How fun is that? But wait there’s more
Friday was a catch up on work day after traveling most of the week and coming back to the closing of the refi. So we went to Swirl and hail hail the gang was all there – Al and Redell, Tommy, Graham, Richelle, Fatma, Moosey, Yasar, Jerri, on and on. Along came a young Turk name B – very handsome – who was chatting me up and asked me for my number – and here starts the fun – suddenly there was Mama Drama when the woman, who he came with, shows up as he is putting my number in his cell phone and she says “Did you just put that woman’s number in your cell phone?” and they get into it and I’m just sitting there observing the drama and actually am quite amused how he is dodging her accusations.
My group reconnoitered and went to LaVita (read: Levitra) and got a big round table and proceeded to eat all the wonderful things there – the flat bread, the Fatma salad of roasted vegetables and wait there’s more – chocolate cheesecake – bottles of red wine – but wait there’s more – then we came back to the LaLa and turned up the music and danced, and chatted, and had a great time.
But here is where it gets fun – TL and G spent the night and the next morning I brought both of them home at 7AM and then G and I went to Elizabeth’s in the Bywater to have breakfast – on the way we were going over the night’s events and talking about the mama drama and G said, “do you think it was a green card thing?” and I said “no, she was black” and we laughed so hard we were sick – G almost had to pull over we were laughing so hard – and then we had a fieldhand’s breakfast – fried boudin balls, I had shrimp with gravy over grits, G had a huge omelet and potatoes – but we wouldn’t stop laughing – and the waiter started laughing because he said it was infectious.
Both R’s had said the day before that they wanted to be part of G and my fun – and while I was laughing so hard I realized why – what fun we have!
Then it was back to MidCity for my Lux visit – not fun but it was interesting because Erin gave me a great compliment that made me feel good – and then we took showers and picked up TL and went to Lakeview Harbor to eat a burger but we walked into a nursery school situation with every young parent with their young child and so we turned and went back to where we started to Bywater BBQ and had fried catfish and a big fat piece of yellow cake with chocolate frosting and fresh from the oven blackberry cobbler – but wait there’s more – then we went next door to the Bazar and G found four giant purple bar stools and I got a wooden elephant hanger and then we went shopping on Magazine – to Urban Loft, to Design Within Reach and finally to Rue de la Course for herbal ice tea. When we were walking back across the street we saw N drive by and I thought to myself – poor guy.
But back to me – then we went to Loa’s in the International House and drank fresh muddled strawberry daiquiris and lounged on the sofas and then hungry again headed over to Meaux Bar to see Jim and Matthew (the fabulous owners) and Debbie (the uber fab waitress, who looks like Debbie Harry only prettier) and have steak salad. While there Beth, Kerry, Daphne, Lisa and Nicole walked in saying they were trying to get away from the neighborhood for a change and of course, the neighborhood was there! Other people came and went – TL’s old neighbor – Harry Connick’s attorney who G knew.
So much fun. What a life.