Ah, Serendipity

Ah, Serendipity

I must say, I've had a rather fun time tonight. A fun time, I might add, aided by the gods. I was supposed to go to a party at a friend's (acually several friends') place, but I got a call just before I hit the highways telling me they were coming down to Hollywood, toward my neck of the woods. This allowed me to come back to my place, finish the comic I was reading and talk to my landlord about computer specs for a game he just bought (Hitman: Contracts for those who might be interested).

I met up with said friends at Bronson Bar, a bar that merely said "Cocktails" on the outside that, of course, denotes its coolness. I ordered a Red Stripe, hoping they actually had Newcastle. The barmaiden said they didn't have Red Stripe, then listed off the beers they did have. When she said "Corona", I just asked for that. Instead she brought me a Newcastle. Golden.

While we were there, we met another friend of ours that came independently of us. At another point I was sitting at a table we had Shanghai-ed from the people sitting adjacent to us, and we were asked to move by the owner because he wanted to entertain a certain group. Those of us sitting at the table got our next drinks free. This came just as I was discussing with a friend that I didn't have money for another drink. After that, I was talking with a young lady about which people she and I should shoulder to make our way to the bathroom. She complimented my sweater, so I knew she was a cool cat. It turns out this particular cool cat knew the owner, so I ended up getting another free drink and getting to stay after the bar was closed to hang out with her and her cool friends. She also happened to be from Chicago. This, by the way, is not the first time that me and someone from Chicago have hit it off in Los Angeles. It must be an Illinois thing.

So all in all, I had a pretty darn good night. Two free drinks and a new friend. I'm supposed to hang out with this young lady tomorrow (strictly as friends, by the way) to have a few more cocktails and shoot the breeze. Unfortunately I'll have to cut it short because I'm doing the last of my McBride work on Monday in the early AM.

Not too bad for a night that started at 11 PM.

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