Glowbal and Growing up

The ladies at Glowbal

This past week at work was busy… Crazy Busy.

So I welcomed the chance to unwind with some girlfriends last night… Nothing crazy planned; just dinner and drinks at the “New” Glowbal Grill in Yaletown. I say new because although it’s been around since 2002, the just recently underwent a bit of a renovation. To be honest, visually, there wasn’t much of a difference, but it’s the menu where most of the changes occurred. Glowbal is now referred to as a Steak House, and as a serious carnivore, I have no problem with this.

We were sat right across from the meat locker, not the most appealing to some, but none of us seemed to have a problem with it. In fact, the manager Kyle asked before we were seated if we were ok with that table, (I guess some people have had an issue with it). After we were sat, Kyle informed us that the specialty that evening was real Kobe beef from Japan at twenty-two dollars an ounce, (minimum 6 ounces), and that a wife had just ordered a 10 ounce steak for her husband. Do the math… yep, that’s a $220 steak! Definitely a little too rich for my blood. I was curious what a $220 steak would taste like, but the girls didn’t go for my idea of us all sharing a 6oz steak for $22 each. Instead I ordered the Caprese Salad and the Ahi Tuna. Both were delicious and are something I would order again.

Ahi Tuna at Glowbal

$22oz Kobe Steak at Glowbal

There were six of us at dinner: myself, Missy, Veronica, Kat, Bahar, and Chenoa, (also my sister and mother to my nephews), and with the exception of Bahar, I have been roommates to each of them. Chenoa and Missy and I lived together from 1999-2002, and I lived with both Kat and Veronica in the past 2 years. When we all first met, we were single girls that liked to go out drinking and dancing and flirting at the local bars. Now Chenoa, Missy and Veronica are all married with kids and Kat and I are both in relationships.

Time flies… I remember when we all went to Las Vegas for Chenoa’s Bachelorette Party, (that’s a whole other blog that names might have to be changed for), and now here we all were sitting around talking about babies and how tired we were and how we never go out any more. In fact, if this had been just a few years ago, our Global dinner would have been just the beginning of the night. From there we would have ventured on to one of the many local bars or clubs in the area, had a lot to drink, gone home by 2am at the earliest, woken up with a nasty hangover and had lots of laughs recounting the night before. As it was, Global was our whole night. None of us had more than 3 drinks, (none for Missy since she is pregnant for the 3rd time), and we were home before 11. In fact, by the time I got home, I could barely keep my eyes open.

It’s funny… back in our 20’s, we would look at women in their 30’s and think that they were so lame and boring. We assumed we would always want to be at a party and the thought of staying home on a Friday or Saturday night was dreadful and just wrong. I think back to that now and laugh… I don’t think I’m lame or boring and I enjoy staying in on a Saturday night; I just think we’ve grown up. I had a wonderful time last night catching up; the food, the wine, the venue, and especially the company was all fantastic. I look forward to doing it again; just not next weekend.

Me and 4 of my former roommates: Missy, Veronica, Chenoa and Kat

The same 5 ladies in Las Vegas, 2004

The 5 of us in 2001