones party that was truly my greatest birthday adventure ever!

Hope you enjoy the story and pics!