...and I haven't had a birthday party in six years.
I vaguely like
Minado. It's not the best restaurant in the universe, but they manage to pull off the "seafood buffet" thing really well without being grody or anything, and they serve plenty of non-seafood too. They are also RIDICULOUSLY HUGE and so can seat a party of arbitrary size on little notice, and splitting buffet checks is crazy easy.
Sunday August 24, show up there and eat.
Times to be posted later, along with possible post-eating activities. There should be tons of stuff to do in Framingham and we're bound to find something sufficiently interesting, or we could just loiter aggressively in the all-you-can-eat restaurant. :)
Gifts are not necessary but I wouldn't turn down gift certificates to
Baba either. Attendance is really more important than a gift - I would kind of like to have a giant birthday mob to make up for the lack of any parties in the past several years. In service of that, this is an unlocked post and you should feel free to tell anyone about it as long as you're reasonably certain I don't harbor a special dislike for them.
Minado is in Framingham in a way that really requires having a car - I am not afraid to coordinate rides between those that offer/need, particularly since most of my Boston friends don't have cars.
Save the date. Please RSVP via comments or email so that I can run logistics.