My 21st was kinda mellow. It's in the middle of august when everyone is gone for vacation.
My actual birthday: my friends from the bay took me out to dinner. The restaurant had a bar so we ordered a few drinks there and went home.
The next day I went up to sacramento. I went on a date during the middle of the week which was a nice way to celebrate.
That Friday was my friend's 21st birthday so she was having a house party. I got taken out to dinner by one of my good friends and a few people met us later. And then the guy I had a date with earlier in the week came with me to the house party.
The only thing was that I had a meeting for orientation leaders at 7 am the next morning so we couldn't party all night.
But yes... even tho no one was really in town, I still had a 21st birthday that lasted all week.