Go out and catch up
Two nights and two great dinners with friends I don’t see nearly enough. The writer formerly known as Karen Graber, who is now happily married, took me out to the Cheesecake Factory. Of the many people that I have met at Case, few have altered my outlook on life, dating, social responsibility, and the importance of good bread as much as she has. I told her this, but I am not sure she believed me.
It has been a long time since I have seen her last - a year or more - but it is surprising how little we have changed. It is rare, but with some people or enough time, I open up and there is no end to the conversation. We talked about her new life in the suburbs and my escapades as a nerd rebel with twists of sin. I’ll say anything over a piece of cheesecake. By the end of the evening, I was very nostalgic of that summer… What a summer.
This evening, I went out with Nate Jacobsen, Steve DeBrosse, and Eric Pinzur. We met at Eric’s new pad. Eric, who goes by “Spoo“, has quite an awesome setup; a mixture of pro audio video equipment and Spoo engineering. He lives in the heart of Cleveland’s downtown district on West 6th street. We went next door to eat at Fusion for tapas and drinks. The food was filling and each a well presented tasty dish. Afterwords, we went back to his apartment and a slew of girls in company with Adam Dutton arrived. I met a few new people, but I couldn’t stay too long because I am waking up early tomorrow morning to build a homecoming float.
I am looking forward to another friend who is coming into town this week: none other than Eric Friesen. E-Friesen, my awesome roommate, wing man and partner bartender, has been off the charts for awhile but not out of mind. He’s flying in from Cali and taking me out Thursday night to see the legendary DJ Ferry Corsten at Sinergy. Corsten is going to blow the roof off. I’m looking forward to seeing Eric.
Double scotch neat please.