11-05-2024, 10:11 AM
Had a wonderful dinner with the friends of Dan - Syl, Raz (former director of Rock Med), Leigh (the true power behind Raz), Dina (evil twin), Tara & Bri (our legal defense). It was the Sphere squad, plus the hopeful youth.
Many memories of Dan were revisited. It's been five years.
Syl has relocated to Canada and told us of her struggles to vote in Alaska. She's hoping to get dual citizenship soon. She's doing well.
It was a bit of a coming out for Tara as the squad has all known her from birth but had not met Bri. I didn't get to talk to them much because they were on the other side of the table. Bri gets her bar results this Friday. Hopefully that will be a second cause for celebration this week but one victory at a time.
It whittled down to Raz's road crew - me, Dina, Syl, & Raz - the away team for Rock Med for many a festival. We went to the Red Room, a chinatown dive bar where Dina's dad used to drink. I don't think I'd been in there before (I usually went to the Buddha bar because I'm more touristy, or this other one that my aunt went to near Eastwind because I'd often find her day-drinking there during my AFS years). It was fun.
I drank a lot. 2 glasses of red at the hotel, a mark twain vodka cocktail at China Live, 3 shots of Jameson at the bar. I've been drinking a lot lately on such outings. It has me slightly worried, but I'll take that up on another thread sometime later.
Many memories of Dan were revisited. It's been five years.
Syl has relocated to Canada and told us of her struggles to vote in Alaska. She's hoping to get dual citizenship soon. She's doing well.
It was a bit of a coming out for Tara as the squad has all known her from birth but had not met Bri. I didn't get to talk to them much because they were on the other side of the table. Bri gets her bar results this Friday. Hopefully that will be a second cause for celebration this week but one victory at a time.
It whittled down to Raz's road crew - me, Dina, Syl, & Raz - the away team for Rock Med for many a festival. We went to the Red Room, a chinatown dive bar where Dina's dad used to drink. I don't think I'd been in there before (I usually went to the Buddha bar because I'm more touristy, or this other one that my aunt went to near Eastwind because I'd often find her day-drinking there during my AFS years). It was fun.
I drank a lot. 2 glasses of red at the hotel, a mark twain vodka cocktail at China Live, 3 shots of Jameson at the bar. I've been drinking a lot lately on such outings. It has me slightly worried, but I'll take that up on another thread sometime later.
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