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Chill Night at Lua (and after) |
[LEISURE]
February
4 ,
2006 |
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Night with Friends |
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Saturday was a perfect
night of relaxation. Lisa's friend Johnnie and his girlfriend
Sheena were up from Florida visiting. Sheena had never been
to NYC. In fact, I don't think she'd ever been out of Florida.
I often take the grandeur of New York for granted.
We went to Lua in Hoboken for dinner, drinks and fun conversation.
It turned out that when Johnnie lived here, he knew a lot of
the same club promoters that I did. Limelight, The Bank, The
Red Zone and other places that most folks would never think
I'd be. To tell the truth, if I didn't know the promoters and
if I didn't get in for free, I'd have never gone. Still, they
are fond past memories of nights of spirits and attempts at
dancing.
I didn't want to eat too much and the portions here are usually
not too large. Except apparently for the pork roast. This was
not just a plate, it was a platter ... a regular mountain of
meat. Try as I might, I could not finish. In fact Johnnie took
a chunk after he finished his Filet Mignon and still not a
dent was made. My only complaint about the dinner was when
the busboy took my glass. Sure, it may have looked nearly empty.
However, when you're dealing with bourbon neat, you let the
customer lick the glass dry. The child has much to learn.
At first the plan was for us to all hit a bar or club or something
after dinner. I have to admit, after ingesting what felt like
half the characters in Animal Farm, I was glad when we decided
not to. I really enjoyed the evening getting to know this person
who is such a major part of Lisa's life. I would hear so much
about him over the years. Of course the one fact that sticks
in my brain is that he wrestles gators at Gatorland. Seriously.
After dropping Johnnie and Sheena off at his mother's house,
Lisa and I decided to head back to her place for a nice relaxing
night of wine and DVDs. Well, the wine never happened. We would
have just passed out anyway. Instead we entertained ourselves
in one of our favorite ways. Running, jumping, climbing trees,
putting on makeup when you're up there. Actually we were watching
Eddie Izzard's 'Dressed to Kill'. After which, we called it
a night.
Who says a two-inch thick padding on metal bars can't be comfortable?
Luckily Lisa had a feather bed placed on top. Of course I felt
really bad that poor, poor Lisa had to sleep on her 18" thick,
firm but cushy mattress. Poor girl. Plus I got to watch a bit
of the movie Dragon Heart with Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery
as the voice of the dragon. It's a really cool animation/live
action flick from 1996 that looks better than many such films
that have come out since.
In the morning, Lisa drove me back to Hoboken and she was off
to pick Johnnie and Sheena back up. She was throwing a dinner
party for them and others in her family. I was going to a very
odd party. Well, odd for me anyway.
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